OT: Troll season ?

GWood said:

For all the people that complain about troll posts in this group...

Why is it when I expand "certain" troll threads here, I see a huge
response list? What ever happened to not feeding the troll? It's
not like anything you can say offers anything but fodder. A few
aggro posts gives him grounds for further abuse.

Ignore him, or email him directly. My plonk list is overflowing.

If it's a Mike Vandeman post, it's usually crossposted to 5 or 6 newsgroups
so responses can come from other newsgroups, too.

But I don't understand it either. It's not only MV, but so many of the
regulars here keep replying. And for what? A bit of internal consolation?

I wish I could plonk entire threads automatically when begun by specific
posters, you know?
--
Phil, Squid-in-Training

Squid-in-Training said:

I wish I could plonk entire threads automatically when begun by specific
posters, you know?

Its an interesting idea, and probably feasible but maybe not practical.
Posts generally have a long string of references and I could see how
software could keep track of what post IDs a filtered user has used
recently. The problem is, a troll could just start a thread by replying to
one of the more popular posters (just so someone else would be the first
reference) and changing the subject line...and if you kill every thread
that the troll engages in, he could cause on-topic threads to land in
peoples' killfiles just by replying. More fun for the troll!

XRef filtering is actually quite effective. Trolls can't stand to limit
themselves to one newsgroup, and people who reply rarely trim.

--
-BB-
To e-mail me, unmunge my address

GWood said:

For all the people that complain about troll posts in this group...

Why is it when I expand "certain" troll threads here, I see a huge response
list? What ever happened to not feeding the troll? It's not like anything
you can say offers anything but fodder. A few aggro posts gives him grounds
for further abuse.

Ignore him, or email him directly. My plonk list is overflowing.

Troll season? Is there a limit on the take?
It's not catch and release, is it?

Maybe it's finally time to put aside my hippie sensibilities and get
myself a firearm!

Matt

Red Biker Boy said:

"GWood" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

For all the people that complain about troll posts in this group...

Why is it when I expand "certain" troll threads here, I see a huge

response

Quoted message said:

list? What ever happened to not feeding the troll? It's not like

anything

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you can say offers anything but fodder. A few aggro posts gives

him

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grounds

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for further abuse.

Ignore him, or email him directly. My plonk list is overflowing.

I just plonked them all again, over and over, and then some more....

See sig... 😉

*absolute-spank*

--
From: syn

Killfiling (filtering out) someone's posts is a sure sign that reading
what they have to say is really getting to the person setting up the
filter. Most people will admit this, but some people will killfile
someone else, all the while transparently claiming to not be bothered
by
their posts.

"Le Puissant Monsieur Lee" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

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Red Biker Boy said:

"GWood" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

For all the people that complain about troll posts in this group...

Why is it when I expand "certain" troll threads here, I see a huge

response

Quoted message said:

list? What ever happened to not feeding the troll? It's not like

anything

Quoted message said:

you can say offers anything but fodder. A few aggro posts gives

him

Quoted message said:

grounds

Quoted message said:

for further abuse.

Ignore him, or email him directly. My plonk list is overflowing.

I just plonked them all again, over and over, and then some more....

See sig... 😉

*absolute-spank*

i like it

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--
From: syn

Killfiling (filtering out) someone's posts is a sure sign that reading
what they have to say is really getting to the person setting up the
filter. Most people will admit this, but some people will killfile
someone else, all the while transparently claiming to not be bothered
by
their posts.

Wabbit stheason!

/s

On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 00:16:12 GMT, "Phil, Squid-in-Training"
<[email hidden]> wrote:

..GWood wrote:
..> For all the people that complain about troll posts in this group...
..>
..> Why is it when I expand "certain" troll threads here, I see a huge
..> response list? What ever happened to not feeding the troll? It's
..> not like anything you can say offers anything but fodder. A few
..> aggro posts gives him grounds for further abuse.
..>
..> Ignore him, or email him directly. My plonk list is overflowing.
..
..If it's a Mike Vandeman post, it's usually crossposted to 5 or 6 newsgroups
..so responses can come from other newsgroups, too.
..
..But I don't understand it either.

Insanity can't be "understood". DUH!

It's not only MV, but so many of the
..regulars here keep replying. And for what? A bit of internal consolation?
..
..I wish I could plonk entire threads automatically when begun by specific
..posters, you know?

===
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Maxx Pollare said:

The voice of "Le Puissant Monsieur Lee" drifted in on the
cyber-winds, from the sea of virtual chaos...

Quoted message said:

Killfiling (filtering out) someone's posts is a sure sign that
reading what they have to say is really getting to the person
setting up the filter. Most people will admit this, but some
people will killfile someone else, all the while transparently
claiming to not be bothered by their posts.

That's making the assumption that everyone uses kill/plunk-files, or
that nobody filters strictly by criteria...

Your

**You're**

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also assuming that most peons read everything that's posted when
80% of the posts out there are not worth the time it takes to "fetch"

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thier bodies... Sadly this is a Usenet Norm.

So no, I do not filter because I'm "disturbed" by what anyone has to
say.

"Most people will admit this, but some people will killfile someone
else, all the while transparently claiming to not be bothered by their
posts."

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I just don't have the time to care about what some idiot thinks I
should know, or *that dead horse* (hey, it follows me around).

=)