I think I've seen a couple of the times this has happened. It appears to me
that it might be in reaction to a perceived misunderstanding of the topic
on either party. If we assume good faith on both sides; then I think it's
reasonable for the perceived 'trolling' party to gently restate their
position.
Ordinarily I would hold that we should simply be silent when we think we're
being trolled -- but over a mailing list that can be perceived as if we're
ignoring things. As we sometimes do in fact do this on purpose; I
appreciate the feedback loop when a party perceives it so that we can
correct and move on so that no one gets ignored unless we really do mean to
ignore them.
~Matt Walker
Wikimedia Foundation
Fundraising Technology Team
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Jeroen De Dauw <jeroendedauw(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
Hey,
In recent months I've come across a few mails on this list that only
contained accusations of trolling. Those are very much not constructive and
only serve to antagonize. I know some forums that have an explicit rule
against this, which results in a ban on second violation. If there is a
definition of the etiquette for this list somewhere, I suggest having a
similar rule be added there. Thoughts?
(I'm now half expecting someone to claim this mail is a troll. Perhaps we
ought to make a contest out of making the accusation first, at least then
it will have general amusement value :D)
Cheers
--
Jeroen De Dauw
http://www.bn2vs.com
Don't panic. Don't be evil. ~=[,,_,,]:3
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