[WikiEN-l] Trolls - A novel approach - don't feed them
Ray Saintonge
saintonge at telus.net
Thu May 6 00:25:13 UTC 2004
Mark Richards wrote:
>Yes, but it seems that the fun of having the word
>'troll' in their username is the fuss it causes. If we
>just didn't feed that behavior, it wouldn't be fun. I
>may be wrong, but I think that the proliferation of
>'troll' names is a response to people making a fuss
>about it. Without anyone to feed them, trolls will
>look elsewhere.
>
I agree with you. Simply having "troll" as a part of the name doesn't
mean anything. What these individuals do "with" their accounts is a lot
more significant. Those people who get so worked up over a name need to
lighten up a bit.
Ec
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