reapersaurus said:
I, for one, applaud this thread, though i hold NO faith that anything will be done about this vermin.
The Powers That Be are too much fans of the concept of trolling to realize its destructive impacts, apparently.
And thus Piratecat bears this out.
BTW: I have no problem with OT threads... i think they are an important part of this community, as Piratecat says.
I reject his implication that TROLLS are a necessary, or welcome, addition to this community.
Trolls are not jokes, or joshing around.
They destroy the tenuous hold on reasonable discourse that we have on these boards.
This is evidenced by MANY times, a valid thread is veered off course because someone believes the poster to not be serious.
HolyBovine, it would be nice if it was as simple as you say.
You can't just "ignore" Trolls and hope they go away.
They DON'T.
Your suggestion to not post to troll threads is analogous to "Don't buy drugs from a pusher and they'll go away."
SOMEONE will buy the drugs from the pusher, and possibly become addicted to the destructive habit of trolling, purportedly as an "art form."
Bleeeaaach.
The only way to deal with trolls is to not encourage them, and to expose them as such early and often.