Re: Was I really THAT guy?
Myself, I'd always assumed "don't feed the trolls" is a phrase used to others after the trolls have been dealt with.
For example, if someone posts a huge abusive rant, or behaves in a provoking manner, after that person has been warned or banned or otherwise got rid of, if people persist in prolonging the arguement or the bad feelings or similar, then! I'd use the phrase "don't feed the trolls", to mean that once the situation had been over and done with, don't give the offenders satisfaction in extending the fall out from the incident.
One of the good things about the internet when moderated properly is that you can do something you can't do in reality, you can literally exile someone. Obviously this sort of power needs exercising with respect, but it is actually one of the ways that the internet can be more orderly than off line, since unfortunately in reality the arse holes are often people you have to deal with (fre quently because they are the ones in power, both on a large and small scale.
Then again before this gets too synical I'd better stop.
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