MJ Ray writes: > Michael Poole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] >> How else should I consider a mail that simply declares "Troll."? Do >> you think it is not rude? Or was the point of the brevity something >> besides saving yourself the effort of justifying the judgment? > > I thought that pro-active anti-troll interventions that might help > forestall vulnerable groups being harassed were suggested as Best > Practice by several debian contributors?
I would not be surprised. As I said before, I think it is an aspect of a wider behavior pattern -- one that sees frequent objections. > Personally, I consider them obnoxious and counter-productive, but > few were willing to support that position last time I told it to > a debian list. I'm surprised to see such strong objection now. Is > it because "troll alerts" are daft or because of who posted it? They're daft in general, but such an extreme is very rare, and I only cited it because it was topical. When there's a reasoned explanation of why something is unhelpful, I look more forgivingly on it. More generally, email argument over what is improper tends not to get far, and nobody's behavior had crossed my personal threshold for starting a meta-argument. I may not have agreed with your position earlier for a number of reasons; the time I want to spend contributing to Debian discussions is a function of how busy I am with other activities. Michael Poole -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
