On 4/27/06, Patrick Lightbody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dear trolls,
Please go. Or at least try to form your rambling in to some sort of actionable
suggestion. But don't just bitch for the sake of knowing that people are
reading, because...
Dear everyone else,
Please stop reading or replying to the trolls. Seriously. You guys are just as
bad for feeding the trolls. Ignoring them is the fastest way to make them go
away. I have not and will not entertain them with any sort of response. I
suggest you do the same.
I wouldn't have a problem with this except for one thought that crossed
my mind as I read it: one person's troll is another's crusader. I'm
sure the King of England viewed the first Continental Congress as a
bunch of trolls before the revolution happened :)
I would hope everyone around here is mature and professional enough to
withstand criticism and not reject out-of-hand those ideas that do not
immediately jive with your own.
You *always* have the choice whether to read someone's posts or not.
You *always* have the choice whether to reply or not. Filters are easy
to set up, or it only takes a fraction of a second to delete someones'
posts (or an entire thread if it doesn't interest you). There are many
times where I simply ignore some topic, or some person, when I don't
wish to be bothered. But I *never* want to be in a situation where
someone can't say what they want freely. That would be far, far worse
than any "troll" ever could be IMO.
Frank
(P.S., while I have your attention Patrick, thanks for Webwork in
Action! Excellent introduction to WW!)
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