BunnyMommy
Well-Known Member
Good morning, everyone. I hope that I'm not overstepping my bounds.
As an addendum to Carolyn's insightful post of a week or two ago, Ifeel compelled to post this after reading certain other posts that havebeen made here over the last week or so.
Let me be direct. THE "TROLLS" ARE HERE.
In order to maintain the peace and pleasant atmosphere of the board Ithink that it is appropriate for all of us as members to be proactiveabout dealing with them. Carolynworks VERYDILIGENTLY to moderate the board and protect us all, but she is onlyone person and cannot spend 24 hours of her day here trying to put outfires.
Please read the links that I have posted very carefully and pay closeattention to the sections that detail how trolls should be dealtwith. HINT: If someonepostswhat seems to be a purposely unnecessarily sarcastic orhostile response to something that you've posted ... andevenmore telling, that poster is a NEW PERSONALITY to the board, you'reprobably dealing with a troll. I don't think that anyfurther commentary is necessary. Our core members here arevery intelligent and a "hint to the wise"shouldbesufficient.
Definition of "troll" on the Web:
An outrageous message posted to a newsgroup or mailing list or messageboard to bait people to answer. Trolling is a form of harassment thatcan take over a discussion. Well meaning defenders can create chaos byresponding to trolls. The best response is to ignore it. Also, theperson who posts such messages.
[url]http://www.walthowe.com/glossary/t.html[/url]
PLEASE READ THE INFORMATION IN THIS LINK. IT WILL ANSWER ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS:
http://members.aol.com/intwg/trolls.htm
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As an aside, Carolyn, please excuse me if I've overstepped mybounds. As a member of this board, I just feel it's my dutyto do my part to help guard the wonderful community that we've builthere.
As an addendum to Carolyn's insightful post of a week or two ago, Ifeel compelled to post this after reading certain other posts that havebeen made here over the last week or so.
Let me be direct. THE "TROLLS" ARE HERE.
In order to maintain the peace and pleasant atmosphere of the board Ithink that it is appropriate for all of us as members to be proactiveabout dealing with them. Carolynworks VERYDILIGENTLY to moderate the board and protect us all, but she is onlyone person and cannot spend 24 hours of her day here trying to put outfires.
Please read the links that I have posted very carefully and pay closeattention to the sections that detail how trolls should be dealtwith. HINT: If someonepostswhat seems to be a purposely unnecessarily sarcastic orhostile response to something that you've posted ... andevenmore telling, that poster is a NEW PERSONALITY to the board, you'reprobably dealing with a troll. I don't think that anyfurther commentary is necessary. Our core members here arevery intelligent and a "hint to the wise"shouldbesufficient.
Definition of "troll" on the Web:
An outrageous message posted to a newsgroup or mailing list or messageboard to bait people to answer. Trolling is a form of harassment thatcan take over a discussion. Well meaning defenders can create chaos byresponding to trolls. The best response is to ignore it. Also, theperson who posts such messages.
[url]http://www.walthowe.com/glossary/t.html[/url]
PLEASE READ THE INFORMATION IN THIS LINK. IT WILL ANSWER ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS:
http://members.aol.com/intwg/trolls.htm
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As an aside, Carolyn, please excuse me if I've overstepped mybounds. As a member of this board, I just feel it's my dutyto do my part to help guard the wonderful community that we've builthere.
