[bookshare-discuss] Re: Please Don't Feed The Troll - smile
- From: Cindy Rosenthal <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:32:39 -0800 (PST)
Thanks, Judy. That's really interesting. I'd never
heard that term before.
smile
Cindy
--- "Judy s." <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Cindy, Sharon and Patti, Roger is trolling every
> time someone
> posts regarding Christianity, and has done so since
> he came on
> the list.
>
> If you're not familiar with the term "troll" or
> "internet troll,"
> here's a definition from Wikipedia:
>
> "An Internet troll, or simply troll in Internet
> slang, is someone
> who posts controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or
> off-topic
> messages in an online community, such as an online
> discussion
> forum or chat room, with the intention of provoking
> other users
> into an emotional response or to generally disrupt
> normal
> on-topic discussion"
>
> The best way to handle trolling (again I'll quote
> from Wikipedia,
> as they put it well) is simple: "Do not feed the
> troll." You'll
> find that abbreviated as "D-N-F-T" or "D-F-T-T" in
> Internet slang.
>
> Put simply: you'll drive yourself crazy by getting
> sucked into a
> discussion with someone who is trolling. Consider
> just ignoring
> a troll's posts when he or she is trolling.
> Provoking a response
> is what a troll enjoys. Roger himself has posted
> here that he
> loves to stir things up just for the fun he gets out
> of it. grin.
>
> Judy s.
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