[bookshare-discuss] Re: Please Don't Feed The Troll - smile
- From: "Gary Petraccaro" <garyp130@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:24:28 -0500
One way to deal with a troll would be to block the sender with your email
client.
Hope this helps.
----- Original Message -----
From: Judy s.
To: bookshare-discuss
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 10:22 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Please Don't Feed The Troll - smile
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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