Trolls

I've seen a few on the site.

Characteristics of a troll:

A troll usually has little or no interest in contributing to the development of the site in question and is interested in:
Deliberately angering people.
Breaking the normal flow of debate/discussion.
Disrupting the smooth operation of the site.
Deliberately being annoying for the sake of being obnoxious. For instance, using abusive names to refer to members on the site.
Making itself the main topic of interest or discussion.

I find it annoying when a civilized discussion takes a sudden IQ nosedive thanks to trollish input.
Just wondered what other members think the best way of dealing with them is?

The old adage 'Don't feed the troll' doesn't seem to work. As someone always (either deliberately or naively) takes the bait.

ninja wrote: I've seen a few on the site.

Characteristics of a troll:

A troll usually has little or no interest in contributing to the development of the site in question and is interested in:
Deliberately angering people.
Breaking the normal flow of debate/discussion.
Disrupting the smooth operation of the site.
Deliberately being annoying for the sake of being obnoxious. For instance, using abusive names to refer to members on the site.
Making itself the main topic of interest or discussion.

I find it annoying when a civilized discussion takes a sudden IQ nosedive thanks to trollish input.
Just wondered what other members think the best way of dealing with them is?

The old adage 'Don't feed the troll' doesn't seem to work. As someone always (either deliberately or naively) takes the bait.

this just reminded me that I always touch the bench when the sign clearly says "WET PAINT"

TROLOLOLOLOL

Isaac The Ice Cube wrote:

TROLOLOLOLOL

..............it looks like the weird white troll man person thing I thought was coming out of someone's front yard when I was walking home, when a car headlight lit up parts of the bush...it had a bald head...XD...was sooo creepy..., looks like he was real...LOL. (has weird imaginative reactions sometimes).

But, but....

Karyuu wrote: We're always thankfull if you report them to us since the forum administration is a bit understaffed atm and doesn't get around to read through all the new posts =)

Yeah, wonder what happened to the old staff. I rather enjoyed Phinn and idyll roaming these forums. So sad we lost them...

MagicMarker wrote:

Karyuu wrote: We're always thankfull if you report them to us since the forum administration is a bit understaffed atm and doesn't get around to read through all the new posts =)

Yeah, wonder what happened to the old staff. I rather enjoyed Phinn and idyll roaming these forums. So sad we lost them...

trolls happened.