To Haken; a site addition request

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 03:39
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CHRISISALL

Monday, February 15, 2010 11:26 PM

Dude, is there a way you could start a "This is all about ME" area where AURaptor's endless baiting could be intermittently dumped? As fun as it can be to piss on the little troll, it DOES take up a lot of thread time- I'm lookin' to cut down some.

The laughing Chrisisall

BLUEEYEDBRIGADIER

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 12:01 AM

Uh...wow...things must change when I'm not around, since I don't reall AURaptor being all that Trollish. Now KINGEICHOLZ, there someone I would more likely list as a person of trollish behavour. But that's my PERSONAL opinion.

Still, a valid point. The ability to mute threads and comments from people (like Gmail does supposedly) would be handy when the occasional go se stirrer comes a'visitin'

"The revenge of the beaten comes in refusing to fall." -- Mal, in "The Losing Side - Chapter 45" by jetflair

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 12:06 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by BlueEyedBrigadier:
Now KINGEICHOLZ, there someone I would more likely list as a person of trollish behavour.

You missed the memo, He IS AU.

The sockpuppet-spotting Chrisisall

ECGORDON

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 2:15 AM

You could just stop replying to his posts, or don't you have the willpower to do that?

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 2:21 AM

I am employing that lack of response as of now.

The laughing Chrisisall

PIRATENEWS

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 5:16 AM

But then nobody would talk to anybody, cuz everybody would be blocked...

That way lies madness!

GINOBIFFARONI

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 6:27 AM

Found this online

"Your Troll / Stalker Advice Works! "
says Trollminator

I have been battling two very persistent trolls on Google Groups now for about two years. They latched on to me from Ebay, and also by reading my FS/FA ads on Usenet. I did a search and found your website on trolls/stalkers.

I adopted your strategies, using "branding" and a "no-reply" course of action. If they post on their own, I brand them using your format. If they reply to my branding posts, I ignore their post and don't reply.

I also toy with the trolls occasionally when I want a good laugh- by using your "mocking" technique - I assign their posts a "troll-o-meter" rating, that simply drove one troll bananas - and he went berserk posting flames after that. I then "branded" him again, pasting his Google URL profile link, which lists all his posts he just made while he was in a rage - making him look even worse.

For the last three days I've been laughing my nuts off at these two trolls- they have also found your site and attempted to flame me for using it - but they have no defense against your techniques!

And both of them, knowing they ARE the trolls, don't dare use your techniques on me- their posts just don't stick or hold any water.

Thanks for the great info. So far one troll has lost two Ebay accounts, the other has lost one Ebay account- and both have lost a few Google accounts between them. I also hammered their ISP's with complaints, and they have lost some newsreader rights and a few ISP's as well.

Your technique WORKS !

It's like your site is kryptonite or something to trolls - they know it's there, they have read all the anti-troll countermeasures, but they can't use them against me - their troll nature won't allow it.

They know they are trolls, and for some reason, true full-blooded trolls not only crumble
under brands and mocks, but their troll nature won't allow them to use brands and mocks effectively against others who are not trolls. It's uncanny- and funny as hell !! Maybe they're just too stupid

They did try to razz me about using your site for tips - but I simply used your #1 recommended weapon, and ignored their posts. So their countermeasure posts wilted on the vine with no replies, making them look like panzy-waists rather than trolls!

29 August 2006

But this would be funnier

Disemvowelment: anti-troll-countermeasure
Posted by Cory Doctorow, November 25, 2002 8:24 PM | permalink
Teresa's been dealing with a message-board troll in a new and highly amusing fashion: she lets his posts stand, but removes all the vowels:

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Either you Are with the terrorists, or ... you Are with the terrorists

Life is like a jar of Jalapeño peppers.
What you do today, might Burn Your Ass Tomorrow"

AURAPTOR

Sunday, April 17, 2011 1:24 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Dude, is there a way you could start a "This is all about ME" area where AURaptor's endless baiting could be intermittently dumped? As fun as it can be to piss on the little troll, it DOES take up a lot of thread time- I'm lookin' to cut down some.

Huh. I had just wandered over here to see if anyone had made the suggestion of letting authors of a thread have the ability to delete it. There are other boards which allow this, provided no one has yet replied to it. Some, I think, even allow the author to delete entire threads they've started... ( not real sure on that one, come to think of it. Might be a tad trickier... ) Anyways, just a thought.

Actually, I was going to share another conversion story, but one thing lead to another...

Nice to know your true feelings towards me, even if it's a year + late. No more Jessica Alba posts for you, Chris.

And no, I have no 'sock puppets'. I thought this was all cleared up, some time ago.

I haven't the time or inclination to say more than I already say here. I'm no where near motivated enough to play that game. I'm me, and that should be enough. Seems from this thread, you think so as well.

" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

DREAMTROVE

Sunday, April 17, 2011 5:48 PM

I oppose deletion by author, because the threadjacks are interesting, and sometimes people post things I want to reference later, and I wouldn't want to limit to having discussions on threads posted by people I trust not to delete.

As to Chris' idea, I think the forum should remain open, but I also see his point. A compromise might be an "ignore" function, where you could have a list of users you were ignoring, and their posts would appear, just as a single line or something, condensed, and then you could click on that line to expand.

That way, the user being ignored would have like one line to advertise the content of their post, so that even those who ignore them might click to see it.

For instance, Kane sometimes posts very relevant and interesting stuff, but it's lost in the swath of trollish negativity, and so is being ignored by everyone.

As for, the Auraptor-Kwicko fights, I don't want to ignore either user, but I certainly would like to ignore the fights.

That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.

AURAPTOR

Monday, April 18, 2011 12:14 AM

My point on thread deletes by author are when there are copy cat threads, or cross posts, for when folks don't see a thread on a topic has already been started.

Also, let's face it, there are times when a thread is started that, after some consideration, might have been posted in hast. Of course, if there's a reply, then the delete feature doesn't apply... just an idea.

" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

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