Beware of the troll

[erk]

A suggestion for the administrator of this excellent forum.

Over the years I have seen discussion forums live and die. Those who disappear have often been killed by trolls, i.e. someone who comes into an established forum and disrupts the discussion. A troll posts on and off topic, most often opening with a statement he knows that everybody will object to. This enables the troll to keep discussions going for ages, posting suggestions, assumptions and home made theories that are worthless from any point of view (except the troll's of course).

It's very much like joining a party where one person is attracting all attention and annoying everybody. Those of us who are already here can do our best to ignore the troll, but eventually we get tired and go somewhere else. Newcomers will probably leave after a short visit in the company of a troll.

I think the administrators of this forum should consider the possibility of banning a troll before he destroys this forum.

Regards

Erik

[JA Gardiner]

Originally posted by erk:
A suggestion for the administrator of this excellent forum.

Over the years I have seen discussion forums live and die. Those who disappear have often been killed by trolls, i.e. someone who comes into an established forum and disrupts the discussion. A troll posts on and off topic, most often opening with a statement he knows that everybody will object to. This enables the troll to keep discussions going for ages, posting suggestions, assumptions and home made theories that are worthless from any point of view (except the troll's of course).

It's very much like joining a party where one person is attracting all attention and annoying everybody. Those of us who are already here can do our best to ignore the troll, but eventually we get tired and go somewhere else. Newcomers will probably leave after a short visit in the company of a troll.

I think the administrators of this forum should consider the possibility of banning a troll before he destroys this forum.

Regards

Erik

Amen to that Erik! I know our adminstrators have bent over backwards to be fair and to allow people to express themselves without censorship, but when a certain Troll continues to disregard request after request to respect the purpose of this forum and to moderate the length,quantity and tone of their contributions then maybe it is time to ask them to move on and create a forum of their own ( wonder how many takers that would get!) rather than hijacking and prejudicing the reputation of this one.

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