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Abi · 2009-04-30 20:27:04

I haz a thought. Yes it did hurt :pac: [Serious] I love a fresh thread as much as the next person.. but I hate when people jump in to answer a troll thread. I think a good way to combat troll threads would be to infract anybody who replies to a very obvious troll. Its sort of counter-productive for the moderators to not…

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30-04-2009 9:27pm

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Abi

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I haz a thought. Yes it did hurt :pac:

[Serious]

I love a fresh thread as much as the next person.. but I hate when people jump in to answer a troll thread. I think a good way to combat troll threads would be to infract anybody who replies to a very obvious troll. Its sort of counter-productive for the moderators to not have such a rule stickified.

Seems to me that troll threads are posted for reaction... no?

any takers? :cool:

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#2 30-04-2009 10:31pm
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IBTL :pac:

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#3 30-04-2009 11:10pm
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An File wrote: »

IBTL :pac:

oh fuck me. We have us a comedian

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#4 01-05-2009 4:38am
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Replies to trolls can be extremely funny at times. If it's an obvious troll thread it'll be locked fairly quickly anyway so I don't really see the harm in people giving a light-hearted reply before the inevitable lockage.

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#5 01-05-2009 8:47am
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Knife-WREEENCH wrote: »

Replies to trolls can be extremely funny at times. If it's an obvious troll thread it'll be locked fairly quickly anyway so I don't really see the harm in people giving a light-hearted reply before the inevitable lockage.

Wouldnt that encourage a troll to re-reg to return and start a new thread?

But if y'all like the hunt, fair enough. :pac:

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#6 01-05-2009 8:50am
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Got a better suggestion Gayle.

Why don't we all fook off to an enclosed order,take a vow of silence/celibacy and poverty and just rot away in peaceful and pleasant surroundings.

it's the internet for fcuks sake!!!!

Goin' for a crap:mad:

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#7 01-05-2009 9:16am
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FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Got a better suggestion Gayle.

Why don't we all fook off to an enclosed order,take a vow of silence/celibacy and poverty and just rot away in peaceful and pleasant surroundings.

it's the internet for fcuks sake!!!!

Goin' for a crap:mad:

Yes. Why don't you.

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#8 01-05-2009 10:10am
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You'd be attacking FlutterinBantam's key demographic of post-pubescent cretins who spend their days (in the callcentre/parent's house) scouring the Internet for lolcats and gutter humour.

Certainly wouldn't work on AH, although if you're talking about PI then it's not that unreasonable. Still not the best way to deal with it though, imo.

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#9 01-05-2009 10:18am
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Okay, serious reply.

I think I'm correct in saying that there's a policy in PI to occasionally keep a troll thread open if it promotes discussion on a serious issue that genuine posters want to keep going. In these rare cases, trolls inadvertently bring about something positive.

On a completely different level, some of the funniest threads I've ever read (e.g. Busted Flush's "making love with my aunt" thread and that recent one about giving a random Spanish dude head) were obvious trolls that made many people happy.

Obviously there's a difference between these humourous trolls and the type that start threads just to insult/abuse people, but it would be impossible to come up with a single rule to deal with every different dubious thread.

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#10 01-05-2009 10:19am
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I think we all sekritly love a good troll and watchin their demise

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#11 01-05-2009 10:21am
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An File wrote: »

Okay, serious reply.

I think I'm correct in saying that there's a policy in PI to occasionally keep a troll thread open if it promotes discussion on a serious issue that genuine posters want to keep going. In these rare cases, trolls inadvertently bring about something positive.

On a completely different level, some of the funniest threads I've ever read (e.g. Busted Flush's "making love with my aunt" thread and that recent one about giving a random Spanish dude head) were obvious trolls that made many people happy.

Obviously there's a difference between these humourous trolls and the type that start threads just to insult/abuse people, but it would be impossible to come up with a single rule to deal with every different dubious thread.

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#12 01-05-2009 12:06pm
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I don't like this thread, but I do like Abigayles sig though.

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#13 01-05-2009 12:35pm
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5starpool wrote: »

I don't like this thread, but I do like Abigayles sig though.

Gotta say I don't disagree with you there buddy

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#14 01-05-2009 12:59pm
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You cant beat a good auld troll thread

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#15 01-05-2009 1:24pm
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Seeing as the OP is technically a reaction to any number of troll threads, Abigayle should be infractied without delay.

Get to it.

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#16 01-05-2009 1:35pm
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How does infracting people who reply to trolls deter future trolls? In some cases the fact its a troll is not always clear cut to people.

But I also like your sig.

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#17 01-05-2009 1:58pm
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Damn sig is nothin' but trouble

Well I guess what I had in mind was.. if people reply and infuriate a troll, I think he / she is likely to come back with the sole idea of answering back / insulting the posters that replied. Take Jackeenboy for an example. Firstly I dunno how hes not site banned... but hes an abusive troll. It was after Doc Bolloco infracted him and closed the thread, that got me thinking about those who replied.

Well thats basically what he wants no? Well I certainly wont lose any sleep over it.. was just sharing a notion

And Flutt, I hope you fall down the jax

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#18 01-05-2009 7:53pm
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That's what I like to hear, don't lose any sleep over it.

Wouldn't it be just great if everyone posted stuff that looked like a frikken BOI press release.:eek:

People are different, what some enjoy,others abhor,it's called interaction.

Don't let it upset you.

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#19 01-05-2009 7:56pm
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CuLT wrote: »

You'd be attacking FlutterinBantam's key demographic of post-pubescent cretins who spend their days (in the callcentre/parent's house) scouring the Internet for lolcats and gutter humour.

Certainly wouldn't work on AH, although if you're talking about PI then it's not that unreasonable. Still not the best way to deal with it though, imo.

Hmmm........

Nice one,edge of the envelope stuff there on the insult front.

Be proud of that one myself in fairness.

Will the Flutther take umbrage.... of course not:D:D

Noted though

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#20 02-05-2009 12:05am
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FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Hmmm........

Nice one,edge of the envelope stuff there on the insult front.

Be proud of that one myself in fairness.

Will the Flutther take umbrage.... of course not:D:D

Noted though

Oh my, if you were taking umbrage I'd actually feel a bit bad tbh

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#21 02-05-2009 12:57am
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whats a troll?

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#22 02-05-2009 1:07am
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#23 02-05-2009 12:01pm
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Troll

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#24 03-05-2009 12:19am
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Ass wrote: »

whats a troll?

Remember when I banned you from AH...

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#25 03-05-2009 1:43pm
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Terry wrote: »

Remember when I banned you from AH...

yeah it was completely unjustified...

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#26 03-05-2009 2:54pm
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When you get down to it, seems like every thread is posted to get a reaction of one sort or another. Ergo every thread going bar the locked moderator ones fall under the OPs definition of trollage. Thing is, where does one draw the line?

When it upsets the natives, I guess.

'sides, there are enough hoops to jump through as it is.

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#27 03-05-2009 3:00pm
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Trolls want to infuriate people.

Nothing infuriates people more then being infracted when they are being "righteous".

Thus we would be rewarding the trolls even further and encouraging trolling.

Nice idea and sentiment but it wont play out that way...

DeV.

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#28 03-05-2009 3:03pm
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Ass wrote: »

whats a troll?

I know it's AH but this thread might qualify as being trollish

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055554629

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#29 04-05-2009 6:02am
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Abs I'm not being smart BUT you reply to a lot of trollish threads (in AH) so i have no idea what you problem is? Do you have examples of these trollish threads? I mean, if its attention seeking you're talking about then just link to what you have a problem with?....

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#30 05-05-2009 8:37pm
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I don't like this idea.

What about the people who troll the trolls?

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#31 05-05-2009 11:47pm
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I love trolls to the extent that I was going to post a request for a troll sub-category in humour. There could be weekly competitions for the best troll or an annual vote for troll of the year maybe???

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