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Fatstrat
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Several years ago I had several Liberal * follow me from a very Liberal Guitar forum over to Gunboards.com where they began trolling.
Problem for them was I knew who they were. And informed my fellow Gunboards members where their favorite Liberal home forum was.
Then many Gunboards members began posting on THEIR forum. Was actually was blast as it's increadably easy to shoot holes in Liberal rhetoric.
Wasn't long before they were calling for a truce. We'll stay off your website if you'll stay off ours. And it worked. At least in the cases of the trolls I knew about.
Problem for them was I knew who they were. And informed my fellow Gunboards members where their favorite Liberal home forum was.
Then many Gunboards members began posting on THEIR forum. Was actually was blast as it's increadably easy to shoot holes in Liberal rhetoric.
Wasn't long before they were calling for a truce. We'll stay off your website if you'll stay off ours. And it worked. At least in the cases of the trolls I knew about.
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http://www.theforumzone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1799
Trolls see Internet communications services as convenient venues for their bizarre game. For some reason, they don't "get" that they are hurting real people. To them, other Internet users are not quite human but are a kind of digital abstraction. As a result, they feel no sorrow whatsoever for the pain they inflict. Indeed, the greater the suffering they cause, the greater their 'achievement' (as they see it). At the moment, the relative anonymity of the net allows trolls to flourish.
Trolls are utterly impervious to criticism (constructive or otherwise). You cannot negotiate with them; you cannot cause them to feel shame or compassion; you cannot reason with them. They cannot be made to feel remorse. For some reason, trolls do not feel they are bound by the rules of courtesy or social responsibility.
Perhaps this sounds inconceivable. You may think, "Surely there is something I can write that will change them." But a true troll can not be changed by mere words.
What to do with Trools
When you suspect that somebody is a troll, you might try responding with a polite, mild message to see if it's just somebody in a bad mood. Internet users sometimes let their passions get away from them when seated safely behind their keyboard. If you ignore their bluster and respond in a pleasant manner, they usually calm down.
However, if the person persists in being beastly, and seems to enjoy being unpleasant, the only effective position is summed up as follows:
The only way to deal with trolls is to limit your reaction to reminding others not to respond to trolls.
When you try to reason with a troll, he wins. When you insult a troll, he wins. When you scream at a troll, he wins. The only thing that trolls can't handle is being ignored.
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Personally , i think that they should be banned from any sport involving a firearm, to keep our sport respectful& safe [^]
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I sincerely hope this is not the case, but the coincidence is pretty tight.
In my case, I'm a conservative musician. But most musician forums are EXTREMELY Liberal. I had a reason to be there beyond disagreeing w/thier points of view.
But it is helpful to realize that the supposedly peace loving Liberals are VERY agressive in trying to sabotage any other point of view.
And I eventually learned that these idiots are brainwashed anyway. One can PROVE them wrong today, and next week they'll be spouting the SAME BS. Best just to let them have their pity-party and stay on forums w/like minded people. You've accomplised nothing when you've bested these fools.
Sadly, I think the trolling we've been experiencing may be in response to a few of our members going to another website with the intent of wreaking havoc. Sadly, those that did, glefully admitted it here.
I sincerely hope this is not the case, but the coincidence is pretty tight.
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