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Edward Dolan
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"daytoncapri" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> This a suggestion for dealing with an irritant - ignore it.
>
> I see that a posting tree in this group has grown substantially from an
> original post by a troll. (We will use no names here.)
>
> The size of the posting tree - as you talk with each other - is a form
> of gratification for the trolls original post - so don't provide it.
> The troll will happily post at a ratio of his to others of 4-to-1,
> 5-to-1, 20-to 1 - as long as he/she gets a response.
>
> Regardless of your content, the mere fact that you made a post in
> response to him (that includes to someone else under his orginal post),
> makes the troll happy, and reinforces that behavior.
>
> If you really get the troll going, he will be delighted to paint the
> entire page with multiple OPs.
>
> [Yes, I see the irony - I am responding in my own way - too.]
>
> You don't really know who the troll is - a dolt, a genius or a fool, or
> a tired, anemic sick baby boomer, a paranoid, a very smart and happy
> and otherwise well-adjusted adolescent, or a person who once was an
> authentic personality - and then lost it, or something else. Any
> characterization in your posts won't make the mark. By missing the
> mark, it only encourages the troll to enjoy the anonymity and
> reinforces the compulsion to post.
>
> The solution is to not respond, here are THREE WAYS TO NOT RESPOND
>
> 1. Refuse to answer any original post from a troll. (Unless, of course,
> if you yourself are a troll)
>
> 2. Refuse to build the posting tree. Do not post under a subject that
> was initiated by a troll. (Unless, of course, if you yourself are a
> troll)
>
> 3. Finally, please do not respond to this particular post, i.e, this
> message you are reading. Seriously. It's a waste for everyone. The
> best way to demonstrate that you agree with my thinking is to not post
> a reply. (Unless, of course, if you yourself are a troll)
>
> Let's move on to real conversation. There's a lot of good people in
> this group with a variety of good questions and helpful answers.
>
> We have important things to share about cycling - let's come here for
> those purposes.
>
> So . . . somebody, how about posting a new topic - on topic?
>
> End of message
All of the above is nothing but the purest gobbledygook by a know-nothing
moron.
However, the cycling newsgroups are now being visited by a real troll which
will give all of you an opportunity to learn what a troll is by what a troll
does. It is easy not to respond to him because he never says anything. His
messages are really just a form of spam, mindless and vacuous. But I am glad
that he is here so that the rest of you can FINALLY learn something about
trolls.
Regards,
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
news:[email protected]...
[newsgroups expanded]
> This a suggestion for dealing with an irritant - ignore it.
>
> I see that a posting tree in this group has grown substantially from an
> original post by a troll. (We will use no names here.)
>
> The size of the posting tree - as you talk with each other - is a form
> of gratification for the trolls original post - so don't provide it.
> The troll will happily post at a ratio of his to others of 4-to-1,
> 5-to-1, 20-to 1 - as long as he/she gets a response.
>
> Regardless of your content, the mere fact that you made a post in
> response to him (that includes to someone else under his orginal post),
> makes the troll happy, and reinforces that behavior.
>
> If you really get the troll going, he will be delighted to paint the
> entire page with multiple OPs.
>
> [Yes, I see the irony - I am responding in my own way - too.]
>
> You don't really know who the troll is - a dolt, a genius or a fool, or
> a tired, anemic sick baby boomer, a paranoid, a very smart and happy
> and otherwise well-adjusted adolescent, or a person who once was an
> authentic personality - and then lost it, or something else. Any
> characterization in your posts won't make the mark. By missing the
> mark, it only encourages the troll to enjoy the anonymity and
> reinforces the compulsion to post.
>
> The solution is to not respond, here are THREE WAYS TO NOT RESPOND
>
> 1. Refuse to answer any original post from a troll. (Unless, of course,
> if you yourself are a troll)
>
> 2. Refuse to build the posting tree. Do not post under a subject that
> was initiated by a troll. (Unless, of course, if you yourself are a
> troll)
>
> 3. Finally, please do not respond to this particular post, i.e, this
> message you are reading. Seriously. It's a waste for everyone. The
> best way to demonstrate that you agree with my thinking is to not post
> a reply. (Unless, of course, if you yourself are a troll)
>
> Let's move on to real conversation. There's a lot of good people in
> this group with a variety of good questions and helpful answers.
>
> We have important things to share about cycling - let's come here for
> those purposes.
>
> So . . . somebody, how about posting a new topic - on topic?
>
> End of message
All of the above is nothing but the purest gobbledygook by a know-nothing
moron.
However, the cycling newsgroups are now being visited by a real troll which
will give all of you an opportunity to learn what a troll is by what a troll
does. It is easy not to respond to him because he never says anything. His
messages are really just a form of spam, mindless and vacuous. But I am glad
that he is here so that the rest of you can FINALLY learn something about
trolls.
Regards,
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
