To: 7.62 x 51mm
How do you catch trolls, other than by viewing their comments?
To: Moderate right-winger
That's the only way I know, in my short time here. I think some of the FR Vets instinctively know who a troll will be much more quickly than I do.
51 posted on
10/12/2004 6:26:29 AM PDT by
7.62 x 51mm
(• veni • vidi • vino • visa • "I came, I saw, I drank wine, I shopped")
To: Moderate right-winger
How do you catch trolls, other than by viewing their comments? I don't reveal ALL my hunting skills, as the trolls themselves might pick up on them, but here's some simple stuff:
* Scanning thread titles and teasers for obvious inflammatory blurbs; and
* A few pointed comments usually smoke out the less-stable trolls, causing ZOTworthy posts that are naughty in the site of MOD...
53 posted on
10/12/2004 7:14:01 AM PDT by
Old Sarge
(K'nigget-Commander. Sergeant-At-Arms, Sentinel of Meetingplaces both Clandestine and Public.)
To: Moderate right-winger
How do you catch trolls, other than by viewing their comments? Another dead giveaway... new poster, atrocious spelling, lack of capitalization skills, hidden slam at GWB somewhere in the post.
The easy ones are the incoherent, profane rants.
57 posted on
10/12/2004 7:36:00 AM PDT by
Not A Snowbird
(Official RKBA Landscaper and Arborist, Pajama Duchess of Green Leafy Things)
To: Moderate right-winger
How do you catch trolls, other than by viewing their comments?With the use of Beeber Like Devices.
62 posted on
10/12/2004 8:48:27 AM PDT by
Fixit
(Trolls - Beeber by the dozen.)
To: Moderate right-winger
How do you catch trolls, other than by viewing their comments?Sign up dates are a clue.
Moderate right-winger
Since Aug 19, 2004
The site owner also has some "technical resources" which help identify returning trolls.
65 posted on
10/12/2004 3:50:04 PM PDT by
PAR35
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