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[Dan19]

how does this work

[Darksheare]

I dunno, depends on how many trolls show up.
The mods also pull quite a few before these even show up.

[Indy Pendance]

Don't you think we are giving into the narcissists? Their sole purpose is to be zotted?

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Some people are like that, you know...

[Darksheare]

Some of them.
Most notably a Eurotroll who for awhile had been stalking Scott0347 and myself here on FR.
That troll seemed to enjoy being abused every time they'd show up.
Come to think of it, scott and I haven't run across taotao the master flatuator in awhile.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Find your Role-Playing Stereotype at mutedfaith.com.

[scott0347]

Ever since we found a picture of Toto the master flatuator he hasn't shown his tutu around here

[Darksheare]

LOL!!
I love it.

[JoJo Gunn]

It doesn't reflect well on you in the least to remain silent about this.

[Darksheare]

Yeah, I do believe we're way overdue for him dropping in on us.
Unless the Eurocollege server he was posting from is now blocked?
(One can only hope)

[Gunrunner2]

I dunno. . .this is my first one today (I don't troll for Zot threads, I just happen upon them).

[Indy Pendance]

So, why do you encourage others to post to them? I'm not trying to create a flame war, but why do you acknowledge them at all? I'd think we'd want their crap banned and move on, most of their posts are junk anyway. It seems to me they are winning without further posting, we egg them on with the kitties. Maybe it's time to ignore them, they want attention, any attention, and we supply it, good or bad, they get it there message, we look silly with juvenile posts, so let's stop it. Let the mods ban them, we move on to the important issues, which is not who has the cutest kitty picture, but how to save the US Constitution.

[Indy Pendance]

Weekends tend to be slow for trolls, hungover perhaps?

[Rightly Biased]

Has is ever worked?

[Tarpaulin]

why do you acknowledge them at all?

Because I walk and chew bubblegum at the same time.

[Indy Pendance]

But, I'm not saying a good zot is a bad thing, just maybe we should appreciate a real moron instead of gloryfying the everyday garden variety troll with a zot, maybe zot is losing it's luster. We do get so many of them nowadays, maybe we need to rethink and only zot those with special qualities. That will at least give them something to strive for. JMHO.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

I think it was the "I don't want to live someplace that would want me in charge" that did it.

[Darksheare]

Because, we post weird enigmatic things to them, humiliate them, and at times convince some to stay away.
And generally have fun.
Heck, it's pretty much tradition as well.
Check out the Mod's bio page, about halfway down.

Leaving the trolls alone before egged them on worse.
They felt they could come here with impunity.
Now it's more along the lines of 'how long can they go undetected' and while undetected, how many regular FReepers they can con into following along with them.

There's a small group who follows some of the trolls around and cuddles up to them.
Thankfully, they haven't been bothersome recently.
(They're some of the most vitriolic and insulting people I have run across.)

It gets interesting at times.

[Gunrunner2]

Trolls hungover? Nah. . .stoned maybe, but never hungover.

[tomkat]

I don't believe I've ever seen a pacybara posted on FR.
If this is actually a first, your lame thread will be sorta historic.

[Darksheare]

I understand.
A good zot can be quite amusing.

But, admittedly, the quality of the trolls has been rather less than nominal lately.
And then there's the MD4Bush thing.
And the trolls from AliPAC baiting people here.
So we're pretty disappointed with the quality of the trolls lately.