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The Proper Approach to Online Trolls
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Posted on 01/05/2022 5:07:34 AM PST by jimjohn

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1 posted on 01/05/2022 5:07:34 AM PST by jimjohn
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The best response to such types is… … No response at all.

How about instead "ganging up" on them and "calling them out?" Yes, I understand that that would require a coordinated effort, but...

Regards,

2 posted on 01/05/2022 5:14:47 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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Excellent!

Does this mean we can ignore Humblegunner’s diatribes against most all vanity and blog posts? ... Asking for a friend, of course.

;-)


3 posted on 01/05/2022 5:15:24 AM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: ad ferre non, velit esse sine defensione)
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My natural response is call them out. I don’t want the lie to stand. If you are right - deny them attention


4 posted on 01/05/2022 5:22:13 AM PST by FatherofFive (We support Trump. Not the GOP)
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I dunno. I kind of like when Humblegunner and others point to lifted content parked on a personal blog and exerted here on FR just for the blog hits.
5 posted on 01/05/2022 5:39:54 AM PST by WhoisAlanGreenspan?
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“ Yes, I understand that that would require a coordinated effort,”

Ignoring them would also require coordination.


6 posted on 01/05/2022 5:43:56 AM PST by Jayster (Legalize Marijuana )
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To: WhoisAlanGreenspan?
I dunno. I kind of like when Humblegunner and others point to lifted content parked on a personal blog and exerted here on FR just for the blog hits.

It's an idiotic position to have. Why do you care about 'blog hits'? Just enjoy the information, however you get it.

And is that all he trolls? Blog pimps? You aren't paying attention. You are aiding and abetting terrorists.

Not to worry, though. That's what you guys got me for.

#GreatWhiteHunter


7 posted on 01/05/2022 5:45:17 AM PST by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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Good idea. But it’s hard to ignore these bastards.
I “block” them on other social media. Sometimes they change identities and come back and I block them again.
I hate those bastards.


8 posted on 01/05/2022 5:45:59 AM PST by ZULU (HOOVER, FREEH, MUELLER, COMEY, WRAY, SUCCESSION OF STATISTS)
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Nice troll psychological profile.

But you left out the other type. Those who go on social media, not for psychological need, but to steer opinion and thought like it's their job. And sometimes it is.

That's not the definition of 'troll', but something else. 'Shill' is one word for it. They do exist and they are here.

And they need exposing and punishment.


9 posted on 01/05/2022 5:48:18 AM PST by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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“It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead.” - Jefferson


10 posted on 01/05/2022 5:52:50 AM PST by Sans-Culotte (11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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I just block -> report spam and move on. Anything else is time-inefficient.


11 posted on 01/05/2022 5:59:23 AM PST by thoughtomator
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But its so important to win arguments on the internet!


12 posted on 01/05/2022 5:59:29 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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But its so important to win arguments on the internet!


Is not!


13 posted on 01/05/2022 6:03:13 AM PST by Quality_Not_Quantity ("...for the sake of His name." Psalm 23:3)
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Trolls? Ignore them.

Go on about your life, secure in the knowledge that you have many fulfilling things to occupy your time and energies.

Smile at the thought of the troll, poised to spew their venom, deriving some sick pleasure from it. Yet denied the opportunity by your indifference. In fact the troll is further insulted by your utter disregard of their provocations - their thoughts and opinions mean so little to you that you cannot be bothered to respond and engage.

It is actually a little sad, yet satisfying and funny to think of their frustration.

14 posted on 01/05/2022 6:04:06 AM PST by ThunderSleeps (Biden/Harris - illegitimate and everyone knows it.)
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To: Quality_Not_Quantity

That’s not an argument that is just contradiction.


15 posted on 01/05/2022 6:04:14 AM PST by pas
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Is not!

Troll!


16 posted on 01/05/2022 6:04:33 AM PST by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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Just my $0.02

$0.03 due to inflation

17 posted on 01/05/2022 6:06:30 AM PST by Hot Tabasco
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Counterpoint: there are thousands of good blog posts out there. I don’t look for them out there. I look for content here, on FR.

I am glad to see the content.

FR doesn’t make or lose revenue from these posts, to my understanding, so what’s the rub, really?

I welcome your thoughts.


18 posted on 01/05/2022 6:07:24 AM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: ad ferre non, velit esse sine defensione)
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Great post! I would send this to some of who I think are guilty parties, but I don’t remember their screen names.


19 posted on 01/05/2022 6:07:54 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Some have a DO NOT RESPOND list. I try to remember who not to reply to. Sometimes I forget, sometimes I don’t. But, they are out there. Sad lives to be snarky, berating, rude. Sorta leads folks to the answer to: “Can’t we all just get along?”


20 posted on 01/05/2022 6:15:17 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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