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Starving Trolls Is Key To Internet Harmony
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/26/2754284.htm ^ | 11/26/09 | Cassie White

Posted on 12/04/2009 1:02:47 PM PST by steve-b

Ignoring internet "trolls" is the best way to deter people who surf the internet picking fights and abusing people on discussion forums, says an expert.

ABC News Online this week scrapped its 'Open for Comment' panel in a bid to deter trolls, who constantly start arguments and hurl abuse at other participants.

The move has been criticised by some people, as has ABC policy to moderate comments before posting them to the site.

The role of moderator is to act as a filter to keep debate civil, constructive and on topic. But some feel it is a form of censorship....

He says the best way to make a troll go away is to simply ignore them.

"You can hardly go back into a thread and post if the last post is yours," he said....

"The good old motto is 'don't feed the troll'. Don't acknowledge them, don't give them attention, don't react because that's what they want."...

(Excerpt) Read more at abc.net.au ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: sourcetitlenoturl; stevebzot; trolling; trolls; zot
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1 posted on 12/04/2009 1:02:49 PM PST by steve-b
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ABC figured out how to solve the problem of free speech.

Replace free speech with no speech.

2 posted on 12/04/2009 1:04:05 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
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What?


3 posted on 12/04/2009 1:04:28 PM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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Yo, Izzy! Did you hear something?


4 posted on 12/04/2009 1:06:00 PM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel
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Zotting is quicker and more effective.


5 posted on 12/04/2009 1:07:49 PM PST by exit82 (Democrats are the enemy of freedom. Sarah Palin is our Esther.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum; Izzy Dunne
This article is from ABC, yes...The Australian Broadcasting Corporation
6 posted on 12/04/2009 1:08:16 PM PST by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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There is a certain amount of irony here...


7 posted on 12/04/2009 1:08:23 PM PST by ejonesie22
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So what’s wrong with toying with them a little like a cat does a mouse before engaging ignore?? :~P


8 posted on 12/04/2009 1:09:36 PM PST by My hearts in London - Everett (So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Nah. It’s all harmonious here - how ‘bout choo?


9 posted on 12/04/2009 1:09:45 PM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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If I have time and enough Christmas cookies I will babysit a Troll. Otherwise they may go burn some innocents.


10 posted on 12/04/2009 1:10:17 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper (Daddy's First Christmas!)
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I thought the saying was: “FEED a troll, starve a geezer”


11 posted on 12/04/2009 1:10:38 PM PST by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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There is a certain amount of irony here...

Indeed. Steve's having a big laugh right now. We'll never know because of his hit and run tactics.

12 posted on 12/04/2009 1:11:00 PM PST by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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No. Killing them is best.


13 posted on 12/04/2009 1:11:13 PM PST by Admin Moderator
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troll is the new nonperson.


14 posted on 12/04/2009 1:11:58 PM PST by the invisib1e hand (free enterprise (the first word is a verb))
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troll is the new nonperson.


15 posted on 12/04/2009 1:12:04 PM PST by the invisib1e hand (free enterprise (the first word is a verb))
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To: steve-b

troll is the new nonperson.


16 posted on 12/04/2009 1:12:04 PM PST by the invisib1e hand (free enterprise (the first word is a verb))
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To: My hearts in London - Everett
WHY MUST ALL YOUR SOLUTIONS INVOLVE VIOLENCE!!!!!1!!!

;->

17 posted on 12/04/2009 1:12:50 PM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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Some faint buzzing very now and then. Like a small b, maybe?


18 posted on 12/04/2009 1:13:22 PM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel
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I’ve noticed that places like Townhall and even the Wall Street Journal are teeming with trolls.

same ones, and they’re usually there within the first 4-5 posts after a thread has gone up.

most times have nothing to do with the topic, but strawmen, ad-hominum attacks, and of course the old standby...”Bushs fault”

pseudo-intellectual blog baiters, aka

Seminar Trolls.


19 posted on 12/04/2009 1:14:37 PM PST by digger48
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Pfft.

I prefer to use this:


20 posted on 12/04/2009 1:15:26 PM PST by scottdeus12 (Jesus is real, whether you believe in Him or not.)
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