Re: Trolls

=?iso-8859-1?q?Hugh=20O'Neil?= (hugh_oneil@yahoo.com)
Wed, 28 Jul 1999 10:26:07 -0700 (PDT)

I have to agree, I start ourt reading every mail that is sent on a
discussion then gradually see the tone become more and more obusive
till tied of uniteligent messages with nothing but personal abusive I
delete the ones I haven't read, now I may be doing some of you a
diservice but as useual it is the minority that act like idiots and
spoil it for others.

--- Tim Whalen <whalen@digitalboardwalk.com> wrote:
>
> Some people get their kicks out of trolling the
> newsgroups
> and message boards looking for egos to toy with.
> They usually
> have no interest in the subject matter and try to
> turn every
> discussion into a general mudslinging contest. It's
> some
> sort of sad, sick little game they enjoy. The best
> way to
> deal with this is to just ignore them. They'll get
> bored and
> go look for a more reactionary crowd. If your urge
> to reply
> is generally high it might help to autoroute their
> email to
> the trash.
>
> -- Dogmatix
>

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