Nofsdad
Joined: 06 Jul 2003
Posts: 7091
Location: Central CA
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 3:53 am Post subject: Trolls is Trolls... a classic description
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With everything that happened earlier today I thought it might be time for the annual reminder.
The Political Troll
I suppose someone, most likely one of those being so accurately described, would claim that this should be discounted since it comes from an unabashedly liberal website but I have observed so many of the examples given taking place in almost the exact manner being described that it doesn't matter where the description came from. Trolls is trolls. 
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I cannot make anyone stop responding to pointless or nuisance comments. You have to want to restrain yourself, because you understand that the only way to get rid of them is to fail to give them the attention they want. A "troll" is not just someone whose comments you disagree with, or even just a nasty or badly-worded comment. A troll is someone who does not, under any possible set of circumstances, care what you think about him or his comments.
He merely wants attention. Negative attention will do. The more you disagree with him, the more he is able to tell himself that he is persecuted and victimized or the only voice of reason or one of the elite few who has the God's-eye view of the world or whatever his current delusion is.
If he isn't merely a narcissist who thrives on feeling attacked, he's just some putz who enjoys irritating other people. Therefore, you "feed" the troll by paying any attention to him at all. It does not matter what you say in response. Any response to a troll just encourages the troll. |
Trolls in General:
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