Trolling (was Re: ATD: cover seal)

[davemarc]

From: Monte Davis <monte.davis at verizon.net>


> > d, who ... every now and then
> > can't help but call out for a stop to the insanity
>
> ~28 years ago, my second or third day on my first BBS or newsgroup or
> Compuserve forum or whatever it was, I encountered the words: "don't feed
> the trolls." There remains no better advice, nor any harder to practice
> consistently.
>
> Only one other word contains as much wisdom and potential peace of mind as
> those four:
>
> Filters.
>
I agree. Responding to the insults is what feeds the trolling. Filtering or
just ignoring the crap is usually the best approach, it seems.

d.