please define your term "trolling" for us sparks...

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darkman

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NOT EVERYONE THINKS OR UNDERSTANDS WORDS TO MEAN THE SAME THING...
DEFINE "TROLLING". TO ME..THAT WOULD MEAN " ANYONE , INCLUDING MODERATORS " WHO INITIATES AN UNWARRENTED ATTACT OF RUDENESS...
WRONGFULL OR INTENTIONS ACTS OR STATMENTS ( OUT OF BEING MEAN OR IN SOME PERSONS INSTANCES... JUST STUPID IGNORANCE OF THEIR YOUTH) WITH THE INTENT TO DAMAGE ANOTHERS STANDING BY
MAKING STATMENTS THAT ACTUALLY BEAR NO TRUTH WHEN SCRUTINIZED CLOSELY..
IVE NOT SEEN ANY TROLLING HERE SPARKS...AND I READ THE FORUM COMPLETLY.. EVERYONE HAS BEEN PRETTY NICE TO ONE ANOTHER HERE FROM
WHAT I READ...THERE WAS A LITTLE SPAT OVER RED LYNX BUT THAT WAS
RESOLVED BY THOSE INVOLVED..AS A MISUNDERSTANDING.....SO SINCE
I CANT FIGURE OUT "EXACTLY" WHAT IT IS YOUR TALKING ABOUT...PERHAPS
DEFINE "TROLLING" FOR US.. ..AS IM SURE WE WOULD
"ALL" BE INTERESTED IN YOUR ANSWER...THANK YOU
 
You must not be reading the Strider forum then as thats where the problem has been centered. A person banned that reregisters daily if not more often. Go check it out there. The guy even posted gay porno on the forum until it was deleted.
 
Yea that "shaving" pic on the Strider forum is not appropriate. That same guy must've been banned 5 times already posting pics along the same line. If you ever catch one of those posts before it's edited then you'll see what a troll really is about. Not to mention TTO who put up that stupid "I was attacked by a Spyderco Civilian" thread. If you search that then you'd see how much attention some of these guys really want. Trolls must not get enough in the real world or something.....
 
Now I've got a minute free I'll explain.... The troll Spark was referring to has been posting explicitly homoerotic pictures on various forums here. Most of the members probably haven't seen them; we've been removing them as fast as we become aware of them and you might not even have visited any of the forums he's posted trolls in; there are a lot of different forums here. We'd appreciate it if you let us know as soon as you see one so we can remove it and ban him again, that's all.

He keeps re-registering with new identities, but we can ban him and remove his posts faster than he can register a new identity and post some more. It's not a cause for alarm, just a nuisance -- but we'll appreciate it if you tip us off so we can deal with it quickly. The pictures he's been posting are quite offensive to most people, and any members who want to see pix like that can easily find them on the net. There's no reason to have them here.

By the way, writing in all capitals is read as shouting on the net. Most people refuse to read posts that consist of nothing but shouting; I do myself except here where I have to. It's a moderator's life....
 
your right..i hadnt been to the strider hangout.. ( i dont own one)
so it never crossed my mind to look there... i was looking in the
general area... i havnt seen the stuff your talking about yet ( no real desire to if you know what i mean,uck!) but your description
would certianly rate a "troll"..for sure... down in texas..we call em
prairie faries..guess "TROLL" is more politically correct... i just didnt know what a troll was.... thanks guys..!!
 
darkman, you want to see trolls? Here they are.

Nothing to do with gay porn per se. You had it right in your first post, they are just people who like to start insults or arguments online to get attention.

The term originally came from fishing, throwing bait out into the water and dragging it slowly back in, to see who bites. Besides, it coincidentally sounds like the Scandinavian gremlins, who are also generally unwelcome, wherever they stick their ugly faces. :D
 
darkman,

I have spent time on A LOT of Internet forums...as far as I know, a "troll" does not have to be rude...they merely have to post something designed to create a flame war...so a troll might, for example, post something like "the Sebenza sucks" just to amuse themselves with the resulting replies...some certainly do cross the line with posts like "the Sebenza sucks and Sebenza owners are stupid"...

RL
 
Nothing more that I need to add - it's already been covered. We're extremely tolerant around here, but some people just have a need to cause mischief whereever they go. Maybe they just lack a life in the real world.

Kevin
 
:eek: :eek: :eek:

"Andy, ol' Mr. Spark is playing with Opie again..."

"That's alright Barney, Aunt Bee said it was ok..."

Mel ;)
 
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