Ok... we have trolls... trolls feed on attention...
I have a proposition...
let us stop feeding the trolls... Like bad movies, just don't go... don't
even respond to them... I personally plan to stop reading the trolls posts
altogether...
I had thought about a website suggestion as well... a little clickbox by
someone's name... basically filters out the selected troll's posts in the
forums so you never have to see them again... I dunno how possible it is,
but I would love to see it as the forums are dynamically loaded everytime
(change your tagline sometime and all your posts will have the new
one)...
any thoughts, feelings?
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Abbadon
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posted on 8/8/2004 at 04:39 PM
Good idea. I'm sure its possible. It might change the format a bit though.
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Moinlen_Drigenu
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posted on 8/8/2004 at 04:55 PM
Aye...Cap'n. Fine by me.
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Andree
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posted on 8/8/2004 at 04:58 PM
But it's fun to feed the trolls . . . 'Course as trolls, that's what
they want anyway. Is it really that bad to give it to 'em? They get what
they want, we get a good argument . . . although there's a big difference
between arguing and discussing, and in an ideal world we would discuss, but
do you remember how slow the forums were last week, before WW showed up? I
confess I betrayed my usual self when I was mean to him . . . I'm not a
mean person, but . . .
Grilled Cajun Style Gator Tail Recipe
4 To 6 Lbs Gator Tail
Lemon wedges
Cajun Seasoning Mix:
12 T Paprika
6 T Garlic powder
3 T Salt
3 T White pepper
3 T Oregano, crushed
3 T Black pepper
2 1/2 T Thyme
1 T Cayenne pepper
To make seasoning mix, combine paprika, garlic powder, salt, white pepper,
oregano, black pepper, thyme and cayenne pepper in jar with tight fitting
lid. Shake well to combine. Mixture may be stored for up to 3 months. When
ready to cook, cut gator tail meat into 1/2" cubes. Roll each cube in 1
tablespoon of the mixture. Cook over high heat on an outdoor barbecue grill
or under the oven broiler for 4 to 6 minutes, or until gator tail meat is
white and firm to the touch. Serve warm with lemon wedges. The seasoning
mixture will coat up to 24 (4 oz.) servings of gator tail.
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Monolycus
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posted on 8/8/2004 at 05:10 PM
feral: I have suggested not feeding the attention hungry on many, many
occasions. To you. Until recently, I had suggested that every time a new
attention whore sprang up. I stopped doing it because I would invariably
hear "But it's fun to feed the trolls!" Not responding would be
the sensible thing to do, and the sensible already do it.
I also like your filtering idea... here's a variation of it:
When you see somebody's name on a post, and that name belongs to somebody
that annoys you, don't read the post. Just an idea.
~M.
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Moinlen_Drigenu
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posted on 8/8/2004 at 05:18 PM
quote:
aye that it is, but they do get annoying.
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IamSquid
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posted on 8/8/2004 at 08:32 PM
Feral, I think yor idea of being able to ignore people in the forums is
terriffic. Maybe like when yoo see the forums every post has a + or - sign
on it. So I right now I can see everybody's posts and I see a little minus
sign next to Abaddon's name. Now that I've doen that I can see everybody's
posts except for Abaddon's which appear as a simply his name with a plus
sign. That way if somebody actually decides to listen to him and replies
to his drivel and then yoo go back and are lost in the conversation yoo can
just click + and see what yoo missed (before -ing him again).
I have already let Abaddon/W0rmw00d know that I will no longer reply to his
comments.
Fuck yeah, starve that troll!
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Monolycus
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posted on 8/8/2004 at 10:42 PM
Mmm-Kay. Let me see if I have this straight. You lack the self control to
keep yourself from rising to idiot bait, but the ability to click something
new will give you that self control? Is that it? Or is it that you need
someone to write ignore coding for the site because you are too lazy to
have an ignore function for your brain?
Lest we forget, please re-read the following, and remember... just because
everyone else is a dumbass doesn't mean you have to become one as well. If
you stay away from the fire, it burns itself out and nobody has any cause
to laugh at you.
mono: thank you for pointing out the obvious my friend*lol* I suggested it
AGAIN..., because, I suddenly came to agree with you... also... I stated
the other thing you suggested... I have already stoped readin em... though
I call a point of order... it was only many times, not many, many times...
*winks*
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Monolycus
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posted on 8/8/2004 at 10:52 PM
feral: Touche. It was only many times. I hate it when I am caught in a
hyperbole.
~M.
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hey hey hey now... no need to get insulting... garlic powder? just what
cajuns you been talkin at?
Cajunn seasoning...start with 5 cloves of accadian garlic... (when you
crush it, it's oily, not watery)... put that in your food processor and
mince it up... 1/4 tsp salt, 1/4 ounbce cilantro, 1/2 ounce wild onion, 2
tbsp cayenne, 1tbsp red sumaq... mix this all together...chop 1/2 lb
mushrooms and mix into the seasoning. ad 4tbsp butter... sautee for about 5
minutes.
Take your gator fillet, lay it flat and place a 2 inch thick strip of the
mushrooms and seasoning 3/5th the leanth of the fillet. fold it over and
use a toothpick to fasten it shut... roll in a mixture of corn meal,
cayenne, garlic and heavy whipping cream (about the consistency of brownie
batter... deep fry at 375 till done...
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Kender
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posted on 8/8/2004 at 11:21 PM
Feral: *mouth waters* is that the way you're gonna make the gator?
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Worm Wood: it is one of my ways... I is a chef...I actually sold that
recipe to a place here in town... for a dainty meal, make it with
chitake... for a hearty one... increase teh weight on the mushrooms and use
portabello... just be careful not to stuff the gator too full or the
shrooms spill out and get scorched
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Schizo
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posted on 9/8/2004 at 02:05 AM
Yeah, an ignore button sounds good to me.
The thing is, some trolls are fun to roast, for a while. Then it just gets
tedious. I mean, it's "idiocy" *BLAST* "idiocy" *BLAST* "idiocy" *BLAST*
until after a while, you start wondering if there was life before idiocy,
and BLASTing has turned from a joy into a chore. It gets to the point
where one says, "hey, there's yet another jolt of idiocy from member X, and
I really shouldn't let it go, because I really don't want Shmeng to slide
down into the depths again, but BLASTing it will only make the situation
worse, and hey, I'm damn sick of it anyway!"
In that case, the frustrated cursader (yes, a typo, but I liked it so I
left it so PPPBBBTTTHHH) could just click on the little button thingie that
efficiently obliterates the troll from all knowledge. Perhaps a script
could also be written (I don't know, but it's an idea) where, if enough
moderators click off a certain member, that member could have their
membership removed. But then, that just might start up another moderator
war or something, so I don't know. Just seems that there should be some
way to remove these warts, other than continually roasting them (fun, but
only encourages them), or completely ignoring them (would work, except not
everyone will do it, and some trolls wouldn't even leave then).
I've mostly tried to stay out of the recent rash (except a couple of
comments), because by the time I saw what was going on, it had already
become one of those vast, whirlpool-like spirals that I really didn't want
to get caught up in. And of course, that's exactly what a troll wants.
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IamSquid
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posted on 9/8/2004 at 02:07 AM
Mono: Of course I can ignore them anyway, but if yoo do the +/- thing yoo
might be able to shave some time off slow internet connections, not to
mention that if only 30 comments are seen per page, a hyperactive troll
that would otherwise be set to ignored can make it difficult and
frustrating to try to find valid posts on a page.
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die so i could watch, and then me die.
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Abbadon
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posted on 9/8/2004 at 02:19 AM
Mono: Hehehe, I was wondering who would break first, I'm glad it wasn't you
or Feral! That Squid is just too darned up tight! I was discussing this
topic with Wormwood and we decided it was interesting that you should
choose to have the ability to ignore the views of people who differ from
your own, instead of interpreting them in a constructive fahion. But of
course it is your choice, and that I would never wish to take from you.
BB.
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Schizo
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posted on 9/8/2004 at 03:03 AM
Of course, if I dislike someone and find them annoying, it must be because
I disagree with their views. Yeah, that's it. Damn people who think
differently from me - it must be stopped!
Of course, that's ignoring the fact that Christians, Satanists, Pagans,
Buddhists, followers of Cthulu and Eris, vegans, vegetarians, omnivores,
homosexuals, heterosexuals, bisexuals, monogamous, polyamoury, liberals,
conservatives, Europeans, Americans, Romani, smokers, non-smokers,
drinkers, teetotalers, etc., etc., and so on, and so forth, all get along
very well, interact, debate, laugh, cry, and enjoy the hell out of each
other every single day here. But of course, we're just trying to shut up
people who think differently from us.
You know, I think it would be interesting to figure out what exactly it is
that "we" think.
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Schizo
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posted on 9/8/2004 at 03:07 AM
Ok, yeah, I know, I fed the troll. But damn, that stupid "ignore everyone
who disagrees with me" line is so incredibly ridiculous considering the
demographics of just the Pantheon alone, that I couldn't shut my mouth.
Please forgive me!
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Monolycus
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posted on 9/8/2004 at 04:16 AM
Abbadon: Not sure what you are on with the "breaking" business. As for not
entertaining other's views, well, that is completely missing the point of
anything I have ever said or done here. I've always encouraged people to
persuade me if they have a differing viewpoint, but I have also made it
very clear that my bullshit detector has a hair trigger. If someone is
just stirring things to be stirring them (read: "trolling"), then there is
nothing constructive to be gained by "interpretation". But your
observation about how ossified everyone else's minds are works both ways,
friend. As amused by some of your interjections as I have been in the past,
you have yet to impress me as a genuinely critical thinker and I have
rarely found anyone outside the religious right more firmly entrenched in
their own unswerving conviction that they are the only one who "gets it".
No harm done, of course. It's not your job to impress me nor is it mine to
impress you. I am, as always,
your faithful servant,
~M.
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