Originally Posted By Mr X Just thinking, when our resident troll decides to go on one of his infantile jags, might it not be a good idea for all of us to just hit the alert button and then stay out of WE completely for 24 hours or so and give the mods a chance to get rid of him? I did that last night, and I plan to do so in the future. Sticking around and talking (even to others), only seems to serve his wishes and he's just not worth it.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox Great idea, Mr X. And just to clarify... when you state, "hit the alert button," do you mean the "Report this topic to a moderator" link? Thanks.
Originally Posted By mele I dunno, X, this person hates the fact that he doesn't belong here and gets off on slowing down our discussions. Giving him the attention he wants is wrong but letting him stop us from posting is also what he wants. I say just ignore and continue to have whatever conversations we want. Instead of taking our ball home, let's just keep playing while he watches from the sidelines, not cool enough to be included. LOL
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub A few of us have been discussing this same subject in MODS / started on Feb 24th by Mawnk. I have counted 5 different usernames so far. Seriously why would anybody want to have a conversation with a person that is so sneaky?
Originally Posted By skinnerbox So do you have some suggestions, mele, for achieving this? I've tried to address specific posts, but that's difficult to do, when the order gets reshuffled after the mods remove posts. Quoting short passages works, but not lengthier posts. I agree that taking the ball home is probably not as good as sticking around and ignoring the sock puppet. But ignoring someone as hyperactive as this is difficult, and gets old after a while. Which, yes, I fully understand is the goal of the sock puppet. He got banned from the boards, so he's going to come back and make it impossible for anyone else to enjoy them.
Originally Posted By mele Yeah, skinner, it is annoying but I find the behavior so pathetic, it doesn't hardly register on my radar anymore. As long as no one comments or quotes the sock puppet, the conversations move pretty smoothly, before and after ADMIN steps in. Since the sock puppets don't offer up any real points, there's really no reason to engage them at all. Honestly, I find it more frustrating when people engage them than I do when the sock puppet posts. Replying just gives them the attention they want, plus it gives them some sort of validation and encouragment. If they continually post and get NO responses...they look like even bigger fools. I mean, why would one want to broadcast how pathetic they are? It's there for everyone to see. I like that.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***And just to clarify... when you state, "hit the alert button," do you mean the "Report this topic to a moderator" link? Thanks.*** Yeah. ***Instead of taking our ball home, let's just keep playing while he watches from the sidelines, not cool enough to be included. LOL*** I'm pretty sure he likes that, though. Thing is, he's done it before and likely he'll do it again (unless he grows up), and in between he goes away for a while. So I'm just thinking this is the fastest solution to getting him to go away...getting no replies at all, and then getting banned. So he spends all his time making up new user names only to get no response. Seems logical to me, but it's not for me to tell others what to do. As I wrote in the topic, it's just a suggestion I intend to try and follow myself.
Originally Posted By mele I think he'll like it if he hurts LP more. Driving off some of us who've been here for years and shunned him will make him way happier. That's how miserable people work. He'd LOVE to kill WE cos we won't let him be a part of our group. If we leave for days on end, we won't be back after awhile. It only takes a few days to break the LP habit.
Originally Posted By mele Think about it...he's so threatened by what we say...if we stop saying it, he totally wins.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub The most important thing to remember is our loyalty to LP. Even this much discussion is not worthy for this person.
Originally Posted By dshyates Why is it that crazy people never realize they are crazy. They always think they are the few that are intelligent enough to "get it". Then they feel the need to explain to everyone else the "truth" ( a la Glenn Beck).
Originally Posted By Roundabouta >>The most important thing to remember is our loyalty to LP. Even this much discussion is not worthy for this person.<< I agree, though I new here, and sure to some I'm this evil infamous person.
Originally Posted By Fredmouse I'm new so now I feel guilty being here! What's up with this site is everyone loosing it?
Originally Posted By velo >>If they continually post and get NO responses...they look like even bigger fools<< I have to agree with Mele here, I think we can "skip" posts and still get the gist of things (at least we can try?).
Originally Posted By Fredmouse >> have to agree with Mele here, I think we can "skip" posts and still get the gist of things (at least we can try?). I agree let's try that
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Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance I agree with mele. If this person makes one post and we all scatter, don't you think it would shoot to the top of their daily to do list? Just ignore it. No matter what is said. That's the best way to make it go away. Or at least take it out of relevance.
Originally Posted By Fredmouse >>Just ignore it. No matter what is said. That's the best way to make it go away. Or at least take it out of relevance.<< I agree but what kind of slug would call another person an it.
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