Originally Posted By skinnerbox It's the only thing that works, albeit temporarily. Ignoring him only seems to jack up the personal insults. Next time he posts and insults one of our regular posters, please report it to the mods. Thanks.
Originally Posted By Mr X Just so the mods know who we're talking about, it's BPSJP/Beaumandy, along with various sock puppets he uses. If you're referring to me Skinner, much appreciated! If your post refers to yourself or others (perhaps admined threads that I missed), my sympathies to you guys for having to deal with the guy.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper I'm not sure how you guys get caught up in this stuff. Can't you just ignore him? I mean...it is like me complaining about the hosts on MSNBC. Why bother? I just don't watch MSNBC. I can give all kinds of discipline to my daughter but what she hates the worst is being ignored. My guess is that "sock puppets" probably have the same type of immature ego. And, so what if someone who we all can see right through insults you? I'm not trying to be argumentative but maybe I just have more of an arm's length approach to the internet. Outside of a couple of people on here I really don't know anybody. So, I just can't get too excited about people I don't know.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones Because "ignore the trolls" is the most disregarded Internet rule of all time. Trolls provide plenty of enjoyment in their own right. People cannot come to terms with the fact that without trolls, their time on the Internet would be less enjoyable.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost Keep in mind that not everyone is able to identify Trolls or see patterns in writing that tends to make you guys (and girls) able to quickly identify them. I almost never look at the name of who posted. Heck, my sister has posted many times and I didn't know it. I knew her screen name but never noticed it. There is apparently a history here that brings this recognition about, but to those of us that just post and are not terribly concerned with the personalities of people I wouldn't know if they walked straight into me, we sometimes will "feed the Troll" and not even know or care one way or the other. These are probably personal issues that cause this. I am not immune from getting my buttons pushed either, but I am not looking for it and very seldom see it.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***People cannot come to terms with the fact that without trolls, their time on the Internet would be less enjoyable*** I could live without them very happily thank you very much. In my case, the troll decided to get up close and personal to a VERY important and heart-wrenching issue for me (he's probably pissed off because I've been far less politically-minded lately, and thus decided to goad me). I tried to keep it on "ignore", but a REAL poster asked what was going on, so I told him.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <I can give all kinds of discipline to my daughter but what she hates the worst is being ignored. My guess is that "sock puppets" probably have the same type of immature ego.> No doubt. And "just ignore him" was what I was saying yesterday (on about 4 different threads!). And I still think that's the best advice, particularly if a new troll pops up. This particular troll, though, has been banned from LP, but keeps creating new sock puppets and coming back. That's disrespectful to the mods and owners of LP itself, and they have every right to keep kicking his butt off.
Originally Posted By Mr X I think the better advice at this point is "Report this topic to a moderator". If we all do so collectively, and habitually, we can at least keep the owners informed about what's going on so they can make their own decisions. It's not my style (for example, I never "ratted" on DAR (sorry, DAR) way back when even if he ticked me off, because I thought to do so was sort of a crybaby tactic), but in this case I think it's necessary.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Yeah, I've never reported anybody - just doesn't feel right. But in this one case, when (not if) he comes back, I say a). don't engage, b). report to mods. That should at least cut his time here short and keep discussions on the rails.
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Originally Posted By LaughingatU >>"Actually, Oregon used to be Republican, we even voted for Reagan. What has happend is the commie socialist types came up from Calif and like locusts have taken over and destroyed yet another great city that was built by men of the mind a long time ago. San Francisco has the exact same problem."<< So true thank you again!
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Originally Posted By vbdad55 I agree the reporting is for special cases -- only a few qualify as that annoying. I remember one from way back- either a real granny (or a persona - who knows),but they were almost entertaining in some of the pathetic stuff they posted. Others are closer to stalkers
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