Internet trolls

EdInvestor

May I inquire about site policy on how to deal with these unpleasant manifestations when they appear ( as they always eventually do?)

payless

http://members.aol.com/intwg/trolls.htm

have some good ideas

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Internet troll


A troll is someone who comes into an established community such as anonline discussion forum and posts messages designed to annoy and antagonize the existing members or disrupt the flow of discussion

Did you have anyone in mind ?

EdInvestor

"Don't feed the trolls"

On other sites I have posted on, this seems to be the policy.

The only way to deal with trolls is to limit your reaction to reminding others not to respond to trolls.When you try to reason with a troll, s/he wins. When you insult a troll, s/he wins. When you scream at a troll, s/he wins. The only thing that trolls can't handle is being ignored.

chirpy007

l think l spotted one of those on here this morning

bridiej

and if they're being abusive in any way report them abuse@moneysavingexpert.com

payless

bridiej wrote:

and if they're being abusive in any way report them [EMAIL="abuse@moneysavingexpert.com"]abuse@moneysavingexpert.com[/EMAIL]

sounds like a good idea, but in one particular case I sent the email to abuse 2 weeks ago , - when I could see that things were going in the wrong direction - albeit not really abusive (see definition above)

( I believe various other regulars have also done the same since ) but the problem is still not resolved)

I think Eds question is a valid one... one does not want to respond , but the way they post ( baiting ?) means in not doing so one's own crediability is put into question/ leaves accusations unanswered

bridiej

What is a nomad?

Edinburghlass_2

Al_Mac wrote:

Nomad are people of no fixed abode, wander around from place to place.

Board guides:D

and worry about the health of people's guinea pigs :rotfl:

EdInvestor

Thanks to all for the guidance on that, just what I wanted.

MSE_ForumTeam1

There are some very sensible replies here. Ignoring is by far the best policy whilst reporting the post to abuse@moneysavingexpert.com and we can remove the posts and remove the ability of the troll to post if necessary.

I know it can be hard not to reply, but that is normally exactly what the trolls want, far better to ignore them and have the posts removed so as not to give in to what they want

rdwarr

So, what's a goblin?