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Post by clusium on Mar 14, 2017 22:44:04 GMT
clusium Yes trolls do ruin sites but when they are allowed to run wild there isn't anything anyone can do but take the site less seriously which is what has happened here. I do realize that administrators do not always take reports seriously, when dealing with trolls. At least, IMDB very often didn't take reports seriously enough, & would often just tell the complainants to just put the trolls on 'ignore.' In my very first complaint to the new website, however, they took me serious enough to delete an entire thread (hopefully those trolls won't be back).
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 22:45:50 GMT
How do you report trolls on this particular website? Before you report someone make sure you're not doing it simply because s/he disagrees with you or is simply personally offensive. A troll is abusive and abuse should be reported. But, IMHO, being called names is not particular abuse. It's rude but not site abuse. Use the Block option to protect yourself from members who are rude or offensive to you, including those who are intentionally offensive. The other day I reported a newcomer whose whole person seemed to be to abuse members at the site, as well as to post extreme racial remarks and accusations against everyone. I didn't report him/her till after I'd read about a dozen posts, all of which were downright obvious trolling. The next day that member was gone.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 22:49:13 GMT
@gottaluvafriend I think it is unacceptable to have people abusing each other. It leads to a more aggressive environment for a start and as such people take the site less seriously. There are many ways to troll, abusing people is an obvious one and in my experience on forums it is usually the victim who cops the blame when they fight back.
This is why the Mods need to take an active approach.
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Post by clusium on Mar 14, 2017 22:59:36 GMT
How do you report trolls on this particular website? Before you report someone make sure you're not doing it simply because s/he disagrees with you or is simply personally offensive. A troll is abusive and abuse should be reported. But, IMHO, being called names is not particular abuse. It's rude but not site abuse. Use the Block option to protect yourself from members who are rude or offensive to you, including those who are intentionally offensive. The other day I reported a newcomer whose whole person seemed to be to abuse members at the site, as well as to post extreme racial remarks and accusations against everyone. I didn't report him/her till after I'd read about a dozen posts, all of which were downright obvious trolling. The next day that member was gone. I wasn't reporting a couple of trolls for disagreeing with me. I was reporting them for just that - TROLLING, on a thread that was about a very serious issue. One would have to have a very thin skin to report a post that was only disagreeing with the complainant's POV.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 23:08:04 GMT
clusium Yes trolls do ruin sites but when they are allowed to run wild there isn't anything anyone can do but take the site less seriously which is what has happened here. @sleepinsleepyhollow the site is dying. Admin i don't know what thread you are referring to. This site is not dying. I don't see actual trolls around here, at least not for long. I see rudeness, unnecessary confrontation, insults, and accusations but not actual trolling because Admin and the mods do indeed deal with them. On a message board a person has to have a thick skin, not be intimidated, and be determined not to play another person's game. People who are too rude to be tolerated belong on one's Block List.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 23:10:48 GMT
@gottaluvafriend So we have to tolerate trolls. Got it.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 23:43:38 GMT
@gottaluvafriend I think it is unacceptable to have people abusing each other. It leads to a more aggressive environment for a start and as such people take the site less seriously. There are many ways to troll, abusing people is an obvious one and in my experience on forums it is usually the victim who cops the blame when they fight back. This is why the Mods need to take an active approach. Well, I agree that abuse is unacceptable, I simply define abuse a little more strictly than you do. If someone calls me a name, that's not abuse. If someone continues to do it it becomes abusive. Usually, a member here doesn't get many chances before I stop paying attention to them. Also, I try not to respond in kind which I think helps, but also by then I've stopped conversing. By then there's no point since whatever the member and I disagree about remains.
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Post by Admin on Mar 14, 2017 23:47:14 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 23:50:51 GMT
@gottaluvafriend So we have to tolerate trolls. Got it. No, we have to tolerate each other unless we start overstepping the line. I don't know about you but I don't get actually trolled here except every so often by someone who's doing it to everybody.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2017 1:07:50 GMT
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Post by Catman on Mar 15, 2017 1:10:17 GMT
Good idea. When in doubt, dance!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2017 1:11:14 GMT
Good idea. When in doubt, dance! exact! I like your cow!
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Post by Admin on Mar 15, 2017 1:27:08 GMT
I can't believe they listened to the trolls. They were lying about me! Admin is a fucking moron who listens to troll and abuses his position. It won't be long till people start leaving Nevermind. I'm not too sorry after all. Speaking like that, maybe you shouldn't be one after all. That is not artcurus .
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2017 1:28:37 GMT
Nevermind. I'm not too sorry after all. Speaking like that, maybe you shouldn't be one after all. That is not artcurus . Oh crap. I am so sorry! I didn't know. How do people tell these things!!!!
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Post by Catman on Mar 15, 2017 1:29:01 GMT
Nevermind. I'm not too sorry after all. Speaking like that, maybe you shouldn't be one after all. That is not artcurus . That was pretty obvious to me.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2017 1:30:06 GMT
That was pretty obvious to me. Well i'm stupid and don't know any better. Nevermind. It's misspelled. But I'm still stupid for falling for it. So sorry.
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Post by Catman on Mar 15, 2017 1:34:42 GMT
That was pretty obvious to me. Well i'm stupid and don't know any better. Nevermind. It's misspelled. But I'm still stupid for falling for it. So sorry. Not too worry. Trolls are insidious.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2017 5:12:48 GMT
If any other forum on proboards got an influx of over a thousand members in a week, they'd be ecstatic! This forum actually broke a record but, of course, that member claims it's dying. Whatever. whatever. Blah! Not even.
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Post by Admin on Mar 15, 2017 5:20:54 GMT
If any other forum on proboards got an influx of over a thousand members in a week, they'd be ecstatic! This forum actually broke a record but, of course, that member claims it's dying. Whatever. whatever. Blah! Not even. That member self-deleted after I exposed him for the liar he was.
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