23 Jun 2010, 5:33 pm
DemonAbyss10 wrote:
MrXxx wrote:
DemonAbyss10 wrote:
Lesson whatever: Learn not to feed the trolls/learn to distinguish troll from not-troll.
Personally? I've found that trying to identify trolls leads to more problems than it solves. I don't even think about it anymore. I think I made the mistake of "tagging" one here once, but regretted it rather quickly. I find things go much more smoothly If I just assume the best of intentions of everyone. It may not seem that way sometimes, and when it doesn't seem like I'm doing that, that's where lesson 10 comes in.
I know what your saying though. If you think that's what's going on (trolling) it is best just to move on ASAP before you get all worked up over something stupid. That's hard sometimes for me though. That's why I just try not to think about it at all most of the time.
Everyone has different ways of handling it I suppose. Just felt I needed to post it because it does happen.
another rule or guideline I can think of would be ...
Don't take the "Interwebz" seriously. Makes you an easy target for trolls and such. Can also get you into a bit of trouble to, such as when someone might just be joking with you but you take it too damn seriously and just go bat**** crazy over it.
One way to know you have won a debate is if your 'Opponent' can only attack your grammar/English or just outright insults you instead of trying to find REAL holes in your arguement.
Also as a somewhat crude analogy. Winning an arguement on the internet is like winning a Golden Raspberry award. You still SUCK! (((The original analogy would have been the special olympics but didnt want to really offend anyone with this post.)))
Agreed, in part. Everyone needs to find their own "good" way to handle things. If you have a tendency to assume that others are just trying to start trouble, it may not be a good idea to think about trolls at all, else you might see them around every corner. I've seen it happen. One forum I was on actually started an "Anti-Troll" club. Membership was voluntary, not moderated, and required nothing more than tagging your profile with "Member of the ATC." Problem was, anyone that had been labeled a troll (usually through PM's between members), started figuring the ATC members were actcually trolls themselves, started their own anti-trolling drives, and labels, and before we all knew it, there was a freaking ridiculous and childish war happening, that eventually caused all, and I mean ALL of the original core members of the site to leave, PERMANENTLY. It ruined the site. All those people that left had formed a really good community, almost all dedicated to helping one another, and welcoming all new users graciously. It's not like that any more. I don't know anyone there anymore, and they all think I'm a newcomer if I ever bother to post at all. The last few times I was there, I felt like I was being pulled in twelve different directions to be friends with this group or that. A crying shame. I haven't been there in about three years now, and don't plan to ever go back.
I'd tell you what the site is, but I'd rather not. I'm something of a friend of the site founder. He doesn't own it anymore, but he did manage it for a very long time after he sold it. He did very well with it when he had it, and I'd rather not stain his reputation by putting it on some sort of "wall of shame."
After that experience, I don't even like using the term troll. More often than not, those we think are trolls are just other opinionated users.
I'm also not personally here to "debate" per se, though it may look that way sometimes. I'm just here to share, learn and get to know people. Being that I, and nearly everyone else here has AS, I don't expect it to go smoothly all the time. I expect misunderstandings, bumps, and even an occasional train wreck along the way.
Hell, we're ALL here trying to do the one thing we all suck most at, with each other!! !
We are BOUND to collide now and again, aren't we?
