[WikiEN-l] Trolls - A novel approach - don't feed them

Thu May 6 00:25:13 UTC 2004

Mark Richards wrote:

>Yes, but it seems that the fun of having the word
>'troll' in their username is the fuss it causes. If we
>just didn't feed that behavior, it wouldn't be fun. I
>may be wrong, but I think that the proliferation of
>'troll' names is a response to people making a fuss
>about it. Without anyone to feed them, trolls will
>look elsewhere.
>
I agree with you.  Simply having "troll" as a part of the name doesn't 
mean anything.  What these individuals do "with" their accounts is a lot 
more significant.  Those people who get so worked up over a name need to 
lighten up a bit.

Ec