Dealing with Trolls in the 997 Forum
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There is a simple solution to dealing with those you don't care for, or who seem to enjoy attacking people. Use your ignore list. I've added one person already to my list. They and their posts no longer appear on my screen. I'm still happy, they're still bitchy. Everyone wins.
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Originally Posted by mglobe
There is a simple solution to dealing with those you don't care for, or who seem to enjoy attacking people. Use your ignore list. I've added one person already to my list. They and their posts no longer appear on my screen. I'm still happy, they're still bitchy. Everyone wins.
#68
Originally Posted by ohsixx
Actually, only little people work. Once you get the big corner office you can play all day.
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Originally Posted by gpjli2
He can't see your post.
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Originally Posted by OCBen
oj, you're cool. Hopefully we can all get along.
And now we have another example of no good deed (or post) going unpunished.
#73
lets change this thread to " i should toughen up, please post here if you agree with me"
or " i have no real problems in my life so i post about trolls"
cowboy up ..thats the way john wayne woulda done it
or " i have no real problems in my life so i post about trolls"
cowboy up ..thats the way john wayne woulda done it
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Originally Posted by gpjli2
He can't see your post.
Post of the day!!
#75
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How about lighten up instead of toughen up??
This whole thread, and the tone of this quickly turning unfriendly and uninformative forum, is a natural result of a small group trying diligently to enforce their view of what's relevant and proper upon a public community. Repeatedly criticizing others for just having fun and asking innocent questions that don't live up to some subjective/personal standard.
I spent 4 years on Rennlist 993 Board, one of the tightest and most knowledgeable communities I've experienced. While I've seen this pattern before (basic social dynamics are not that different here), I am amazed that more people on this forum don't seem to object to the tone and tenor permeating this Board in recent weeks, and what that's doing to the value of your community.
Let's all lighten up and let everyone enjoy their cars and this community again. If some ask inane or god forbid gramatically flawed questions so be it. Let some of the newer members, who just recently were the one's asking those same possibly redundant questions, answer. It's about helping one another, remember? Personal crusaders are just as malignant as trolls, just more insidious and harder to spot.
This whole thread, and the tone of this quickly turning unfriendly and uninformative forum, is a natural result of a small group trying diligently to enforce their view of what's relevant and proper upon a public community. Repeatedly criticizing others for just having fun and asking innocent questions that don't live up to some subjective/personal standard.
I spent 4 years on Rennlist 993 Board, one of the tightest and most knowledgeable communities I've experienced. While I've seen this pattern before (basic social dynamics are not that different here), I am amazed that more people on this forum don't seem to object to the tone and tenor permeating this Board in recent weeks, and what that's doing to the value of your community.
Let's all lighten up and let everyone enjoy their cars and this community again. If some ask inane or god forbid gramatically flawed questions so be it. Let some of the newer members, who just recently were the one's asking those same possibly redundant questions, answer. It's about helping one another, remember? Personal crusaders are just as malignant as trolls, just more insidious and harder to spot.
Last edited by Chris C.; 05-11-2006 at 09:28 PM.