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Adamantus
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05 Dec 2010, 6:13 pm

I've noticed a lot of trolls around and I think it would be a good idea to have a sticky topic in each forum with a link about trolls (and other important information). People with Aspergers are universally honest and want to help anyone. They can be sucked into a prolonged debate with someone who is just making fun. I recently found a good link about trolls:

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05 Dec 2010, 10:02 pm

Everyone knows what a troll is. That's why it's basically been impossible to troll after the nineties.



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06 Dec 2010, 4:16 am

When the mods spot a troll or a potential troll is reported to us, we look at their posts and make a judgement call. Often it is clear-cut, sometimes less so, in which case we allow them to make a few more posts until we can know with more certainty - then we ban them. So if you think someone it trolling report it to a mod either privately by PM or in the moderator attention thread.


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06 Dec 2010, 7:03 am

Science_Guy wrote:
Everyone knows what a troll is.

I doubt that, and "troll" is not even a correctly-used word here:

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In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking other users into a desired emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.


That would be a "troller" -- someone out "trolling" (a fishing term) for others who might "take the bait" or "bite" on his or her post.


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