From: Lee Corbin (lcorbin@tsoft.com)
Date: Fri Aug 16 2002 - 08:58:09 MDT
Per the present discussion Louis had written
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> On 8/15/02, 5:09:28 AM, Alex Ramonsky <alex@ramonsky.com> wrote regarding
> Re: META: Trolling?:
>
> > often people mistake light-hearted humor for taking the piss in a nasty
> > way. And people don't express their position clearly enough...
>
> That's not a problem. Those get fixed on the very next post.
I agree. And I also agree that Alex isn't often misunderstood, and
when he is, yes, it's not a problem at all. That's simply because
Alex's posts---as everyone else's I can think of---evidently spring
from a genuine desire to communicate. I know of no cases of trolling
on extropians.
Louis continues
> No, we really are talking about trolls, who keep a conversation
> going for days or weeks, and then claim they never believed the
> position they were arguing. Check the archives.
I'm not entirely sure how to go about checking the archives for
this phenomenon without spending literally dozens and dozens of
hours. Would you be willing to give some of your own estimates
for the frequency of this behavior, Louis? That is, what would
be your guess as to how many times per year someone (a) keeps a
conversation going for days or more and (b) then claims they
never believed the position they were arguing?
Thanks,
Lee
P.S.
> I think any person who consistently admits posting LIES ("I
> didn't really believe that when I posted it...) should be
> suspended. That is the DEFINITION of trolling.
Yes, but I would prefer we just ignore their posts.
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