Re: The Rules as I understand them

From	Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.software.firefox
Subject	Re: The Rules as I understand them
Date	2021-04-25 08:57 -0700
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On 4/24/2021 4:32 PM, Stan Brown wrote:

> By responding in _any_ way to a troll, you simply encourage it to
> keep being annoying. What it craves is attention, and you provided
> that.
> 
> I'm not saying don't plonk this troll (or any other), I'm saying
> please don't announce it 

I'm of two minds about this. On the one hand I agree with you; on the 
other hand, announcing it serves to let other participants in the 
newsgroup realize who is a a troll and should be killfiled, and that 
they also have the option of killfilling him, and should do so.

> -- and of course don't give it further
> publicity by actually quoting it

But I *completely* agree with that.

-- 
Ken

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      Re: The Rules as I understand them Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2021-04-24 16:32 -0700
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