Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Rod Pemberton" Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: A friendly tech-forum Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2015 01:50:48 -0500 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: n4wpt9zq8xR26Ttf9mo2BA.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.16 (Linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.forth:44136 On Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:58:49 -0500, Ron Aaron wrote: > Just don't be a troll, and you'll be left alone. Doubtful. Seriously. Who decides who is a troll and for what? E.g., I've been called a troll on Usenet for: 1) asking a question 2) telling the truth 3) explaining an answer from someone else 4) answering someone's question in depth 5) asking a "newbie" question 6) defending myself from perceived attacks, insults 7) correcting a mistake 8) criticizing someone for incessantly calling others trolls 9) pointing out that someone was driving people away with insults 10) responding to someone perceived by others to be a troll etc. That's just of the top of my head in under 15 seconds. Rod Pemberton -- How to kill Facebook. Tell a bunch of fourth graders that only old people use Facebook. Wait eight years.