Re: Is "Shiela" a troll?

I'm thinking SMTers don't do "ignore" well ;-)
It really IS true that if no one responds to a troll they have no one to
talk to but themselves ;-) Of course from the posts I've read (the S-word is
blocked but y'all copy his/her posts into your posts), this particular troll
could generate 100s of posts talking to him/herself, huh??

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Bambi L. Feaster
The Midlife Mentor
MizGriz Productions, LLC
"Anne Vasquez" <annevasquez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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And the more s**t they stir, the better they like it. If they're
ignored long enough, they eventually go away.

Anne


Tomcat wrote:
An Internet "troll" is a person who delights in sowing discord on the
Internet. He (and it is usually he) tries to start arguments and upset
people.

Trolls see Internet communications services as convenient venues for
their bizarre game. For some reason, they don't "get" that they are
hurting real people. To them, other Internet users are not quite human
but are a kind of digital abstraction. As a result, they feel no sorrow
whatsoever for the pain they inflict. Indeed, the greater the suffering
they cause, the greater their 'achievement' (as they see it). At the
moment, the relative anonymity of the net allows trolls to flourish.

Trolls are utterly impervious to criticism (constructive or otherwise).
You cannot negotiate with them; you cannot cause them to feel shame or
compassion; you cannot reason with them. They cannot be made to feel
remorse. For some reason, trolls do not feel they are bound by the
rules of courtesy or social responsibility.

Perhaps this sounds inconceivable. You may think, "Surely there is
something I can write that will change them." But a true troll can not
be changed by mere words.



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