Don't feed the trolls

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In the context of the Internet, a troll is a person who posts inflammatory messages intended to cause a disruption in discourse. The word is also often used to describe such messages.
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Trolls are individuals who want to destroy rational discourse and reducing an otherwise (mostly) useful website to something resembling post-apocalyptical vision of something or other...

Most of them tend to get bored and move on if ignored. Respond and the consequences are never good: it creates an unfriendly and hostile impression which discourages visitors from joining, casual members stop checking in, established members give up in disgust and move on.

Remember, never get into a (public) argument with a fool. Other people might not be able to tell which one of you is the fool.

For a raving Objectivist (*) perspective on trolling, click the image below



Can I get a sticky, please?

(*) This might be considered, by some (raving Objectivists mostly), to be an example of trolling.