Hi all. Recently I’ve noticed a few individuals who engage with this forum clearly in bad faith. The best way to handle them, is to simply not engage. Ignore them and they leave. Respond, and they get what they wanted (wasting your time). If the person you’re engaging in dialogue with is acting in bad faith, there is nothing gained by continuing the comment thread for dozens of replies.
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As the old wisdom says: Don't feed the trolls
Agreed. I gotta do that from now on
The troll didn't appreciate that...
Nor yours, at this point I believe it could even be bots.
I was pretty happy to see Bluestorm's most recent bait post have zero responses after a day. Not often that a forum will completely ignore a troll.
Dude got blue balled so hard he had to go reply to comments from two weeks ago just to get called a retard and ignored.
He does that anyway. He's a weirdo. He wrote me yet another batch of seven essays recently...I told him he was retarded and laughed at him seven times. It was a hoot.
Remember on Reddit when a tool would lose so hard they would go and downvote every comment you had ever made?
Good times!
There's some that are just obvious bad taste trolls where you shouldn't engage, you're wasting your time. The worst of those was when we had porn spam posts a while back.
Then there's individuals where, I wouldn't say they operate in bad faith, it's just they are so dogmatic in their opinions that it aggravates anyone not 100% onboard and leads to essentially people assuming bad faith because of how they postband comment.
Like they can post something that's so dogmatic that it pisses most people off then post something benign that gets massive down votes because of their previous posts whereas I could post the same benign thing and I'll be fine. There's no helping that as they aren't breaking rules just being a jackass in how they approach people.
I've actively had to stop myself downvoting Imp when he posts something sane. I've actually noticed a personal slide from "Stopping myself downvoting on reflex and upvoting." to "Taking back the downvote but leaving it neutral" to "Fuck it, he's earned it." depending on how annoyed with him I am.
The frustrating part for me is, Imp will often say something mostly reasonable...then end it in absolute RetardLand. I always have to decide if his retardation is worth ignoring and upvoting, or is retarded enough to warrant a downvote.
He isn't the only one around here. Gizortnik vacillates between Idiot Savant and just Idiot.
He very clearly has deep knowledge of several fields ... but some of the stuff he says is just bonkers. Sometimes reading his comments are a rollercoaster ride; especially when it is a field I happen to know in depth.
Yes, there are some here who are impossible to reason with.
That's definitely a good example of a strawman that the impossible-to-reason-with use a lot.
meta posts are gay
y r u gay?
I wish .win had an extension or functionality like Reddit Enhancement Suite where you can add your own tags to a user that show up next to their posts. It's very helpful in spotting all the bots and paid shills over at the other site.
There is something like that out there though after a new install I can't remember what it is. I'll do some digging and see if I can find it again.
Yeah, I haven't been as active 50% from being busy right now in personal life, but the other 50% just because it's a bit of a mess. Do I really want to bother commenting if I'm going to have to defend it against of bunch of people who aren't going to engage in actual discussion anyway?
Yup, I started doing that. I'm usually polite, but when people are obviously too stupid/autistic/trollish to bother with, despite me being nice and engaging in good faith...it can be fun to just tell them they're retarded, and then not engage again. That's my new policy to some people, and I ignore the handshake retards completely.
Super mature. I can tell that social media is making you a better person. /s
Guy, you don't argue with zealots on the internet to change their mind. You do it because people read your comments and you might influence the bystanders.
Either bring your best game or it absolutely isn't worth your time. This "insult the trolls for lols" is beneath you. Or it should be.
That's the thing, though. Trolls, specifically, are worthless. No one is changing anyone's mind, one way or the other. Everyone knows the troll is retarded, no one is taking the "argument" seriously. Giving an in depth argument is just a waste of my time. And it's not like I jump right to calling anyone a retard; as I said, it's after they've shown themselves to be utterly pointless to discuss anything with. I've responded to these people plenty, and civilly, before pointing out how utterly braindead they are. That is polite.
But, sure, tell me how I shouldn't be calling retarded trolls on the internet retards.
Read my comment again.
I said:
Lmao I don't give a fuck, fuck retards
Lethn, I'm sorry I have to be the one to tell you this.
You do not have autism. Nor OCD.
You are normal.
And BORING.
Lethn, you could also have the self-awareness to not fall for the obvious bait by ifunniuser. Just downvote.
Guy. Harley Quinn got repurposed from being a tragic character with her own journey (in BtAS) to just a "quirky" slut who parades her victim status for clout and more cocks.
So yay for you for enjoying Margo Robbie in cosplay for spank material. You want upvotes for that?
You are not going to win any friends by celebrating the destruction of Batman. "BuT SHe Iz hOT thO!" is bad. You should feel bad.
It's literally one of the aforementioned retard subhuman troll accounts. Call him a faggot and move on
I was not typing for the benefit of the troll.
Read my comment again. Where did I say that she wasn't a psychopath? Or that she could be saved?
BtAS Harley is a tragic character. Her own weakness and shitty choices have put her were she is. Perhaps she might be redeemed, but she wont, she keeps doubling down and making bad choices. I don't cut her any slack for being cute, but there is more to BtAS Harley than just being a quirky slut.
because you're a disingenuous faggot shill. fuck off.
Are people allowed to name names?
I don't pay enough attention here to profile users by names alone.
95% of the time its someone on a new account (noted by the handshake), so the name wouldn't do anything. Rarely do they last more than a week or so on each individual name.
Plus unless it's Imp or Antonio I doubt anyone is going to know who you're talking about (me included)
Just ask them how the weather is in Tel Aviv and leave it at that.
The best way to handle them is to call them slurs and tell them to fuck off until they fuck off, but you never know when a moderator might get upset with you for doing that.
I apologize for violating this safe space, but I have to ask.
(TRIGGER WARNING!)
Do you people have any dignity?
Retard detected
If you’re baking a pie, I can loan you a cup.
Are you the test?