Fallacy; The Troll's True Vulnerability

[john1701a]

Documenting the behavior of antagonists became a priority for me 3 years ago. So, this paper was written. Turns out that most of it is still dead-on. Knowing what to look for, you can spot what they are up to fairly easy.
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[PriusRos]

Some trolls are cute.

[john1701a]

Originally Posted by PriusRos

Some trolls are cute.

Naked with wild colored hair will do that.

Watch out for dwarfs. They carry heavy arsenal, like battle axes.
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[Stev0]

Originally Posted by john1701a

Watch out for dwarfs. They carry heavy arsenal, like battle axes.
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I see no dwarf here.

[jayman]

Originally Posted by TonyPSchaefer

We do not operate with a preemptive strike mentality.

Well, perhaps you should.

[Chuck.]

Talking about the hard-core troll - not the generic variety. A few actually lurk two weeks after banning - are they mental or what? Another one came back as a sock 15 times then invited a couple of dozen of his buddies one week.

Fortunately, most trolls are not that bad.


I get nervous when a newbie's 1st post is an ad or some kind of incitement.

When a newbie starts out unfriendly, I will ask about their ride and their drives - identification....trollers HATE to be identifiable as it limits the things they can BS about.

The other thing trollers can't stand is if immediately the reply is a sound rebuttal link to Dust to Dust, Sudbury, etc. - they get lonely.

[KK6PD]

Nothing that a 500 lb JDAM can't remedy!!!

[Rokeby]

"I think the OP is a scum sucking troll intent on spreading his half-baked
slop as real ideas. Even his name sounds stupid."

LMAO

qbee42,

to PRIUSchat.

I see that you've used the tired, old Ad Hominem Attack Fallacy.
If you want to have a serious discussion, you need to provide real,
verifiable documentary support for your statement; sites, cites,
articles, pictures, etc.



(Rokeby)
Tom

LOL

[djasonw]

There is definitely a way to eliminate troll posts at least on this board. It would eliminate all the man hours required to get rid of the crap we never get to see. Here's my solution, plain and simple. Require people that want to be a part of this community a nominal fee to join via paypal. Let's say five bucks as an example. The person that runs this board gets compensated via ad revenue however, I wouldn't mind spending $5 for the privilege of being able to post here. If that were the case you would only have hard core Prius owners/future owners participating. I see nothing wrong with it at all. The owner of this board can even choose to donate the proceeds of this membership to some type of charity. Please tell me why this would not work.

[daniel]

Originally Posted by djasonw

There is definitely a way to eliminate troll posts at least on this board. It would eliminate all the man hours required to get rid of the crap we never get to see. Here's my solution, plain and simple. Require people that want to be a part of this community a nominal fee to join via paypal. Let's say five bucks as an example. The person that runs this board gets compensated via ad revenue however, I wouldn't mind spending $5 for the privilege of being able to post here. If that were the case you would only have hard core Prius owners/future owners participating. I see nothing wrong with it at all. The owner of this board can even choose to donate the proceeds of this membership to some type of charity. Please tell me why this would not work.

Number 1: It would greatly reduce the number of legitimate participants, as many people refuse to pay even a nominal fee to post on a chat board.

Number 2: The reduced number of participants would lower the fees Danny could charge advertisers. I don't know the economics, but I imagine ads (on a site like this one, with high readership and participation) generate far more revenue than membership fees would do.

It costs money for server space and bandwidth. I doubt that membership fees would pay the costs.