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Miscellaneous => The Lounge => Topic started by: Canadian Lover on 22 October 2003, 06:55

Title: you want trolls banned?
Post by: Canadian Lover on 22 October 2003, 06:55
It seems no troll was banned , and everyone want's this guy and that guy banned.

It's VERY simple all you have to do is write an email to:
  [email protected] ([email protected])    then go and type in the subject field: trolls on the board, and write your message!

simple, eh? so GET OFF YOUR LAZY ARSE AND WRITE A DAMN LETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!

If we mail in enough letters he'll ban rkmaster, king of the world and everyone else who's trolling.

[ October 21, 2003: Message edited by: The all Canadian Lover ]

Title: you want trolls banned?
Post by: Xeen on 22 October 2003, 07:10
How many times do I have to explain the same thing over and over. It is IMPOSSIBLE to ban trolls.
There are 2 ways to try to do so:

1. Ban their IP
2. Delete their account

Banning IP will not work because most trolls usually post from public computers or via proxy. Banning those IP addresses will only harm others.

Delete accounts will just waste more webspace because the troll will then create a new one.
Title: you want trolls banned?
Post by: Aaron Ni on 22 October 2003, 07:48
There's only one real way to stop trolls.

Do not feed the trolls!

This means you ignore them, completely and NEVER give them anything to eat.  For a forum this size it would take a few months for the trolls to be tired and give up and considering how many troll-baiters this board has they'll never leave.
Title: you want trolls banned?
Post by: raptor on 22 October 2003, 08:12
Wow! You figured it out
Title: you want trolls banned?
Post by: xyle_one on 22 October 2003, 08:38
quote:
Originally posted by Aaron-V4.0:
There's only one real way to stop trolls.

Do not feed the trolls!

This means you ignore them, completely and NEVER give them anything to eat.  For a forum this size it would take a few months for the trolls to be tired and give up and considering how many troll-baiters this board has they'll never leave.



This man speaks truth. Do not fucking reply to trolls. Jesus fucking christ people. Ignore them. Its easy. If you do that, and send a mod a pm with the link to the thread, then trolls wouldn't be a problem.

Fuck. If anyone replies to a troll in my forum, i will delete all your posts.
Title: you want trolls banned?
Post by: Pissed_Macman on 22 October 2003, 21:48
Other forums don't seem to have any problems banning trolls at all. Why's it so hard for us?
Title: you want trolls banned?
Post by: Stilly on 22 October 2003, 10:04
why ban? maybe he'll turn into a good poster and we can get some more good topics
Title: you want trolls banned?
Post by: xyle_one on 22 October 2003, 20:03
Banning goes against the idea that webmaster had for this site. Free speech, freedom, blah blah blah. Banning only works if you have to pay for membership. They can always get back. But. It does make it more of a hassle. Im all for bans. But not on this site.
Title: you want trolls banned?
Post by: raptor on 22 October 2003, 20:30
quote:
Originally posted by The Stiller:
why ban? maybe he'll turn into a good poster and we can get some more good topics


Highly unlikely.

The trolls mission is to annoy us here at the forum. They are doing a very good job of it 2. They know they are bugging us, so they will keep doing it until we show them it doesn't bother us anymore!
Title: you want trolls banned?
Post by: raptor on 22 October 2003, 20:32
quote:
Originally posted by Macman: Has twice Laukev7's posts:
Other forums don't seem to have any problems banning trolls at all. Why's it so hard for us?


Sure you can ban them, but they will just return to haunt us with a different user id!

[ October 22, 2003: Message edited by: raptor ]

Title: you want trolls banned?
Post by: Master of Reality on 22 October 2003, 20:37
banning their IPs will at least discourage them, a lot are too lazy to find a proxy.
But ignoring them is the best way to get rid of them.

Only the webmaster can ban trolls and i think he checks his email about once every 3 or 4 months.