Minor Axis
Well-Known Member
I see two types of trolls.
Troll No. 1- The first type posts content for express purpose of stirring the pot, getting people riled, or posts of an inflamatory nature.. Since we have seen so many of them lately, an article criticizing a particular country is not trolling. However if the individual making these posts is relentless, it may eventually move to the second more difficult type of Troll to identify.
Troll No.2- The second type of troll who has a political/religious/cultural agenda, is overwelming negative on a subject and continues to hammer on daily and eventually it becomes evident that this person is using the forum to bash the object of his/her affection. At what point this becomes bashing is up to the moderators.
Let's say someone post 100 anti-Canada posts. After a while the it can be inferred this person is completely anti-Canadian and they are using the forum to consistently bad mouth Canada. As I said this is harder to detect because you have to evaluate if the person in question has valid points, if he has good or bad intentions regarding the subject of his affection, and if he is just expressing himself or is getting his jollies by kicking the shit out of the subject manner knowing that a majority of the forum participants will be aggravated by his actions.
Name Calling Now I'm not mentioning any names but when someone consistently calls names, especially when they use terms such as liar, Islamaphobe, racist, and hate peddler, this should be looked into by the moderators. They fall under the inflammatory statement portion of the first Troll example. These accusations are very serious, should be taken seriously, and they should be investigated. If true the offender should be reprimanded. If it is revealed that the person making these charges is full of shit, the accuser without exception should be reprimanded.
Troll No. 1- The first type posts content for express purpose of stirring the pot, getting people riled, or posts of an inflamatory nature.. Since we have seen so many of them lately, an article criticizing a particular country is not trolling. However if the individual making these posts is relentless, it may eventually move to the second more difficult type of Troll to identify.
Troll No.2- The second type of troll who has a political/religious/cultural agenda, is overwelming negative on a subject and continues to hammer on daily and eventually it becomes evident that this person is using the forum to bash the object of his/her affection. At what point this becomes bashing is up to the moderators.
Let's say someone post 100 anti-Canada posts. After a while the it can be inferred this person is completely anti-Canadian and they are using the forum to consistently bad mouth Canada. As I said this is harder to detect because you have to evaluate if the person in question has valid points, if he has good or bad intentions regarding the subject of his affection, and if he is just expressing himself or is getting his jollies by kicking the shit out of the subject manner knowing that a majority of the forum participants will be aggravated by his actions.
Name Calling Now I'm not mentioning any names but when someone consistently calls names, especially when they use terms such as liar, Islamaphobe, racist, and hate peddler, this should be looked into by the moderators. They fall under the inflammatory statement portion of the first Troll example. These accusations are very serious, should be taken seriously, and they should be investigated. If true the offender should be reprimanded. If it is revealed that the person making these charges is full of shit, the accuser without exception should be reprimanded.
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