I know our favorite slogan over at Talk Budgies is "don't feed the trolls." For those of you who aren't familiar with trolls, like the one who has been posting nonsense posts here recently, they thrive in certain situations:
One situation is a sparsely moderated forum community. Nick and I are working to fix this. We will be hiring several moderators to help patrol the forums and clean up any mess this troll makes. Right now, with no extra staff, she's free to post as much as she wants as long as an admin is not online. This is why there are so many posts. As we hire more staff, there's a greater chance someone will be online to ban her. So hopefully as time goes on, her messes will become smaller.
Another situation trolls love is when people post about them, about their posts, respond to their posts, etc. As Nick mentioned in another announcement, if you notice a troll, report the post(s). Do not post on the forums about the troll, and do not respond to her posts. Once again, as we get more staff hired, there should be less posts by her.
I added our favorite smiley to the smiley list. The "don't feed the trolls" smiley! It's under the "Signs and Text" category in the smilies list. :rofl:
Remember:
:troll:
One situation is a sparsely moderated forum community. Nick and I are working to fix this. We will be hiring several moderators to help patrol the forums and clean up any mess this troll makes. Right now, with no extra staff, she's free to post as much as she wants as long as an admin is not online. This is why there are so many posts. As we hire more staff, there's a greater chance someone will be online to ban her. So hopefully as time goes on, her messes will become smaller.
Another situation trolls love is when people post about them, about their posts, respond to their posts, etc. As Nick mentioned in another announcement, if you notice a troll, report the post(s). Do not post on the forums about the troll, and do not respond to her posts. Once again, as we get more staff hired, there should be less posts by her.
I added our favorite smiley to the smiley list. The "don't feed the trolls" smiley! It's under the "Signs and Text" category in the smilies list. :rofl:
Remember:
:troll: