Posted by Smalls at syr-24-24-14-133.twcny.rr.com on May 28, 2003 at 16:53:00:
In Reply to: why is it posted by grizzly on May 28, 2003 at 16:13:11:
Because:
1) there are a lot of people here who don't look at the posts with a critical enough eye to always have their troller-detectors on... and when you buy a troller as a "real" person, they really get off on that.
2) there are a lot of people who instead of telling these guys to go away, explain to them we know who they are or just simply ignore them, enjoy getting into little "wars" with the troller... mainly to prove how clever they are... well, the trollers love that shit even more than you buying them as real.
Don't let them pick fights and don't buy into their just being idiots and they WILL slowly go away.
I think it's just that the board these days is so large and fractured... so willing to fight amoungst the little factions... that anytime someone comes in and starts a fight, everyone's champing at the bit to get involved in some way.
If we just let ourselves be less prone to fighting, less prone to trying to prove how clever we think we are... and a little bit smarter about sniffing out fakes, we'd be a lot better off.
That or someone gave me a magic eraser. Kidding...
Mike