Top Document: Irish FAQ: Basics [1/10] Previous Document: 5) What is netiquette? Next Document: 7) What are the basics I should know about Ireland? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge A troll is an attempt to start a prolonged flame war, a fierce argument with rude, personal insults. Usually, a troll is an article that is so outrageous, insulting and stupid that you feel you _have_ to reply. You can often recognise it because it is crossposted to several groups (very few articles posted to more than three groups are worth reading). If it is posted by someone you never saw posts from before (especially if they are using an anonymous account), that's a good sign of a troll. Often, it will flagrantly violate basic netiquette. If you see a troll, don't post an angry reply. If you do, the troller will have succeeded. It's better to ignore the troll. (A humorous putdown is another option, but one that might backfire.) If you have a killfile facility in your newsreader (sometimes called a filter), you can set it to ignore future posts from this person. A good newsreader can also be set to "kill" a subject (ignore future posts with that subject line). There's also a FAQ about trolls (http://digital.net/~gandalf/trollfaq.html). It's perhaps worth mentioning that not everything you personally find offensive is necessarily a troll. User Contributions:Comment about this article, ask questions, or add new information about this topic:Top Document: Irish FAQ: Basics [1/10] Previous Document: 5) What is netiquette? Next Document: 7) What are the basics I should know about Ireland? Part00 - Part01 - Part02 - Part03 - Part04 - Part05 - Part06 - Part07 - Part08 - Part09 - Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: irish-faq@pobox.com (Irish FAQ Maintainer)
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