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____/ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on Tuesday 05 August 2008 02:41 : \____

> On Aug 4, 4:34 pm, Linonut <lino...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> http://www.paulgraham.com/trolls.html
>>
>> There's a sort of Gresham's Law of trolls: trolls are willing to use
>> a forum with a lot of thoughtful people in it, but thoughtful people
>> aren't willing to use a forum with a lot of trolls in it. Which means
>> that once trolling takes hold, it tends to become the dominant
>> culture. That had already happened to Slashdot and Digg by the time I
>> paid attention to comment threads there, but I watched it happen to
>> Reddit.
>>
>> http://www.urban75.com/Mag/troll.html
>>
>> There are three reasons why people troll newsgroups:
>>
>> People post such messages to get attention, to disrupt newsgroups,
>> and simply to make trouble.
>>
>> --
>> Brogan's Constant:
>> People tend to congregate in the back of the church and the
>> front of the bus.
> 
> Well this one would be much poorer without you, but I wouldn't blame
> you if you left.  Now Moshe=flatfish is impersonating you, too.

The more aggressive the get, the more desperate they are.

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