William Poaster wrote:
> Andrew Halliwell wrote:
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> The homophobic content and personal attacks are supposed to repel and
>>> intimidate those who read and participate, respectively. It's a known
>>> technique for dissipating and breaking useful fora apart.
>>
>> It's such an obvious attack vector though, everyone with half a
>> braincell is fully aware of it, thus nullifying its effects.
>>
>> If they were more subtle about it, it might be a problem. But posting
>> under faked IDs saying you've had a sex change/chopped your balls
>> off/been raped by police, etc...
>>
>> It's pitiful that they actually think anyone would believe it.
>
> IMO it's childish & puerile rubbish, akin to something in a school
> playground. Which is probably the trolls mental age.
It is designed to discourage the poster more than the reader. The thought
is to embarrass the poster to the extent to make him want to quit. Such
is a sad testimonial to the extent these industrial strength and most
likely paid astroturfing trolls, to promote their non-Linux products.
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HPT
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