| Pineapple said: The way I see it, people you - Happydolphin - are a far larger problem to this site than the vast majority of trolls. You see problems where there are none, and then insult people based on them. You repeatedly insult people based on next to nothing, like you do with Spurge in this thread. Telling someone that they're "shitting up this site" is a pretty serious accusation. There aren't many trolls on this site. There are people with vastly differing views from you, including views I cannot see the logic in. When you call them trolls, you're assuming that they're choosing that stance simply to annoy you (and other people). That's a rather self-obsessed view. When you then reply to these people in your normal, insulting way, they'll respond accordingly. To you, this is proof that they were trolling all along, but it's (usually) just a natural response to your rudeness. If you assume the best in people, any respond factually, attempt to disprove their stance objectively, rather than insulting them, it usually works out very well. Treat the "trolls" with kindness and respect, and suddenly it's aparent that they were never actually trolling.
Or let's put it like this. The point of a forum is to exchange views on subjets, and after exchanging them, trying to improve them. When you dismiss people with odd views as trolls, you'll never be able to learn them anything, or learn from them. You've condemned yourself to never actually having an interesting discussion. |
As far as I'm concerned, a troll and a fanboy are two of the same things - people looking to mindlessly argue something for all the wrong reasons. If there is no logic in a post, should it be allowed? With a site that has such potency for fanboys, there is the inevitable issue:
1) Prevent all fanboy bs, but result would be drastic drop in traffic.
2) Keep fanboy bs and traffic remains as it is.
Sadly the internet is not a place designed for good, logical debate. Considering how revenue is generated, it is actually opposed to this - get the most extreme people in as they will inevitably keep on posting and bolstering traffic figures.
Saying that if you respond sensibly and politely works never has for me. One of the main issues I think is that the internet becomes a social outlet for those with social issues and cannot ever admit fault in their thinking. I've had people argue fallacies and refuse to see otherwise even after I went to the trouble of pointing out the inherent flaw with their arguments.
If you run on the idea that the average joe is insecure and therefore will get aggressive as soon as you point out any flaws in their argument, that will prepare you for the wonders of the online internet community.
