"Internet Trolls..."

Originally posted by FMF
What does "+ your 1" refer to?

"Community discussion guidelines" (February 18, 2014)

"About Us: NewsWorks seeks to be an oasis for lively, smart, civil discussion of issues and events. That's why we've set these guidelines for the NewsWorks online community. In the end, a community works only to the degree that its members put in the effort to make it work. No high-traffic, public website can absolutely prevent trolls and flamers from doing what they do. We can't absolutely guarantee that an unseemly digital fight will never break out. We can only do so much to keep the peace. With the help of the bulk of readers who want the NewsWorks community to become that oasis, we can build something valuable.

Now, for the guidelines: If you can't be polite, don't say it

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So, don't feed the trolls

We encourage users to report abuse by trolls, the people who seek only to foment and insult. But we ask that you not engage with trolls in the comment threads. Acknowledging them only encourages them." http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/about-us/65016-discussion-rules

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
"Thumbs Up: 16,314Thumbs Down: 3,452"

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=troll

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
About @Frank-Burns "Last moved 625 days 16 hours and 53 minutes ago."

This is what your Red Hot Pawn Profile will have for header information if you're ever given a Maximum Ban. So think twice before you click [Post].

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Facts sting. Truth hurts.

Originally posted by FMF
Who out of this community deserves "a Maximum Ban" in your opinion?

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Neither your "opinion" nor mine matters. Presuming to offer one is tantamount to personal attack and fixation on personalities rather than this or any thread's topic. Russ as the Sole Proprietor of Red Hot Pawn [not its members] decides whose egregious violations call for and justify the severity of a "Maximum Ban..

For those who feel the need:

http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/12/chubb-offers-uks-first-troll-insurance-policy/

Originally posted by moonbus
For those who feel the need:

http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/12/chubb-offers-uks-first-troll-insurance-policy/

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
It's encouraging to see another responsible person driving his own bus in the direction of an online community where acceptance of authority and civility matter. I appreciate your disregard of the vocal majority and presence of seemingly incorrigible "Internet Trolls" on this forum. Thanks for being here. .

"Internet trolls really are miserable people" (March 1, 2014 redd-mbeauchamp)

"If you’ve read the comments on this blog or on Redding.com, you’ve met them. Now new research confirms that they can be Narcissistic, Machiavellian, psychopathic, and sadistic personality types. (And I’d add cowards to that sad list.) Excerpt from an article at Slate.com: “In the past few years, the science of Internet trollology has made some strides. Last year, for instance, we learned that by hurling insults and inciting discord in online comment sections, so-called Internet trolls (who are frequently anonymous) have a polarizing effect on audiences, leading to politicization, rather than deeper understanding of scientific topics.

“That’s bad, but it’s nothing compared with what a new psychology paper has to say about the personalities of trolls themselves. The research, conducted by Erin Buckels of the University of Manitoba and two colleagues, sought to directly investigate whether people who engage in trolling are characterized by personality traits that fall in the so-called Dark Tetrad: Machiavellianism (willingness to manipulate and deceive others), narcissism (egotism and self-obsession), psychopathy (the lack of remorse and empathy), and sadism (pleasure in the suffering of others).

“It is hard to overplay the results: The study found correlations, sometimes quite significant, between these traits and trolling behavior. What’s more, it also found a relationship between all Dark Tetrad traits (except for narcissism) and the overall time that an individual spent, per day, commenting on the Internet."
http://mbeauchamp.blogs.redding.com/2014/03/internet_trolls/

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Neither your "opinion" nor mine matters. Presuming to offer one is tantamount to personal attack and fixation on personalities rather than this or any thread's topic. Russ as the Sole Proprietor of Red Hot Pawn [not its members] decides whose egregious violations call for and justify the severity of a "Maximum Ban..

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Neither your "opinion" nor mine matters. Presuming to offer one is tantamount to personal attack and fixation on personalities rather than this or any thread's topic. Russ as the Sole Proprietor of Red Hot Pawn [not its members] decides whose egregious violations call for and justify the severity of a "Maximum Ban..

Originally posted by orang-utan to Grampy Bobby
What is your fixation with trolls all about?
- you realise that very behaviour could easily be described as trolling?

Originally posted by orangutan
What is your fixation with trolls all about?
The endless pasting of lists of troll type behaviour (or any other type of list) - you realise that very behaviour could easily be described as trolling?