WOW! I always enjoyed reading Mr Bandage's posts and am sorry he feels the need to say goodbye, I would have thought fighting the power from the inside with a small band of vigilantes would be the way to go.
Ahem.
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Quote: Marc P @ May 5 2009, 10:00 PM BSTAs you like it.
Who mentioned Shakespeare?
You do confuse me Marc.
Right I've just rented Port Merrion, printed the numbered badges and inflated a giant white ball.
Has anyone got a spare midger butler?
Be seeing you.
Are you off too?
Not just yet.
I was implying setting up a Prisoner style village for BSGers trying to quit.
Ah. Ok, carry on no.2.
Quote: Nil Putters @ May 5 2009, 10:42 PM BSTAh. Ok, carry on no.2.
I'm not a number I'm a free man!
No you're a number 2
Arf Arf!
I read the other thread in critique but am still none the wiser?
What is a troll?
Is Don Rushmore also Nitram Sktar? and did everyone get warnings for implying that?
I think multiple account holders should be named and shamed!
Oh no! My computer blew up over the weekend and I missed all the hullabaloo.
Graham Bandage and Huge Bear, I know Aaron gave you a public ticking off but you shouldn't throw your Transformers out of the Mothercare 3 wheeler because of it.
If you leave then the evil trolls will have won, because they'll still be around posting under their multiple aliases.
You should stay and fight.
It's all very interesting. And very sad. What I would say to anyone thinking of leaving the site because of trolls is don't. It's what they want. I don't know the ins and outs of Aaron's actions but sometimes to make a point you crack an egg or two. It 'aint the end of the world. If you got sent off in a world cup final, well that's a f**k up. A warning from Aaron, take it and carry on. You'll get plenty of support from the genuine people on this site and you can always give Aaron a wedgy at the next meet up. I planned to do that anyway.
My tactic when trolled is to tell them to f**k off. It's direct, to the point and I can spell it.
Well this isn't very good. I hope Graham and Bear will reconsider as they are good, well-meaning, and contributing members from what I've seen of them.
Aaron: I don't know if you already do this, but perhaps you could implement IP logging on posts? Then it would be easy to catch out any suspicious posters either by comparing IP's or checking to see if they're behind a proxy.
Graham, take a breather and return when you are good and ready.
Huge Bear, your 'in the woods' signature is one of my favourite. Good luck.
Quote: Chris Forshaw @ May 6 2009, 12:25 AM BSTAaron: I don't know if you already do this, but perhaps you could implement IP logging on posts? Then it would be easy to catch out any suspicious posters either by comparing IP's or checking to see if they're behind a proxy.
IPs are logged already. Unfortunately they're not as unique and clear-cut as some would believe, and so cannot be relied upon as definitive evidence either way.
Quote: Tom G @ May 5 2009, 11:40 PM BSTWhat is a troll?
In the traditional or mythical sense, a troll is a fearsome member of a race of creatures from Norse mythology, originally the Nordic equivalents of giants.
However in the internet sense, a troll is a man (they're ALWAYS men) with an inordinately-small penis who seeks to bolster his self-worth by putting down or bullying others, usually in chat rooms or forums such as these.
They say that every time a lie is told, an angel loses a wing. Similarly, every time an internet forum member leaves because of a troll, that troll's miniscule, shrivelled penis grows by half a millimetre. Don't do it. The best way to deal with trolls is to point and laugh at them, in exactly the same way their peers used to point and laugh at them in the school showers after P.E.
