trolls, a new hominid life form

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Permalink Reply by Steph S. on March 13, 2013 at 10:35pm

Yeah - I have to deal with trolls - I report them and they are gone. I would report to to the owner of the website.

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Permalink Reply by Luara on March 15, 2013 at 8:20am

Steph,

I have actually reported it twice, and nothing changed and I didn't get any response from a moderator about it.  When I made the original post, it had been about a day since I reported it.   But as of now, nothing has been done about it. 

Perhaps, when the violation of guidelines is in a group, it's the group owner's responsibility to deal with it.  The owner of this group is "Little Name Atheist" who has their profile set to private, and apparently one can't even leave a comment on their profile page unless they're a friend of "Little Name Atheist".

I was guessing that perhaps a moderator had emailed the group owner. 

But if the group owner isn't reading their email - how long does someone get to go on calling people names, etc.? 

Maybe the group should be cancelled, and someone who DOES read their email, could create a new group for cat-lovers, owned by them. 

This person does seem to be "trolling".  Lots of reviling of TNR advocates, and cats.

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Permalink Reply by Steph S. on March 15, 2013 at 8:27am

Did you use the "Report an Issue" link at the bottom of the page?

I reported it too.

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Permalink Reply by Luara on March 15, 2013 at 8:31am

I used the "Report an Issue" link the the FAQ.

The "contact the owner" link in the FAQ doesn't work.

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Permalink Reply by Steph S. on March 15, 2013 at 8:35am

Oh ok - I used that too. I suppose we will see what happens.

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Permalink Reply by Steph S. on March 13, 2013 at 10:38pm

I will report it and you should as well. Use Report an Issue (see bottom of page).

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Permalink Reply by Steph S. on March 13, 2013 at 10:41pm

I have reported the issue.

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Permalink Reply by Mathew T. on March 14, 2013 at 11:30am

HA! I don't think this jackass is a troll - I just think they like to hear the sound of their own voice (keystrokes?) way too much, as is evidenced by the collection of novels that they commented with. Easiest way to deal with someone who thinks they are the smartest person in any room, is ignore them.

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Permalink Reply by Luara on March 15, 2013 at 4:58pm

The rule that we don't insult other people here, go "ad hominem" in an argument, or try to upset other people here, seems extremely important. 

I get into discussions other places online and people argue by getting insulting.  Not only is it an emotional shock, it also makes me not want to continue the conversation.  And I tend to think this is the purpose: the insulting person feels they have "won" an argument in a solipsistic way, when they push away disagreement.  It doesn't feel that way to me, I feel "how tiresome", having seen similar behavior over and over and over again online ...

And when people get insulting, I realize I've gotten used to civility on AN.  I don't want the (relatively) safe space here, violated. 

When people here avoid "ad hominem" comments, it makes them think.  So people's comments are more thoughtful :)  

Insults being a substitute for thinking. 

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Permalink Reply by Lillie on March 15, 2013 at 8:15pm

I agree.  Just recently I deleted my membership in another forum for just this sort of thing.  The majority appeared to revel in abusive insults which is not my idea of a civilized, intelligent conversation.  I really like that A/N has mostly steered clear of this and I, for one, would like it to continue that way. After all this is the only time we will have on this earth and I prefer to spend the little time I have left doing things I enjoy that are enlightening and benneficial.

 

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Permalink Reply by Luara on March 17, 2013 at 12:14pm

Lillie,

I think it's because the group owner is away.  I sent them a note with a "friend request" but I haven't heard back. 

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