Trolls (Don't know if this belongs in the lounge.)

[wryter2000]

My ignore list is growing lately. Not RWers, necessarily. Just people who are here to annoy and nothing else. Is it just me?

[Elessar Zappa]

1. I've started ignoring

posters who are negative all the time. Can't stand constant doom and gloom.

[rzemanfl]

2. Putting people on ignore is passive. Just sayin'. n/t

[wryter2000]

6. I try reasoning first

When it gets to be the Monty Python argument sketch, I go for ignore. Life is too short.

[redstatebluegirl]

3. I have found more lately that annoy me. I don't come here as often as I used to.

I don't block many unless they are really nasty.

[Bev54]

4. Nope, I have noticed the same. There are some very rude and disruptive people and

I notice they have low number of comments, some are new and a couple quite old, wondered if they were just sleeping until they decide to attack. Not what I expect here.

[wryter2000]

7. The one who just got me

For one thing, HIS TITLES WERE IN ALL CAPS. His screen name was also IN ALL CAPS.

Plus, he registered here in 2007 but had 165 posts, all in the last 90 days. Again, they don't spew RW talking points or arguments. It's more like trying to have an argument with John Cleese in the Monty Python sketch.

The one the other day had a screen name that meant "God of lies."

[Bev54]

10. Yeah that is what I mean, like they are sleepers, and maybe have been given orders

to get back in the game?

[wnylib]

19. I've noticed that pattern, too.

They will have a sign up date from a few years ago but a post count of around 500 to 1000. Sometimes the sign up date coincides with an election year.

[YoshidaYui]

5. I HOPE i am not a troll

But there will be a new MONSTER Hunter video coming out shortly. stay tuned! xD

[wryter2000]

8. I do not mean you

[YoshidaYui]

9. YAY!

[rurallib]

24. you are one of DU's top assets

[YoshidaYui]

27. TOP

ASSHAT? LOL. ... thanks

[AZSkiffyGeek]

11. There are 3 or 4 that just post spam and self promotion links

Those are all that’s on my ignore list. I’d rather track trolls than ignore them.

[wryter2000]

12. Track them? You have a stronger stomach than I do

The ones I've been noticing aren't going to get banned. They don't preach RW nonsense. They just annoy. That amuses some people.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

14. It may take a while...

But eventually they show their asses.

[NNadir]

13. I have used that marvelous function for years. It helps with...

...the pretense that I can be civil, although said pretense is just that, pretense, since I am no such thing.

Lately I've taken a few of the more egregious members of my ignore list off of it, just for amusement since late in life, near the end of it, I'm seeing if I can develop a Shiran Kao. Mostly the effort is a failure, but the effort is fun and a way to make fun of myself as I approach the end.

[wryter2000]

17. Sorry to hear you're approaching the end

I hope your journey is a good one.

[NNadir]

18. There is one essential requirement that one must fulfill to die.

That requirement is that to do it, one must have lived.

I have lived, perhaps more than I deserved.

Overall, all things considered, the journey such as it has been, and for the time being continues, has been joyous.

I've been unusually lucky.

[LuckyCharms]

22. .

Sincerely.

[Emile]

15. I only have two on ignore. They reply with what? Stupid

stuff looking to piss you off.

[Wounded Bear]

16. I don't block many posters here. It's been my experience...

that those I do block seem to disappear after time anyway.

[Skittles]

20. I have a long Ignore list

I don't put up with assholes in real life and I don't put up with them here either

[Xavier Breath]

23. I'm curious how long your list is

or anyone who wants to share their number. I have 29 on ignore, finally hued over these past three years. Some tried to pick a fight with me, while some I never interacted with but I found them to be so obnoxious I had to wish them into the cornfield.

I know some prefer to never block anyone, a sentiment I've read here and on the sports-related board I frequent, but I find it a necessary tool to enjoy this experience.

[demmiblue]

25. I just looked... I have a little over 40.

Many can no longer post here (eg. StarfishSaver/effieblack... though I think that entity is back). Time to clean up the list!

I ignore for a variety of reasons. For example, I have a few on ignore who post "Tweet of the _____ " all the time, as well as people who constantly post duplicate threads. Oh, and a finger-wagger or two! Lol!

[Skittles]

28. it's close to a hundred

to be fair, I haven't gone through it in a long time, I bet lots of them are "flagged for review" or outright banned

also, I tend to ignore people who simply irritate me - like one guy who just constantly brags about himself, his life, his wife, his job.....endless.....outta here!

[LuckyCharms]

21. Everyone has their own ways of dealing with annoyance, etc.

Personally, I have no one on ignore, and most likely never will.

However, I understand why some people use ignore.

I'm sure I'm on some ignore lists.

Just the way life is, both internet life, and real life.

The way I see it, everyone doesn't have to like me, and I don't have to like everyone.

If someone posts something I don't like, I just usually just breeze on by it. Unless it's one of the few hot button issues that I have, then I'll engage.

[Wolf Frankula]

26. I am not concerned that much with trolls

I understand the site has Billy Goats Gruff to deal with them.

Wolf