<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by MatthewClement:
What can be done about trolls?
When you suspect that somebody is a troll, you might try responding with a polite, mild message to see if it's just somebody in a bad mood. Internet users sometimes let their passions get away from them when seated safely behind their keyboard. If you ignore their bluster and respond in a pleasant manner, they usually calm down.
However, if the person persists in being beastly, and seems to enjoy being unpleasant, the only effective position is summed up as follows:
The only way to deal with trolls is to limit your reaction to reminding others not to respond to trolls.</font>
Thank you for that education. I do appreciate your taking the time to ask me about my demeanor, however, I must have missed your similar messages to VicOsaki and R&R, both of whom are long-time users of this board and who had posted the trash to which I responded to, as well as that of BooBooKitty, who has admitted that she was a long time lurker of this board.
Thank you very much for your knowledge, as well as your selective use of same.
[This message has been edited by DOC 2 BE (edited 12-03-2001).]