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Posted December 08, 2014
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tinyE: I realize I am for the most part liked in here but in all serious whenever a thread like this pops up I wonder if they are pointing the finger at me.
Don't worry. OP specifically mentions "trolls". You might sabotage and take over threads, and yes, I think you have an agenda (O.O), but you're definitely not a troll. Everyone knows by now that the green guys are orcs and not trolls (I can see through your Christmas Ghost disguise).
Posted December 08, 2014
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snowkatt: snip
Yeah but subtler mate. Trolls operate in the serious / can't be serious grey space. Calling their bluff will either reveal their insincerity, or if they're good at it, be indistinguishable from actual sincere held opinions or beliefs, in which case they might think they've trolled you, but if you look at it from the other side, I've just had a pleasant experience.

You faked loving me, but I still came ;) Was it good for you too? Then maybe you didn't really fake it.
Of course, don't go slutting around with just any troll, you got to feel some spark!

Seriously though, perversity takes effort, most trolls are too lazy. Call their bluff by taking them seriously at face value, they'll usually fold, or go all in.
Posted December 08, 2014
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noncompliantgame: So, what can be done about it?
1. Ignore user function.
2. Off-Topic forum with moderated on-topic forums.
3. Rep should mean something or be done away with (if it means something, we need tools to see where it is coming from or going to - i.e. which posts are losing/gaining rep and by how many votes, etc).
Posted December 08, 2014
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hucklebarry: 1. Ignore user function.
YES!

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hucklebarry: 2. Off-Topic forum
You're posting in it.

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hucklebarry: with moderated on-topic forums.
They're called the game sub-forums - not moderated though.
Post edited December 08, 2014 by Sachys
Posted December 08, 2014
I only browsed through the thread and I don't think this has been posted yet.


Albert Einstein's letter to Marie Curie on how to deal with trolls.
Posted December 08, 2014
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hucklebarry: 2. Off-Topic forum
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Sachys: You're posting in it.
I don't agree. This leaves no place for gamers to post general, gaming related posts without having to browse through oodles of off-topic stuff. Currently, we only have game specific pages to talk about very specific games. If I want to post about gaming headsets, MMO's, software compatibility... I've currently got to browse through a troll infested mess of religious, political, joke-filled, hodgepodge of stuff I don't care about to do it.

For the topic at hand, I think troll's would spend most of their time in the off-topic, leaving a gaming related section to people who want to discuss games. it wouldn't solve it completely, but currently GOG only offers a single "general" forum which is, for the most part, off-topic. So, semantically, maybe what we really need is an ON-Topic forum. Tomato/potato ;)
Posted December 08, 2014
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hucklebarry: maybe what we really need is an ON-Topic forum.
perhaps

Edit though really whats needed are more topic icons (like we already have news / questions) and better filtering of those (and tha ability to ignore and make a topic non-public). It would take little effort on GOGs part too...
...if they ever actually pay those bloody GOGbears!
Post edited December 08, 2014 by Sachys
Posted December 08, 2014
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Sachys: though really whats needed are more topic icons (like we already have news / questions) and better filtering of those (and tha ability to ignore and make a topic non-public). It would take little effort on GOGs part too...
...if they ever actually pay those bloody GOGbears!
yes. I like that... and better searchable functions in general (not bugged search results) would also aid in keeping you from having to scroll through everything.
Posted December 08, 2014
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noncompliantgame: This is just a plea, a message in a bottle as it were, to anyone, be they on the GOG admin or a fellow Gogger. :-)

Trolls! Threads being sabotaged and taken over by trolls (often with an agenda). What can be done? It really is a growing problem here on GOG. It's a shame. So, what can be done about it?
You're just a big dummy head and your avatar looks like a clown's festive sphincter!
{/ironic troll}
Posted December 08, 2014
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noncompliantgame: What can be done? It really is a growing problem here on GOG. It's a shame. So, what can be done about it?
Panic!!!!
Posted December 08, 2014
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GeorgIsMe: These forums are not in any danger from any troll. So the best thing to do is nothing. If you read something you don't like, immediatelly skip it and move on. Everyone here is free to say whatever they like. It's our responsibility to move past the trolling posts. Just like in real life, you don't try to correct everyone you meet on a the streets
Good post I agree! Don't feed the trolls! (Can I get a photoshop for this mantra please? Anyone?)
Posted December 08, 2014
What can be done against Trolls? Don't feed them.

My stance against ignore functions and additional forums hasn't changed since the last time they were discussed. Not at all a fan of stronger forum moderation either.

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real.geizterfahr: What has tinyE done this time?
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tinyE: I realize I am for the most part liked in here but in all serious whenever a thread like this pops up I wonder if they are pointing the finger at me. I love to be obnoxious and silly and yes I do A LOT of derailing for the sake of laughs, but if I ever thought I was actually hurting the forum I'd back off in a heartbeat.

On a more serious note, we could get rid of all the bridges; destroy their habitat.
If there's blame I must confess, the finger points to you!
Posted December 09, 2014
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real.geizterfahr: What has tinyE done this time?
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tinyE: I realize I am for the most part liked in here but in all serious whenever a thread like this pops up I wonder if they are pointing the finger at me. I love to be obnoxious and silly and yes I do A LOT of derailing for the sake of laughs, but if I ever thought I was actually hurting the forum I'd back off in a heartbeat.

On a more serious note, we could get rid of all the bridges; destroy their habitat.
I don't even know who you are. This post has nothing to do with you.
Posted December 09, 2014
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tinyE: I realize I am for the most part liked in here but in all serious whenever a thread like this pops up I wonder if they are pointing the finger at me. I love to be obnoxious and silly and yes I do A LOT of derailing for the sake of laughs, but if I ever thought I was actually hurting the forum I'd back off in a heartbeat.

On a more serious note, we could get rid of all the bridges; destroy their habitat.
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noncompliantgame: I don't even know who you are. This post has nothing to do with you.
tinyP err E is a bit of a derailer

but its usually all in good fun !
Posted December 09, 2014
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Fever_Discordia: your avatar looks like a clown's festive sphincter!
Wow, really? That's what's on your mind?
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