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How do you feel about the one who can not be named? |
He's a bloody menace and needs stamping out |
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He's a bit annoying but I don't really care |
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I feel quite indifferent to it all |
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While I don't necessarily approve, it doesn't bother me at all |
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While I don't necessarily approve, I find it a little funny |
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It's all a bit of fun and mildly amusing |
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I think it's bloody funny! |
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I really don't know who we're talking about |
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Big_Bird

Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Location: Sometimes here sometimes there...
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:23 am Post subject: How do you feel about the one who can not be named? |
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Are you so bothered by the transient troll? Many of you will know the troll I mean, the one who gets banned and returns again and again to fill our inboxes with delightful trash talk, and colour up the threads with mischievous nonsense.
Some people seem really vexed by it, other's (while not approving) don't give a toss while others even find it amusing. Which one are you? And is it really worth changing things at Dave's to keep this one troll out?
My opinion: it doesn't bother me that much. I can delete the nonsense, or skim past it. Sometimes it's a little amusing too. I'm patient enough to wait a few hours for the mods to mop up after him, and I'm satisfied with how the mods have been dealing with him. |
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djsmnc

Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:08 am Post subject: |
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I don't get spam from any trolls. Ha! What a ridiculous sentence that was... |
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periwinkle
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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Voldemort is on this board? |
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Czarjorge

Joined: 01 May 2007 Location: I now have the same moustache, and it is glorious.
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 4:32 pm Post subject: |
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I, too, immediately thought of Voldemort. |
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Big_Bird

Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Location: Sometimes here sometimes there...
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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periwinkle wrote: |
Voldemort is on this board? |
Yes, I was playing about with that a bit. Well spotted.
There have been calls for the mods to do something about our own little Voldemort (who just like Harry Potter's nemisis, keeps coming back after he is dead) but I wonder if increased restrictions are really worth it, for the trivial nuisance he is (IMO of course). |
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Bramble

Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Location: National treasures need homes
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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I voted, "While I don't necessarily approve, I find it a little funny."
I think the mods are handling this situation pretty well, but I don't think they're looking at the larger issue ... the fact that this site attracts the lowest common denominator because the TOS haven't been enforced consistently for years and years. The thing is, no one really takes this particular troll seriously�but the mods seem to have granted seniority rights to other posters who�ve engaged in the most despicable behaviour imaginable. The worst assholes are allowed to set the tone of just about every discussion around here, and the vilest comments are allowed to stand�apparently because the mods really like the people who made them. Or maybe they just don�t like the victims very much.
BTW, are we actually not allowed to name the troll in question? Or is it just that he has too many names to keep up with? |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Location: the crib
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:30 pm Post subject: |
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Bramble wrote: |
The worst assholes are allowed to set the tone of just about every discussion around here, and the vilest comments are allowed to stand�apparently because the mods really like the people who made them. Or maybe they just don�t like the victims very much. |
Well, at least you're doing your part to raise the standard of decency, eh. |
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Big_Bird

Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Location: Sometimes here sometimes there...
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:38 pm Post subject: |
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Bramble wrote: |
BTW, are we actually not allowed to name the troll in question? Or is it just that he has too many names to keep up with? |
Good question. A bit of both, I reckon.  |
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crusher_of_heads
Joined: 23 Feb 2007 Location: kimbop and kimchi for kimberly!!!!
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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Cthulu? |
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ajgeddes

Joined: 28 Apr 2004 Location: Yongsan
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 6:00 pm Post subject: |
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I don't really care. A little annoying, but the second I stop reading it, I don't care. The way the one poster responded to it yesterday, you would've thought he killed his sister or something. |
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kermo

Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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ajgeddes wrote: |
I don't really care. A little annoying, but the second I stop reading it, I don't care. The way the one poster responded to it yesterday, you would've thought he killed his sister or something. |
Those of us who are familiar with the schtick should probably just ignore it. It's the only way to thwart his ridiculous quest. |
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ajgeddes

Joined: 28 Apr 2004 Location: Yongsan
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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kermo wrote: |
ajgeddes wrote: |
I don't really care. A little annoying, but the second I stop reading it, I don't care. The way the one poster responded to it yesterday, you would've thought he killed his sister or something. |
Those of us who are familiar with the schtick should probably just ignore it. It's the only way to thwart his ridiculous quest. |
Exactly. He got old quickly on the old expats site, then on the Kimchipot and then again on the new expats site. It's nothing new. |
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anyangoldboy
Joined: 28 Sep 2007
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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We all know it's wackers and you know what a nice guy he really is... |
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Big_Bird

Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Location: Sometimes here sometimes there...
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 6:45 pm Post subject: |
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anyangoldboy wrote: |
We all know it's wackers and you know what a nice guy he really is... |
Not wackers. Another. |
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anyangoldboy
Joined: 28 Sep 2007
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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Harpeau??? |
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