MyDD :: A ban on Troll

A ban on Troll

by TaiChiMaster, Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 01:52:59 PM EST

Ok, this is getting out of hand.

In the last few days the word troll seems to be getting used with increasing frequency. In comments, people say this guy is a troll, we read diaries denouncing yet another troll.

Is the new definition for troll: A guy I disagree with or someone I don't like?

What I see are people trying to kick each other out...

Tags: Troll (all tags)

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Re: A ban on Troll (1.80 / 5)

Paranoid much?

Obama/Clark (still dreaming)

by spacemanspiff on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 01:54:28 PM EST

Re: A ban on Troll (2.00 / 4)

I agree, we need to ban trolls. Keep up the good fight!

And so, may evil beware and may good dress warmly and eat lots of fresh vegetables.

by thatpurplestuff on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 01:56:15 PM EST

Re: A ban on Troll (1.00 / 1)

TaiChiMaster is not a troll.

He's trollish.

Trolls don't want a Democrat elected, they ant Hillary or no one.

Trolls want to go to Denver over four delegates.

Trolls claim Michelle Obama is a racist based on zero evidence.

Trolls claim that Hillary is winning the popular vote when every news org says that's bullshit.

Trolls post diaries with no facts to back them up.

Trolls want to lose in November, because they're idiots.

If it goes to Denver, we all lose. Not Obama, not Clinton, WE ALL LOSE IN NOVEMBER.

by blue2008 on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 02:02:10 PM EST
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Re: A ban on Troll (2.00 / 2)

and with that post you show you are a McBlogger, with only hate and mean to pass on.

by zerosumgame on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 02:21:27 PM EST
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Re: A ban on Troll (none / 0)

nothing new from my 2nd fav troll.

look, stop pretending to be dumb, thats a gop tactic.

A troll is anyone who bashes with the intent to smear and discredit our party and it's politicians.

There is ALOT of that against not just Obama but countless other leaders and heros of our party.

If Hariet Christian was a member here she would be considered a troll for attacking a Democrat with racial slurs.

http://www.truepat.org/

by CrushTheGOP2008 on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 03:31:32 PM EST
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How odd. (none / 0)

You say:

"A troll is anyone who bashes with the intent to smear and discredit our party and it's politicians."

Yet that is what some of the opposition to Hillary did here each and every day, ad nauseum.

I suppose that means we can safely designate a majority of those who opposed Hillary so vehemently here with over the top crap in favor of Obama 'trolls'.

I think you might want to rethink your definition.

Designating members of your own party (of which I am no longer one, NPA now, btw) as not worthy to be part of that party is a GOP tactic. Overlooking that fact as folks seek to purge some from their ranks is 'acting dumb'.

Folks are still just pissed that Hillary didn't crawl off stage in defeat last night. She had no need to.

Hell's bells, even the GOP didn't have to crucify Eisenhower's record in order to make Reagan their 'saint'. We can have two great ones, you know?

by emsprater on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:45:58 PM EST
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Re: A ban on Troll (2.00 / 2)

Someone got pushed off the recent diaries for this.

You are going to see a lot of resistance to people trying to torpedo Obama, as he is now the nominee. This is how it should be. Those who attack him on this site now are either willfully or recklessly doing the Republicans' bidding.

I like baked beans.

by SpideyDem on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 01:59:44 PM EST

Keep Banning Trolls... (2.00 / 1)

Great Idea...

Obama supporter who is damn glad Hillary Clinton is a Democrat!!

by hootie4170 on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 02:00:07 PM EST

Re: A ban on Troll (2.00 / 4)

There are plenty of genuine trolls out there. In particular, the Republicans are sending people to sites that have a reputation as being pro-Hillary, masquerading as Hillary supporters. These people will be urging Hillary supporters to stay home in November, and will bitterly attack Barack Obama. But they are phonies, people who hate the Clintons as much as they hate Obama.

A troll is a disruptive person interested in hurting the cause, not merely someone you disagree with. And there are plenty of them out there.

by Joe Buck on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 02:01:59 PM EST

Ok Trolly McTrollsalot (1.66 / 3)

I've pissed off a lot of people in my time at MyDD and I don't think I've been called a troll. I've been called a lot of other names but...

The reason people are calling you a troll is because you are one. Take the hint.

Consider that everything which happens, happens justly, and if thou observest carefully, thou wilt find it to be so. -Marcus Aurelius

by Blue Neponset on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 02:02:24 PM EST

I think this topic needs a tribal analysis. (2.00 / 1)

This definitely couldn't wait for an open thread.

by notxjack on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 02:02:47 PM EST

Re: I think this topic needs a tribal analysis. (2.00 / 1)

Oh yeah, waiting for an open thread, everybody does that...

by TaiChiMaster on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 02:03:31 PM EST
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Re: I think this topic needs a tribal analysis. (1.50 / 2)

I don't make two terribad diaries within 12 hours. When I can't think of something substantial enough to make a diary out of it, I just make a comment out of it.

Seriously, if you want to post crazy crap, just dump it in the TexasDarlin post, or something.

by notxjack on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 02:14:15 PM EST
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Re: I think this topic needs a tribal analysis. (2.00 / 1)

Than you for your input, I'll take it under advisement.

by TaiChiMaster on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 02:20:38 PM EST
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Re: A ban on Troll (none / 0)

I see your point. But I'm not sure how to stop it. I guess the best thing to do is to word your diaries carefully and develop a thick skin. The problem, of course, is that if you glance over a diary and then see a bunch of "troll" comments then you tend to think that it is a troll diary.

That said, I think blogs are places to have discussions, not just to cheerlead for on another. So maybe allowing a few trolls to get in is worth keeping the discussions open.

by the mollusk on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 02:03:45 PM EST

Re: A ban on Troll (1.50 / 2)

There is nothing sadder than a troll who does not know he is a troll.

by XoFalconXo on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 02:04:32 PM EST

Re: A ban on Troll (2.00 / 2)

If a troll spouts off against our nominee in the forest and no one is around, does he still make an inflammatory sound?

"No matter what happens, I will work for the nominee of the Democratic Party because we must win in November." -Hillary Clinton

by fugazi on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 02:07:01 PM EST
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Re: A ban on Troll (2.00 / 1)

I don't know. We could ask Universal, if he could be found.

McCainuire, The Wrath Of Not Enough Naps.

by catilinus on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 02:13:39 PM EST
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