Trolling
posted on
Feb 03, 2015 11:31AM
Again I'd like to ask Aves and Fairchij to PLEASE take this offline. Thanks.
More generally:
No one is required to respond to the scribblings of another poster, especially if the latter is a troll.
Wikipedia: "In Internet slang, a troll is a person who sows discord on the Internet by starting arguments or upsetting people, by posting inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community (such as a newsgroup, forum, chat room, or blog) with the deliberate intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion." [read more]
Here's the Golden Rule for dealing with trolls:
Don't feed the troll!
If you think someone is trolling, don't let yourself be drawn into an argument or into otherwise reacting to his provocations. Just ignore him. Don't feed the troll, and it will starve.