Posted by doxogenic boy on March 4, 2014, at 10:46:15
In reply to Re: Trolls and Extinction » doxogenic boy, posted by SLS on March 3, 2014, at 18:12:03
> I agree with what you say regarding psychopaths. They are predators born without conscience. No doubt, many of these people troll the web, but I am dubious that all trolls are psychopaths.
I think you are right about this - not all trolls are psychopaths. But most of the malicious trolls probably are.
> I also agree with you that the concept of "feeding" trolls is often accurate in its dynamic; with starving the troll often convincing him to leave the scene.
This is part of the reason why I think of a small change in the civility rules: if users are allowed to inform other users that a troll has entered the group, it is easier to starve the troll.
> The thing is, it is uncivil to call someone a troll.
Yes, but I propose that it should be allowed to warn other users when a known malicious troll comes into Babble. It may prevent some users from getting hurt by the troll, and I think it is important to prevent that users get more depressed and anxious in this support forum. (And I suppose you agree with me that it is within the civility rules to have discussions about trolls, psychopaths and cyberstalkers in general?)
> It is more of an accusation than it is a nosological description.
Yes it is now, but the Global Assessment of Internet Trolling (GAIT) scale (which the Canadian researchers have made) may change that, so "troll" more becomes like a diagnosis, I think of such as (a subtype of) antisocial personality disorder.
> Besides, it is much quicker to identify a behavior than it is to deliberate one's status as a troll.
You are probably right about that, but if deputies enforce a no-troll-policy, it will be possible to do that pretty fast, too. I think a malicious troll should be treated with stricter rules than a kind poster who has a bad day, or who defends himself against the troll - and most users would probably feel that is fair.
- doxogenic
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