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ignore. Mock and you feed the troll, reason with and you fall into his trap.

by mixmax 19y ago

eb 19y ago
too late: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=162680 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=162680
- aswanson 19y ago
  Yeah, I bit too. That actually inspired this submittal.
- Jesin 19y ago
  Yes, it is a blatant troll, but it's also an interesting question. As long as a troll brings interesting discussion and not flame wars, it's not necessarily a bad thing.
  - eb 19y ago
    Asking why someone is special is not a thoughtful question. This is a rare case where a troll has managed to spawn coherent anecdotes. If you read over the comments, there is no real discussion, there isn't even a topic. It's just a bunch of biographies from people professing pg to be their personal jesus. It reads like an infomercial. Ignore the trolls. Start a proper discussion because topics like this get killed, like this one just did.
    - Jesin 19y ago
      Meh. Good points. I and probably a lot of other people are probably feeling pretty stupid right now for falling for this. I think I have a certain combination of gullibility and skepticism that makes me a perfect target for these things. I'm a skeptic in that I am quick to consider that someone could be just wrong, but I'm gullible in that I'm slow to consider the possibility that someone is lying.
  - tsetse-fly 19y ago
    pg hath spoken: "This is such a classic troll. Not even a subtle new variant, but practically a 1980s Usenet troll. I was going to ask if people minded if I killed it, but a forum just can't let itself be pwned by trolls this blatant. So..." http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=162876 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=162876
- fallentimes 19y ago
  sometimes telling the difference between a troll (usually bad) and a devil's advocate (sometimes good, sometimes annoying) can be difficult
- davidw 19y ago
  Damn. I go sleep for a few hours, and look what happens...
- mixmax 19y ago
  yeah you're right. Didn't notice it until too late...

ignore. Mock and you feed the troll, reason with and you fall into his trap.

by mixmax 19y ago

ignore. Mock and you feed the troll, reason with and you fall into his trap.

eb 19y ago

too late: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=162680 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=162680

aswanson 19y ago
Yeah, I bit too. That actually inspired this submittal.
Jesin 19y ago
Yes, it is a blatant troll, but it's also an interesting question. As long as a troll brings interesting discussion and not flame wars, it's not necessarily a bad thing.
- eb 19y ago
  Asking why someone is special is not a thoughtful question. This is a rare case where a troll has managed to spawn coherent anecdotes. If you read over the comments, there is no real discussion, there isn't even a topic. It's just a bunch of biographies from people professing pg to be their personal jesus. It reads like an infomercial. Ignore the trolls. Start a proper discussion because topics like this get killed, like this one just did.
  - Jesin 19y ago
    Meh. Good points. I and probably a lot of other people are probably feeling pretty stupid right now for falling for this. I think I have a certain combination of gullibility and skepticism that makes me a perfect target for these things. I'm a skeptic in that I am quick to consider that someone could be just wrong, but I'm gullible in that I'm slow to consider the possibility that someone is lying.
- tsetse-fly 19y ago
  pg hath spoken: "This is such a classic troll. Not even a subtle new variant, but practically a 1980s Usenet troll. I was going to ask if people minded if I killed it, but a forum just can't let itself be pwned by trolls this blatant. So..." http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=162876 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=162876
fallentimes 19y ago
sometimes telling the difference between a troll (usually bad) and a devil's advocate (sometimes good, sometimes annoying) can be difficult
davidw 19y ago
Damn. I go sleep for a few hours, and look what happens...
mixmax 19y ago
yeah you're right. Didn't notice it until too late...