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4) Delete, but still display to the troll

• aston 19y ago
  Seems clever, but I don't think it would actually make a difference. Especially since it'd be dead simple to detect when you'd been deleted.
• deleted 19y ago
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• mattmaroon 19y ago
  This encourages continued bad behavior, because as far as they know, their comments are still there for the world to see. They should see they've been deleted, but get no reason as to why.
  • Harkins 19y ago
    Trolls and other misfits are trying to get attention, however negative. Denying it to them is the best way to get rid of them. It's fine if they keep posting: after a few posts of theirs are soft-deleted like this, the moderation system should soft-delete their posts as they're posted. Let them waste their time shouting into the void.
    • mattmaroon 19y ago
      Right on your first sentence. Denying them attention is the best way to get rid of them. That's why you delete their posts. If you make them think you didn't, they'll continue because they think their posts are still being read by others. Eventually by actually deleting them, they realize how long it takes them to write the posts and how short a time it takes you to get rid of them and give up.