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Troll register
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nancyallen
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Nov '07
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Date Posted:
1/2 5:10am
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Troll register
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Mr44
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Say, what would you all say about a big web site, done up properly, where people could write in about Internet forum trolls? It would be a professionally done site where a team would review submissions and if they are approved they will be posted up to warn others about their activities. That way someone with the same username, IP address, ect could be watched in case they try anything. What do you think?
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SuperWatto
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Date Posted:
1/2 5:33am
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RE: Troll register
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I think 2 things:
1. 1984.
2. Everybody deserves a second chance.
Also, I think it's very likely something like you're suggesting will be developed at some point in the near future, but I'm not sure if it's a good thing.
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jamesdrax
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Date Posted:
1/2 7:12am
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RE: Troll register
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It would be prudent to log every IP address of every person who has done a Google and Wiki search of Osama bin Laden. Even those who just type his name and post it on message boards.
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DarthBoba
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Jun '00
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1/2 9:51am
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RE: Troll register
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...What?
That's an absurd idea, James.Really hope you're joking.
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darthdrago
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Dec '03
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Date Posted:
1/2 9:59am
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RE: Troll register
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Lame idea.
Who's to say that I couldn't "nominate" somebody that I simply didn't like, regardless of their trolling history? They'd be on the message boards' "no-fly" list simply because I thought they should be on it.
No, banning trolls is the responsibility of the local mods on the local forum. Besides, who'd want to take that shiny new banstick away from Lowbacca when he just got his issued? 
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DarthKarde
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Jun '02
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Date Posted:
1/2 11:51am
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RE: Troll register
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DarthBoba posted:
Rest of the forum posted:
...What?
That's an absurd idea, James.Really hope you're joking.
I think he was being sarcastic.
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Mr44
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May '02
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Date Posted:
1/2 12:17pm
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RE: Troll register
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I think as it stands, there's not a lot of discussion potential here.
Nancy, do you have a general focus here, where you're interested in discussing the overall implications of such an idea, or are you soliciting an idea specifically for the JC forums?
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Master_SweetPea
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Nov '02
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Date Posted:
1/2 12:23pm
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RE: Troll register
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the problem is that there is noting to regulate testimony.
go to Girl don't date him and I'll bet there are plenty of lies about decent guys.
etc.
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Lowbacca_1977
Title: Senate Moderator
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Jun '06
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Date Posted:
1/2 1:17pm
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RE: Troll register
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I'd highlight that in the initial post, it says the site would allow potential trolls to be monitored, not banned before they post.
That said, the time involved to check people against such a list to see if they are a troll is grossly ineffective. If they're going to troll, it will be quite apparent, and if they're not, then it would not matter if they're on the list or not.
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darth_paul
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1/2 2:06pm
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Indeed, I see relatively little to gain from such an idea. As long as a user is not trolling on a particular forum, his behavior on other sites is pretty insignificant to the site in question. If he does start misbehaving on the site, he can be eliminated from that site fairly easily. If trolling were more serious, had the potential to cause greater and longer-lasting damage, there might be more point in pursuing something like this, but the amount of serious harm that can be done by a troll on a reasonably well-policed forum or wiki is minimal, so the work in putting such a thing into place would seem greater than the potential benefits.
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Ender_Sai
Title: Manager Emeritus
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Feb '01
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Date Posted:
1/2 3:37pm
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RE: Troll register
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Mr44, I'd entirely disagree there's scope for discussion. Internet trolling is easy enough to deal with, and poses an insignificant threat to internet communities. Thus the solution proposed is not proportionate to the scope of trolling as a whole. A more effectively officious way to police the internet would be to make a list of people who said bad words or took the Lord's name in vain.
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nancyallen
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Date Posted:
1/2 3:44pm
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RE: Troll register
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Mr44 posted:
Nancy, do you have a general focus here, where you're interested in discussing the overall implications of such an idea, or are you soliciting an idea specifically for the JC forums?
The idea would be a big, professionally done site, like say trollregister.com, where people can send in submissions and a review panel looks at the various links, forum threads, ect to determine whether or not to add them to the list. For example if someone was to send in complaints about 'username' with links to his activities, the review team would look and see that they are clearly being what's known as an 'evil clown', for example, someone who generally posts only to hurt others, and add them to the register. However petty things like 'this person is an atheist and discussing atheism' or 'he disagrees with me about Iraq' wouldn't fly.
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VadersLaMent
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Date Posted:
1/2 6:02pm
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RE: Troll register
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darthdrago posted:
Lame idea.
Who's to say that I couldn't "nominate" somebody that I simply didn't like, regardless of their trolling history? They'd be on the message boards' "no-fly" list simply because I thought they should be on it.
No, banning trolls is the responsibility of the local mods on the local forum. Besides, who'd want to take that shiny new banstick away from Lowbacca when he just got his issued?
FTW
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nancyallen
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Date Posted:
1/3 8:54pm
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RE: Troll register
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So hypothetically speaking, given the problems trolling causes would a site where people name and shame them be a good idea?
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LostOnHoth
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Date Posted:
1/3 9:07pm
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RE: Troll register
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I think trolls would knock themselves over to make it onto the site. By the time the people running the site "investigated" the 'complaints' the troll's username would be changed and the cycle would begin again.
Best policy is to ignore/ban them on a case by case basis rather than give them a shiny website to boast about.
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Ender_Sai
Title: Manager Emeritus
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Feb '01
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Date Posted:
1/3 9:41pm
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RE: Troll register
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Ender_Sai
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I could have sworn I'd locked this travesty.
E_S
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