RE: Steemit: No Place For The Internet Trolls
Good post. I am going to resteem this. I do want to add a word of caution. These days someone will call a person a troll simply because they disagree and the person gets frustrated that they cannot make them "agree", "understand", etc. This is NOT trolling. However, it does sound like the person you described was definitely a troll. The name calling, and put downs are a sure sign.
I've been known to feed trolls until I am sure they are a troll. One of the things I do to test them sometimes is to AGREE with them. If they suddenly do a 180 and are now attacking the position they were previously endorsing then it is clear they are a troll.
I did want to stress that it is important to remember DISAGREEING is not trolling. It is a natural and important part of communication. If you are frustrated because you can't reach agreement then the person who first calls the other a TROLL is the one who is actually entering the troll zone.
Again... great post. I just wanted to add that caveat.
Oh I agree, that is why I put that at the bottom that arguments are normal and not a sign of trolling lol. No what I am against is the bullying stuff, that form of trolling is useless in any community and especially one where people got monetary gains involved. Needs to be a bit of maturity here due to that aspect plus this is becoming the hub for the crypto movement, a lot of us are forming up for the just cause against the system trying to start taking this away from us, we have serious work to do in here when it comes to that and I would hate to have to babysit all day long and sidetrack our real important work ahead. Great of you though to point out the need to be discreet about what someone considers trolling, I am with you completely there. The harassing needless negativity off of a hatred position is purely useless here. Flagging to just flag a post is also not right, has to be a balance.
Thank you for the resteem, and for the wise amazing comment
I agree with this completely. For the most part I think we do a good job of stamping it out, the reputation hit, and the inability to make any money seem to make trolling a losing proposition here. That is a great thing.
I agree, as long as we also don't abuse the privileges to moderate through flagging needlessly then everybody wins. Eventually it will reform the mentality on the guys coming in thinking they got this power to troll and win. In crypto trading trolling is a tactic used to scare people on or off a coin to make money, Steemit is not that kind of crypto so a lot of people will need to rethink how they play this game. Hopefully they get it eventually and bring in the positive tactics, its only going to hurt themselves here if they don't wise up about that side to our community
It's good I read the replies, you took the words out of my mouth.
Thank you :)
lol...great minds think a like my friend. Its crazy how people act out there but the good thing, I believe Steemit encourages non troll like behavior, could even help us to be better people as individuals.
Oh I was replying to dwinblood. But I indeed think that steemit is a very good environment and that it encourages people to communicate better. Like your post b.t.w. upvoted it of course ;)
Appreciate the upvote...oh lol...thought you were commenting to my last one...no worries though, think all of us feel the same way about these trolls.
:)