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:Really Linux: Dealing with Anti-Linux Trolls
Really Linux: Dealing with Anti-Linux Trolls
Mar 11, 2006, 23 :00 UTC (11 Talkback[s]) (5952 reads)

(Other stories by Walter V. Koenning)

[ Thanks to Walter Koenning for this link. ]

"It's my desire to help the Linux community deal with a growing issue of trolls packing new Linux user forums with bad advice and sometimes down right lies. In the past few years this issue has gone from being a one-off to such a common occurrence today that it's getting out of hand. For many good user articles, there's some troll salivating at the chance to speak negatively about the article, Linux, compatibility issues, the author, the author's mamma, and so on.

"This happens every day now on many Linux sites. In a recent response to an article published on a Linux site, a troll declared the article useless and pointless. Now mind you, the article was some user's personal experiences helping his friend move to Linux..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
What an entertaining journey of discover ...   Don't feed the trolls   
Eric Laffoon
Mar 11, 2006, 23:58:10
 
A multi-page moan about trolls? Good gri ...   What the hell?   
TopDown
Mar 12, 2006, 00:53:30
 
ROF, LLLLLEric, that's the funniest  ...   weapons grade bullonium...   
GreyGeek
Mar 12, 2006, 03:02:45
 
I know I've responded to trolls by u ...   Fantastic Idea!   
Joe User
Mar 12, 2006, 03:48:13
 
The people doing that are probably being ...   Probably M$ Employees   
Interested Bystander
Mar 12, 2006, 04:00:43
 
I've changed my outlook on trolling  ...   Trolling a funny topic...   
Dean Pannell (aka dinotrac)
Mar 12, 2006, 15:30:53
 
The real problem here is that you zealot ...   If I might...   
PCGuy
Mar 12, 2006, 15:35:53
 
"The people doing that are probably bein ...   Re: Probably M$ Employees   
Steve Stites
Mar 12, 2006, 17:40:33
 
Trolls exist in multiple forms and forum ...   On Trolling...   
epDemfer
Mar 13, 2006, 01:20:55
 
> Don't get me wrong, I think Linux  ...   Re: If I might...   
blackhole
Mar 13, 2006, 05:16:19
 
epDemfer:  Typically, IMHO, a troll is o ...   The troll among us?   
Ben Smith
Mar 13, 2006, 16:34:40
 
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