Really Linux: Dealing with Anti-Linux Trolls

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 12, 2006

[ 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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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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