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Re: trolling? (Was all that OT God stuff)
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Thu, 15 Nov 2001 16:22:24 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Eaton writes:

And of course, well-tempered comments are generally the quickest way
to quash flame fests...

Thanks for the tip. Haven't seen it work that way here, though.



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  Re: trolling? (Was all that OT God stuff)
 
(...) No, I don't think you'd ever notice the trend in any sort of public forum, because while it works, the most common reply to a flame is to flame back. I've kind of noticed that in o-t.debate-- a rather alarming number of the regulars quite (...) (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: trolling? (Was all that OT God stuff)
 
(...) Well, the thing that's wrong with that is the fact that there's nothing *but* connotation there. Being a "bonehead" is sufficiently without good definition, whereas a "troll" post has a definition as well as a connotation. If Jeremy only used (...) (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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