[hackerspaces] any recommendations for handling of a troll?

[Dave]

Don't feed the troll!


On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Elger Jonker <elger.jonker at gmail.com>wrote:

> "the only winning move is not to play" --> from the song:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvYfRiJQIX8
>
> Also read here to out-troll the troll:
> https://encyclopediadramatica.es/Troll
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Peter <ernstpeterboehm at gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 12:12 PM
> Subject: [hackerspaces] any recommendations for handling of a troll?
> To: discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org
>
>
>
> hi,
>
> i am member of the small hackerspace in bremen/germany:
>  hackerspace-bremen.de
>
> here in bremen lives a person, an underemployed journalist, quite capable
> of writing, but only focused on old electronics - he is the inventor of the
> quote
> "Die heutigen Kids löten nicht mehr" - "The kids of today don't solder any
> more" (we have three soldering stations and more soldering irons..)
>
> He was trolling our public mailing list, always with similar arguments,
> killing some threads and causing disturbances. We kicked him from the
> mailing lists.
> He then threatened to use some pseudonyms to get access again.
>
> He is also active on some forums and on the usenet. there he started
> complaining about hackerspaces etc, embedded in his other thoughts.
>
> Now the question is:
>
> should we ignore him, or should we do something proactivly?
> He is learning-resistant, talking with him was never frugal and only a
> waste of time.
>
> my idea is always: act by what he does next, if he posts something bad
> anywhere, ridicule him. if he keeps quiet: excellent!
>
> any recommendations? is there an anti-troll-RFC or anything?
> have you encountered similar or other trolls, how did you handle them?
>
> greetings, peter
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