Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

yea. im done even pretending to be civil. stop wssting ****ing bandwidth with your ****tarded mindset and useless posts.

i came to these forums to learn and hopefully contribute, not see your layman interpretation of the N900 and its flaws/strengths. youre probably one of the smartest trolls ive seen around here as far as tactics go, and if youre not doing it on purpose then you sir are a social ******. im really hoping thats the case. anyhow, ****off and good riddance.

/ignore

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

narcist. nothing more, nothing less. this guy wouldn't see the truth even when he's said it himself. iphone users are delusional, internet nerds and trolls are narcists. so here I am pouring more gasoline to the fire. :P

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

OK mate, honestly, who goes around telling people that he probably earns more than them and has a better education for no reason at all, and then follows it up by stating that a thread on a forum is his own and lays down the rules of what mus essentially be described as war???

Please try to keep the discussion civilized eh.

You say you choose the topics to get traffic so that you get answers, what exactly do you want answered in this thread?

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

[rant]
I'm almost inclined to put in a brainstorm that suggests we change this site from talk.maemo.org to talk.orangebox.org. While I can certainly understand the "if you don't like it, don't reply" mentality, it isn't really fair when we aren't given other options. Consider this analogy:

A group of vegetarians are marooned on a barren, desert island overpopulated by animals. They are starving, but they complain about there only being animals to eat. One could argue that they can stop complaining and just eat the plants they find, but with the infrequency at which they stumble upon foliage. Can you truly be that offended when said vegetarians try to correct the problem of over-population in order to stimulate growth for something that is more in-keeping with their culture?

Failing understanding the above analogy, let me (re)introduce you to a technical programmers are familiar with: duck-typing. If it looks like a duck, talks, like a duck, etc, it's a duck. Therefore, you can only expect to be treated like an "immature, arrogant, troll" until you stop exhibiting behavior that helps classify you as such . Another thought: as much as you apparently strive for attention, perhaps your name should have been BlackHole and not OrangeBox?
[/rant]

Frustrations aside, I generally don't make such public criticisms of an individual, but considering this topic is all about you, I dare say that it is on topic.

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

you post too many comments I cannot read em all.

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

This stupid arse thread gets more attention then what we should be paying attention to like
first impression threads
game port threads
why is adobe monopoly on flash 10 tolerated threads
ui improvement suggestion threads
bug threads
optified or not app threads
Come on guys.... ignore iphone distraction threads and lets get on with it making this a better device.
I paid 550 for this, lets get on with discussing how to improve it. Ignore Iphone closed source locked down view.

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

step 1: stop replying to it,
step 2: warn new people of it

outcome: it will go away

it is simple, guys

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

The irony is that everyone offering that advice is contributing to the thing they want stopped.

And really, that advice only works in theory. Not once in around 15 years of visiting and moderating forums have I ever seen it actually work. If "troll warriors" don't bump the threads, the troll/attention-seeker will.

The only thing I've ever seen work is repetitive nuking. Ultimately a troublemaker will move on.

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

Or die of old age.

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

Heh. Funny guy.

There is another subtle tactic that can work, and some people in these Boxy threads have been using it. Let's see if anyone can figure it out. :D

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

I don't really care if it stops or not, but how exactly am I contributing? Just curious.

You have been visiting and moderating forums for around 15 years? With what? Gopher? And you have THAT advice to give? I am a bit sceptical of that.

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

Mods:

Feature request: ability to block threads by creator.

TYVM. Happy holidays.

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

lmfao seriously reggie? there was more than one thread!
you could charge people to view this thread...
can we beat the n900 delivery delayed threads?

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

You bumped the thread, didn't you?

I was using the internet for US department of defense purposes in the late 80s to early 90s before the web was rolled out. AOL and Compuserve also predate the web as we know it; I was an AOL moderator and heavy Compuserve user way, way back. Also used bulletin boards in the good old days.

And I'm curious as to why you don't understand the truth and value in what I said. Maybe missing the irony explains it, though.

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

**** that ****. i humped the usenets via The Well in Marin back in the day. Lynx and Pine all up in my Mac IIsi. AOL was too cool for me.

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

And? How would I communicate the information I had? Start a new thread?

Because IMHO there is none. As I said I have never seen a flame war ending up in the troll going away and I have been into Newsgroups (moderated and non moderated) since 92.

Thus the term "don't feed the troll"

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

Yorg, do you understand what irony is?

Ok. You're missing the point, but I'm not going to argue with you. That would just be more ironic. ;)

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

Be more annoying than him, so he'll move on to somewhere else where he can be top dog?

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

lol... no no. Not at all.

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

Vote! http://maemo.org/community/brainstor...d_in_solution1

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

Texrat, I understand irony well. You don't understand that simply you have a different notion of what "feeding a troll" is to what I have. IMO, "bumping" the thread it started isn't feeding it, as I am not replying to it, but rather giving helpful advice to others on how to make it stop and make this, its last thread.

I don't understand why you think I would argue with you. Maybe because of your subtle attemt to insult me? I have been around way to long to byte that. :D

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

i agree to the repetitive nuking solution.

that just sounds cool. well what did i expect from the kentucky guy.

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

I wasn't attempting to insult you at all. I was just perplexed by your replies. Still am. Especially since you don't get why thread bumping is certainly a means of feeding a troll (or, in this case, attention-seeker). And yes, I'm well aware of the irony in my own bumps... but I have another agenda going. Just waiting for mullf to identify it. :D

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

Your lack of job has lead you to go insane and develop an orange personality?

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

No, I've been employed since July. Where have you been?

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

Not paying close enough attention to the details of your life, apparently. :p

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

Texrat, for the last time, I understand what you mean. I just don't agree with it and I explained why. It is not my fault you don't understand, don't acknowledge, or don't agree with my explanation. :rolleyes:

oh and if it was going to be banned, it would have been already.

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

I can tell by your replies, though, that something isn't clicking. But maybe that is MY fault and again, I'm not gonna argue.

However, I'd love to see at least one example of where there really was a simple, effective solution to trolling or spamming, especially ignoring being that simple solution. I just have not once seen it actually work. I have, however, seen persistent thread deletion and banning ultimately succeed-- despite the usual resilience of offenders. Sooner or later the work/reward ratio doesn't cut it and they find another haunt.

I've seen thread refactoring work, too... until someone naively resurrects the original "point"... :rolleyes:

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

I'm revoking your fan club membership.

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

NO!!!! I've already gotten a rat tatoo on my a s s!!!!!!!

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

Yes, and as the club president keeps telling you, it is NOT a reimbursible expense.

We will gladly, however, sandpaper your @$$ until the offending thing is gone.

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

Clearly we are deviating from the thread topic... ;)
Can we close this for good?

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

How 'bout them Washington Redskins?

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

Banning works, I agree, but as I said, it doesn't seem to be an option as mods here seem to be tolerating the troll.

I am not sure how I can show you "one example" of a troll leaving after being killfiled by everyone in a NG. I have seen it done hundreds of times in newsnet. I am surprised you haven't but I am not going to call you a liar.

Hard to be done when there's no point though, don't you agree? ;)

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

The deviation is intentional. :p

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

My head is pointy.

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

Clearly an evolutionary advantage for hat fans.

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

Creationism isn't a theory. :p

Re: OrangeBox is a troll...and you are so wrong
 

Oh come on.. I was also being ironic :P
I bet its my accent that made it difficult to get it...