thanks rec’d

Haven’t these people heard of the Denver Post?

You’re so right. It’s insanely tempting to reply to asinine comments because those guys are such easy marks. I will try my best to refrain henceforth!

Never argue with fools, they will just drag you into the gutter and beat you to death with experience!

Good post.

A couple of important points.

1) I like the moderators picture. But there are no moderators at MHR. Guru is the “Neo” of the site. The rest of the staff are contributors who work together to keep the site moving and submit stories.

We don’t have message boards, and we don’t use moderators. If someone gets crazy in the comments sections (or with a post) the chief editor is the only person who takes action. In these cases, the only role the staff has (and it is minor) is to discuss troll-like behavior in our e-mail. But action is only taken by Guru, and he is the one who follows comments that are flagged.

2) Where have I been? Ignoring the trolls. It’s a waste of time to engage them. Short and sweet:

Ignore them / Flag them.

I would like to add to you point that not all who post negative are trolls. I’ve noticed, since the saga in Feb, that a lot of new members have joined. Many of these are well meaning but they just don’t understand the “Rules of Engagement” here. That’s not troll behavior.

 As you qouted;

but I want to make sure that the newer users, and even the older ones who forget about it, are familiar with it and can use it against the Troll Army.

I don’t respond to them or give them any pleasure of reading my comments. They get off on seeing how many will jump on and comment. Ignore them, flag them, and they will go back the message boards they came from and take another brow-beating. They are nothing more than selfish little idiots that have been beaten on so long that they feel they must find another spot to camp. Great article as always papi.

I and Trolls.
 When I was a kid my grandfather taught river and steam fishing to me alone. Yet, so my stupid two younger brothers could be included, he bought a boat. Beforehand I was learning the fine art of floating a salmon egg from the current into a hole. I was learning how to drop a fly in the right spot, carefully gathering excess line with my left hand, right hand holding the pole, watching tentively the fly and any movement in the water underneith…pulling the pole back just before the fish strikes. Back then that is how you would catch a ‘wild’ fish…the ‘plants,’ in most waters today, don’t know what a fly is.

Anyway, instead of crawling, many times on hands and knees, through brush to get to the great hole of a secluded part of a stream, I found myself in this stupid boat with this stupid orange ‘puffy’ strapped around my neck. Instead of an adventure, I was now going fishing as a prisoner. Instead of adventure, creativity, and that special kind of young kid’s imagination—I now had to hold my pole out straight—all the time, so lines wouldn’t tangle. To make matters worse instead of using fish-eggs or the flys (my Grandpa was teaching me to tie) two were given this heavy crap called “Pop Gear” and one was given this ‘kinda cool thing’ called “Flat -Fish.” We were then told that ‘We were going Trolling’ …

I knew then that Trolls are evil.

papi, thanks for the warning!

sometimes troll banter is funny just like sitting next to a squeeler fan at a ravens home game. suggestion- create a daily Troll Post at each site to cater to those who enjoy verbal sparring. i have found that after engaging trolls (being a recovering mild troll when i first started here and really didn’t get it) it usually ends with serious discussion once the wad is blown. many trolls turn to the right side. phsyco attacks with foul language is one thing but stopping by to say, “man you guys sucked sunday and your QB is pathetic” shouldn’t get flagged. i wouldn’t say it because im trying to take Jamie Dukes place on the NFL network but others may.