Thread: Forum under attack, from within!
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Old Nov 19, 2012 | 09:00 PM
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Default Re: Forum under attack, from within!
Originally Posted by Abaton6
like was said earlier, if we don't feed the trolls, they will slowly go away.
The definition of a "Troll" as I understand it is someone not related to the forum coming in with the sole purpose of disrupting it.

The last real troll I've seen was a GTO guy a few months back that was very disruptive indeed.

Presumable this thread is related the the recent "race car" thread.
There was certainly some smack going around on that one and I would offer a couple observations.

1) Post in the appropriate part of the forum. If you have a race car question, post in the race car section as you're more likely to get race car answers.

2) Don't internalize remarks from other fourm members. You don't know where they're at or what kind of day they've had. A frustrated (or drunk) member could log on and say something they wouldn't have on any other day. It's also possible to be thinking one way and typing another. Either way, don't give them any ammo. Just ignore it and move on.

I'll share a story for the hell of it.
I started a thread on the Vette forum suggesting a C4 Vette has better acceleration than a comercial airliner.
It started out fine with people considering 0-30 or 0-100 and so on.

A little later on a commercial pilot suggested the same and was getting into the engines spooling up and some technical stuff.
A competing airline pilot disagreed and the fight was on. These guys were going at it for 2 pages accusing each other of crashing more planes and casualties and such the moderator had to step in and shut the thread down.
Remember, these were seasoned professional airline pilots.


I think overall, we're doing pretty well here.
 
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