Originally Posted by
The Beep
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.
Well said.
I'm no detective, but I think you're onto something about the racing thread (because, well, there's literally nothing else going on that's worthy of a discussion besides intercooler R&D). Yes, there was some back-and-forth in that thread, but as best as I can remember there were no personal attacks saltier than PG-13. I know I personally didn't need a therapist after the discussion
My biggest caveat is that I can type fast, and I normally try to type
complete dissections of my thoughts to keep the verbal volleyball match to a minimum -- this means I normally knock out four paragraphs at once. Sometimes it works, sometimes it fails. So I'm probably one of the "know-it-alls" he mentioned. I can live with that.
My points in that thread were simple -- driver weight can affect lap times, wheel and tire weight can affect responsiveness and rebound, and Forgestars are
not $12,000 each set.
Those three points are universally accepted by 99% of people who have turned left and right with a helmet on. The last point is two clicks away on the internet. The resulting madness (which was eventually deleted by the OP) was three pages of him arguing otherwise. I wasn't the only one in that thread that got my hand bit when offering candid advice.
So yes, if that's all it takes to consider the forum "under attack", then let's break out the Kevlar vests. It's gettin' nasty
The only thing I'm peeved about right now is the onslaught of Russian bots that are posting in ancient threads and spamming up the forum. IB is supposedly working on it, so all I can do is wait.
All the best,