An open letter to the current infestation of trolls and socks

[Cisco]

Y34, s0 tr00, 1 h8 th0z3 tr0LLz 2…
No but seriously, they are just trying to get a rise out of people, don’t respond to them and they will fall apart.

[Dijon_Warlock]

*Originally posted by TwistofFate *
**They’re the messageboard ( and intellectual ) equivalent of toe cheese. **

[Homer Simpson]

“Mmmmmmmmm…toe cheese…”

[/Homer Simpson]

What!?

[Mudshark]

Originally posted by Francesca
Trolls always make me think of 14-year-olds, stuck in their room and whining about their oppressive fascist parents who just won’t let them do anything man and it’s, like, so unfair and oppressive and no-one understands. Trolling is like messing up the room just to piss off the parents - it’s childish and obvious and laughable to everyone else.

I agree. But what really gets me mad about trolls is that they give other teens on the SDMB who want to be good posters a bad name.

[tomndebb]

But what really gets me mad about trolls is that they give other teens on the SDMB who want to be good posters a bad name.

No they don’t. Aside from the occasional lip-curler, the overwhelming number of posters on this MB don’t categorize teens one way or another.

Periodically a younger person will display great naiveté or the absolute confidence of TRUTH that are each hallmarks of a lack of experience. Occasionally someone will gently tell them to come back with some experience. (Or a lip-curler will snidely tell them off and be immediately jumped on by other posters.)

In general, we don’t have a lot of age-related prejudices on this MB and no teen need worry that they are going to be branded an idiot because a different teen acted like an idiot. We know the differences between youth and stupidity.

[MsRobyn]

We need to develop a Cosmo quiz for these people.

Robin