# Request on Dealing with Trolls **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 5, 2000, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-on-dealing-with-trolls/14377 "2000-03-05T13:51:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2000, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-on-dealing-with-trolls/14377/1 "2000-03-05T13:51:00Z")
Hiya peoples … Just a small request. I just got through attempting to deal with the MM posts and the resulting thread hijackings. If you could please, though, please don’t deal with the trolls in this matter. It’s really only another way of feeding them. If you have a topic to bring up, please post it under that topic. Besides \ ve haff vays off dealing with trolls \ Also, it makes newcomers to the board think that we’re all nuts, and God knows there’s enough evidence for that elsewhere. * * * Saint Eutychus _H.M.S.H._ _" ‘He is a prince’ , the minstrels sing. Among men, yes. Among fools he is a king."_ [Disney Shorts](http://www.disneyshorts.org) [The Eutychus Papers](http://members.aol.com/eutychus55) ---
**Author:** ![John\_John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@John\_John](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_John)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2000, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-on-dealing-with-trolls/14377/2 "2000-03-05T13:55:00Z")
Eutychus55 > [@](#): > > Also, it makes newcomers to the board think that we’re all nuts, and God knows there’s enough evidence for that elsewhere. That’s for sure. 🙂 * * * Pas grande chose. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2000, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-on-dealing-with-trolls/14377/3 "2000-03-05T14:21:00Z")
Nuts?? I’m not sure who you’re talking about? (looks around at everyone else) Ohhhh…you mean THEM. OK. Good advice- we’ll take it 🙂 Zette * * * “If I had to live your life, I’d be begging to have someone pop out both my eyes. Just in case I came across a mirror.” - android209 (in the Pit) [Zettecity](http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/zettecity/index.html) Voted “Most Empathetic”- can you believe that? ---
**Author:** ![the\_first\_supraliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f475e1/32.png) [@the\_first\_supraliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_first_supraliminal)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2000, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-on-dealing-with-trolls/14377/4 "2000-03-05T15:32:00Z")
Is MM supposed to be this Michael Masterson dude? I read a couple of his posts and he seems to be a pretty groovin’ guy. What’s the story, Eutychus? * * * There’s always another beer. ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2000, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-on-dealing-with-trolls/14377/5 "2000-03-05T15:55:00Z")
> [@](#): > > If you could please, though, please don’t deal with the trolls in this matter. Will do Euty * * * Yours truly, aha ---
**Author:** ![Vestal\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@Vestal\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vestal_Blue)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2000, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-on-dealing-with-trolls/14377/6 "2000-03-05T20:57:00Z")
We really need an official manner of dealing with them. From what I’ve seen, MM is probably the best fed troll here. I like the idea of just ignoring them once Identified. You’d open a thread, see the troll alert, and just leave. Of course, getting this bunch of individualists to act in concert will be a miracle! 🙂 * * * VB Some people say that cats are sneaky, evil, and cruel. True, and they have many other fine qualities as well. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2000, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-on-dealing-with-trolls/14377/7 "2000-03-06T05:17:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Vestal Blue: > \*\* > You’d open a thread, see the troll alert, and just leave. > > Of course, getting this bunch of individualists to act in concert will be a miracle! 🙂 > > \*\* –How many people post here on a regular basis at any one time? 200? If you recognize an otherwise good person becoming troll bait, a gentle private email might help. Altho the antics by the multitude here sure had me rolling on the floor. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2000, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-on-dealing-with-trolls/14377/8 "2000-03-06T06:20:00Z")
The thing about this MM guy is that he has posted one or two non-trolling, seemingly intelligent things in other posts. I can’t seem to get a handle on what he is trying to do. Is he just young and immature? * * * I have a hobby. I have the world’s largest collection of seashells. I keep it scattered on beaches all over the world. Maybe you’ve seen some of it.