Okay, on another board I frequent I found a really appropriate response to trolls.
Of course, the dilema is that you just want to ignore them and say nothing so you don’t encourage the little shits. On the other hand, you are just too peeved off to walk away. The solution? A blank post… it says “you’re an idiot” without letting yourself be lured into another pointless argument with a mental midget.
Example to follow my own post.
The Sleeper has AWAKEN!
Would probably look better if you turned of sig
Yes, much better thank you… 
The Sleeper has AWAKEN!
Well Joe if nothing else I got a good laugh!
We are, each of us angels with only one wing,and we can only fly by embracing one another
I’ll try it, but if it doesn’t work I want my money back.
Voted as: The poster you’d most like to meet.
I demand a recount.
Seems like a good middle ground between ignoring and flaming. I’ll try 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
Voted “Most Empathetic”- can you believe that?
Sounds like a waste of bandwidth to me. My mom always said, if you don’t have something mean to say, don’t say anything at all.
“Don’t bother to pack your bags, Or your map.
We won’t need them where we’re goin’,
We’re goin’ where the wind is blowin’.”
Dem… isn’t that… if you don’t mean what you say… 
I really try to be good but it just isn’t in my nature!
So who is going to try this on Michael Masterson. Is he a troll or is he twelve?
Teacher, my red crayon tastes funny – Ralph Wiggum
It was my suggestion so I’ll be the first to ‘blank’ an MM post…
Let’s see which one, which one…
Survey Says…“ANAL SEX”!! ding ding ding
The Sleeper has AWAKEN!
I am sticking with the Do Not Feed the Trolls policy myself… coz it seems the more you feed them, the bigger they grow. And we already know from little Mikey’s first thread… he is way out of proportion already!
:rolleyes:
I really try to be good but it just isn’t in my nature!
Yes.
Just a bump up in light of the troll infestation
You are still feeding the troll even if you leave a blank message because he still knows you are reading his posts to get any kind of response from you. Best way to get rid of them is to ignore them and post nothing.
I’ve learned that if someone says something unkind about me, I must live so that no one will believe it.
I tried it & I didn’t like it.
Although it was amusing to see a whole thread full of blank posts, I became irritated when I saw many of his topics hogging up prime real estate at the top of the list. For that same reason, I will not play the hijack all of his threads game because not only does it keep them high on the list, it gives people the impression that he has become popular.
I tend not to click on a thread unless the subject line or author compels me to. Up until today I had never opened a MM thread, but thought I should check out the “fan club” topic because it had 30 posts (gee, he must have gotten popular all of a sudden). Total waste of time. Why not just start a “what’s your favorite holiday” thread and post to that one (and any other genuine threads), the better to sink the offending troll.
When I see a troll at the top of the list, my new strategy will be to apply the mechanism of artificial selection: post to the other adjacent threads, even if I normally wouldn’t. I figure it’s the lesser of two evils.
I am not sure anything works.
Ignore him and he posts to himself,
Insult him and he doesn’t get it,
Hijack him and he plays along,
Post nothing and he starts more new threads,
Give positive feedback to his better attempted topics and he turns troll again.
Maybe we should just talk him into posting a photo of his huge dick so he will get banned! It shouldn’t be too hard seeing as how in love with himself he is.
I really try to be good but it just isn’t in my nature!
Ignore is best.
Dumping all his threads to BBQ would be a help.
If you’re not secure enough with yourself, you’ll respond to “trolls” as you “straight dope elders” call them. AND, if you do respond to them, you’re only playing into their mind games.
Just ignore them. (As I should have ignored you, but I’m not secure enough with myself.)
R.J.D.