It may have the opposite effect. It’s worth a try.
A site that is dedicated to eradicating ignorance is not, I hope, going to engage in such utter dishonesty. That’s the ethical argument.
The practical argument is that, giving anyone what they want does not stop them from wanting more of it. I have yet, in my long life, to see that happen.
Such an attitude is worse than worthless if one isn’t willing to also change their own mind upon sufficient evidence/prompting/persuasion.
Unusually, I spotted a spammer who had been quietly name-dropping a VPN business into their posts for over a week and had started including links.
Flagged and gone.
kainoskairos, joined, started a zero effort “what do you all think…?” thread, and hasn’t read a single other post.
Why do so many people fall for this?
I don’t know why people respond to such posts. The board software tracks how much time people spend on the board. In the case of that person, the board shows “< 1m read time”, meaning they spent less than a minute here.
Any thoughts about new-ish poster Malkav23?
Joined in August of this year (2023 for future readers) and as of today 22NOV2023 has created 4 threads, zero replies, and a whole 3 minutes read time.
Most recent OP is about stocking their storm shelter with beef jerky. I mean, innocuous enough, and their second (nearly 3 months ago) is about the longevity of beef jerky (almost identical except he new one has a reason as to why they care). Nothing though on sensitive or hot button topics.
I’m not sure it’s a troll, as there doesn’t really seem to be much to them, but they’re definitely unusual.
Are you saying they may be jerking us around?
Well, I can understand being obsessed with beef jerky, and coffee, but asking about Edmund Fitzgerald? That’s just plain weird. 
The Straight Dope, it’s said, never gives up her dead when the trolls of November come early.
New jerky thread is locked
You missed the opportunity to say it’s smoked.
Dang. I always miss the good ones.
Well, I have no beef with that.
If the Edmund Fitzgerald had a load of jerky, twenty-six thousand tons more than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty, she’d have made Whitefish Bay.
Not surprised - the board rules even say “Don’t be a jerky.”
Congressman Santos wants to know if it’s okay to be jerky-ish.
So long as it’s made from kosher meat.
For a strip show, it was nothing special.
It was a pretty dry subject.