[SC-Help] Re: How it works?

[Mike Easter]

Viper wrote:
> I ask because a few people are saying spamcop doesnt help

Now, I have an additional question or two for you.

The term 'troll' is much overused and abused, but it has a number of
interesting ramifications.

Do you know what some of the different types of trolls are?  Or the
history of trolling?  Before answering any of these troll questions, you
might want to review some troll history in the wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll  "Internet troll -- An
internet troll is a person who sends duplicitous messages hoping to get
angry responses, or a message sent by such a person. "

The other kind of character which makes the troll business work are the
billy-goats who respond to trolls.

Since most groups like this which didn't just fall off the turnip truck
like to avoid participating in trollish threads, these participants try
to not respond to trolls in a billygoat-like way.

So, my next question for you, after you please adequately review the
spamcop faq/s as well as the history of trolling as it applies to
duplicity and 'stirring the pot' for billygoat responses, is....

How can I tell the difference between a duplicitous troll who is asking
potentially annoying questions and looking for billygoats to respond,
and/from a genuine clueless newbie who hasn't bothered to read the faq
before asking silly irrelevant questions.

-- 
Mike Easter
kibitzer, not SC admin