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WHo ABUSED whO ?

Posted by iF on November 20, 2014

I have just noticed that lately our beloved MAIN ROOM CHAT has been flooded with spammers and trolls.

EC has been very attentive to cope with this issue by suggesting as follows :I have been reading an article about ASSERTIVENESS and here is what it says :

Insights for this :

Not responding aka "Ignoring" ==> is it considered as NOT ASSERTIVE (PASSIVE ) ?
Should we handle it in an assertive way ? If so, then HOW TO ?

Most of the time, a spammer or a troll came alone (Single fighter) and when he/she did his/her act, for sure some members (means more than 1) would attack the troll/spammer back either in "Passive-Assertive" or "Aggressive" acts.

So, in this case.....WHo Abused WHo ?

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noaslpls November 20, 2014 11:02

Trolls feed on attention they created. Most of the times I will just put them on ignore. However, sometimes I will see red when out of the blue, suddenly a member who acted decent all this while, due to various reasons that only God knows, acted stupid and started degrading women or talking bad and generalising certain issues. In that situation sometimes I will response back, though I know it's useless. And ended up putting that 'thing' into ignore list.
Luci November 20, 2014 9:13

The more people pay attention to them, the more happy such people will be. If all ignored them I am sure they would disappear in few minutes. If all added such people on ignore list, wouldn't it be the best way how to deal with it? BUT...there isn't such unity in the chatroom, which is sad and this is the main problem. Unfortunately some people provoke them or react since they are curiuos or want to have "fun".