There is a "profile" of the kind of person who gets on the wrong side of some of the particularly grouchy forum regulars e.g. someone who arrives from one of the derivative distros, he wants the same tools/apps as that distro and complains that they aren't there, he is ungrateful, critical, demanding, wants spoon fed assistance... for years this site had a "system" where the users themselves would deal with such people through sheer force of personality. Whether good or bad those days are long gone./tmp wrote:Thus far in my life I have found the above mentioned issues to be indicative of a flawed social and traditional educational system rather than specific to computing. What I have observed is that some people are unmotivated to do anything because that is the attitude they have inherited from their elders and/or peers.
Through patience, a positive attitude and compassion we can help break this cycle.
My point is that most trolls know exactly how to piss off the grouches here - it's not rocket science - which is why this forum is pretty much stuck in an infinite loop of negativity. I've seen new users here getting the rough end of the stick for no good reason - mostly because the person responding has prejudged them as a troll based on one or two tiny pieces of imaginary "evidence".
Because there are no actively involved, empowered, full time staff as such and no real policy as to how to deal with such situations when they arise, the result is always the same - a thread which quickly degenerates into a flame war. Flame wars attract more trolls - it's a vicious circle - not too hard to work out. You're just easy troll fodder.