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[Jacob Maynard]

Even though I didn't take the comment that way, it's something we have to
watch for. If we don't we sound like the little kids in the back seat on a
long road trip. I just think that since we are trying to convince the
general public to switch to open source, I think that we need to maintain
our maturity and beware not to let it fall to that level. The trolls will
say their things, but we can't let questions go unanswered. Does that make
sense? I don't want there to be a question from someone who is obviously
baiting, and have it be the question of someone who is legitimately
looking for answers, then not have it answered.

So once you beat them with proof, they will resort to the little kid in
the back seat. As long as our answers are legitimate, people will know
that the "trolls" lost.

If we get two or three trolls actively throwing stuff out like that, and
we have even 8 of us actively countering with proof, we still will have
enough people and brainpower to thwart them. This is what the general
public will see. Publicity is just politics. If you play it right, people
will go with you. Then they will learn that it is better for them in the
long run.

Jacob

>
> I really hope that was not the way you took my comment about trolls.
>
> I meant it in exactly the way a troll is defined here:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll
>
> "In Internet terminology, a troll is someone who intentionally posts
> derogatory or otherwise inflammatory messages about sensitive topics in an
> established online community such as an online discussion forum to bait
> users
> into responding."
>
> I did say that one should first make every effort possible, at least that
> is
> what I meant by;
>
> " After a honest endeavor to explain something to some one, it sometimes
> becomes apparent that they are not interested in anything except causing
> problems, and that they had no intention of either learning, or teaching
> anyone anything."
>
> After reading the comments on Yasith's blog, I thought I detected a troll
> at
> work. Possibly I was wrong, and it is good that some of you have more
> patience then I.
>
> But at some point we all are going to be faced with a troll, and when that
> point arrives I think my advice is sound.
>
> But we each must decide at what point our efforts are being spent feeding
> the
> troll, instead of helping a person.
>
> All in all a rather subjective point I'd say.
>
> BTW, BinaryFreedom is a really great site.
>
> D. Hensley.
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>  On Tuesday 24 April 2007 12:53 pm, Jacob Maynard wrote:
> Gentlemen,
>
> Let's remember that we are not trying to turn this into a battle over
> whose is better than whose regardless of facts. We can't let it turn into
> a name-calling battle, either. If you have questions, there are sure to be
> plenty of people here to help. Thank you, Yasith for asking for help.
>
> We can't just let the "trolls" be ignored in blogs, though. What we need
> is to show them the ways that they are wrong with hard proof. I've seen
> the DRM slides. There's more proof like that out there. We need it to be
> publicized. We need to combat the "trolls" with tact.
>
> Keep up the good work.
>
> Jacob
>
>> Hi guys,
>>   I sent an email before this to say that i have posted an article on my
>> blog. Now some anonymous guy is commenting on it and I'd be very much
>> thankful if some of you guys can visit my blog and comment on that post
>> answering the anonymous guy's questions, because I find it hard to
>> answer
>> some questions. the link for that post is
>> http://tuxv.blogspot.com/2007/04/bad-vista.html
>>
>> cheers
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