My theory is that communities that allow trolling (on a "free speech" argument) seriously damage participation. Most sane people walk away from trolling, so . . . what's left when they do? Yes, there is a problem, how to distinguish between discussion and disagreement and trolling. But, in fact, wi...

That said, Mr. Abd is a very unusual character in Wikiland, in that he not only eagerly responds to all criticism of himself (at great length). I assume this is some sort of quasi-intellectualized attention-getting strategy, almost like he's a self-actualizing Streisand Effect Agent, except that Ba...

I miss the Crow.

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Abd wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 05, 2020 7:41 pm

Questions?

Three questions:

(1) What does this have to do with Wikipedia criticism?

(2) Do you actually expect people to wade through 1600+ words on this topic?

(3) Do you not think that "Vagirunt" is an unfunny, sexist slur?

RfB

What matters on a Forum are active threads, not the number of threads, so Carrite has made ten threads active, thus flooding Active Topics. I'm cutting that down a little, but anyone may choose to reactivate the ones with the deleted "comment" by this troll. Oh, please. From the day you were made a...

To use the ancient metaphor or archetype, Vigilant is the voice of Satan. Satan hates the human, they are, for him, literally “shit,” with no redeeming value. There are people who like what Vigilant does. They are in danger. I did not say or claim what Vigilant claims, so he lies, like his master, ...

The Smiths identify conflict and create impersonation socks in an attempt to fan the flames. I have tagged Reddit user GraafStatler as an impersonation. Amirite? Zero grammatical or spelling errors (save a dropped comma), coherent sentences, and apt use of slang — do you really have any doubt? RfB

Did I count this one yet?

Yeah, I guess I did.

Vigilant threads — 10

Tim Davenport threads — 3

Larry Sanger threads — 3, I think

Jimmy Wales threads — 1, if you count the thread on WT.Social

Discuss.

Deja vu all over again.

Advancing the cause of Wikipedia criticism, no trolling here...

Thread 7.

This is actually the most enjoyable of the interminable Vig threads.

Bump.

Thread 6.