Mmm... It depends on how you define "trolls" ;-) . Becuase I can see two of them here... Well, as I see them. By my definition of "trolls"
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If I'd seen an in-your-face warning at the top of the page, something along the lines of "Write in English or don't bother writing at all - your messages will be deleted", most likely I would've kept scrolling.
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Trolls? Here?
Gavenkoa is not a troll by any definition imaginable.
Acapnotic is not trolling, he's sharpening the sharpest tool in his tool box - his incomparable logic.
Eager Beaver has no time for internet trolling - too busy, too focused on perfecting his English.
Xander must be the smartest guy alive, the lost twin brother of Acapnotic, correcting countless logical mistakes in our messages. Trying to make people smarter, more aware of how irrational and illogical they are. You can't call it trolling.
Zymbronia is a battle-scarred veteran of many a forum skirmishes. He knows better than anyone how painfull trolling can be when you are on the receiving end of it.
Харбин? You must be joking. Харбин tends to take other people's trolling too seriously. In fact, he is serious about being serious, the vocabulary size as big as it can possibly get does it to you.
Well, that leaves you and me. I UNDERSTAND that you are feeling so lonely, need to team up with someone who can't let a day go by without trolling others. But I am afraid I still have a long way to go, there's so much I need to learn about cyberbulling before I can join you. Maybe in a year?
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If you don't want users, trolls or no trolls, to write in Russian here, make it known. Stipulate it in the forum rules, update the subforum's description, place a warning so that users won't spend time on something that takes time to write and only a fraction of a second to delete.gavenkoa пишет: ↑05 янв 2020, 19:02 Actually old forum had a rule that only English is allowed in "practice" section. I'd like such rule as it allows to restrict flood from trolls.
There is a discussion how should the title be changed in private admin area to provide guidance. As every committee discussion it takes infinite time while actual change is a 10 sec work ))
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This forum is volunteer. There is no time to make "product" bullet-proof by owners (2 people) and small moderator team (4 people).
I remember government services, they are paid all 25 years (imagine they cut 20% VAT or my money!) of independence and still they treat tax-payers as crap.
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A reminder from the administrators:
If in doubt, check the discription of the sub-forum.
Изучение английского языка
A remark from me:
Sapienti sat.
If in doubt, check the discription of the sub-forum.
Изучение английского языка
A remark from me:
Sapienti sat.
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Where is the rule stating that writing in other languages is prohibited and that messages in Russian are to be deleted by moderators without a warning, even if these messages are on topic?Aksamitka пишет: ↑05 янв 2020, 23:04 A reminder from the administrators:
If in doubt, check the discription of the sub-forum.
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Eager Beaver,
Aksamitka пишет: ↑05 янв 2020, 23:04 A reminder from the administrators:
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Sapienti sat.
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Are you seeing things rules? Sad.Aksamitka пишет: ↑05 янв 2020, 23:21 Eager Beaver,Aksamitka пишет: ↑05 янв 2020, 23:04 A reminder from the administrators:
If in doubt, check the discription of the sub-forum.
Изучение английского языка
A remark from me:
Sapienti sat.
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I just logged in and I was like...wtf?
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You mean you wouldn't have posted at all? For what reason?Eager Beaver пишет: ↑05 янв 2020, 20:33 If I'd seen an in-your-face warning at the top of the page, something along the lines of "Write in English or don't bother writing at all - your messages will be deleted", most likely I would've kept scrolling.
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That's OK, but it's irrelevant in this case. You replied because you were interested in replying, not in writing in this or that language. So the question remains: why wouldn't you have done that in English? You want to reply and you can do it in either language. What's the problem with English?Eager Beaver пишет: ↑06 янв 2020, 11:06 I have long since lost all interest in writing in English here.
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Eager Beaver, I accepted it right away. What interested me was the reason. If you refuse to reveal it, it's your right. Let's leave it at that then.
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Am absolute must-read for anyone suspecting trolling on the site))mustang пишет: ↑05 янв 2020, 20:37Trolls? Here?
Gavenkoa is not a troll by any definition imaginable.
Acapnotic is not trolling, he's sharpening the sharpest tool in his tool box - his incomparable logic.
Eager Beaver has no time for internet trolling - too busy, too focused on perfecting his English.
Xander must be the smartest guy alive, the lost twin brother of Acapnotic, correcting countless logical mistakes in our messages. Trying to make people smarter, more aware of how irrational and illogical they are. You can't call it trolling.
Zymbronia is a battle-scarred veteran of many a forum skirmishes. He knows better than anyone how painfull trolling can be when you are on the receiving end of it.
Харбин? You must be joking. Харбин tends to take other people's trolling too seriously. In fact, he is serious about being serious, the vocabulary size as big as it can possibly get does it to you.
Well, that leaves you and me. I UNDERSTAND that you are feeling so lonely, need to team up with someone who can't let a day go by without trolling others. But I am afraid I still have a long way to go, there's so much I need to learn about cyberbulling before I can join you. Maybe in a year?
Bravo. I could hardly recollect laughing that hard for quite a while.
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What is the point of the joke? Wherein is the joke itself? Of what shall we laugh? I can see it as a serious speculation on detection of trolls, while we know that there are at least two trolls here and we cannot find them out. I can exclude some people from that group, but there are still much more than two left. Who are those two trolls?
PS: With appearance of you and me here, we have two more candidates to get into this group :(
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Just to be clear. In my post I asked "How about trolls with a good level of English?" I wasn't asking about trolls with mediocre English skills. So those have nothing to worry about. Really :-)
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A-ha-ha. Alanta, thanks for you opinion))) Just to make sure you realise: in my posts I address ALL the users in the thread and beyond. DON'T TAKE IT PERSONALLY. Have a great winter weekend!!
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Hi there! How interesting indeed. The purpose of trolling, as I see it, is to provoke others into the argument. It is exciting to watch them doing that in a particular way or using a particular technique. This is not simple for people who do not have a strong background in the subject. Following with interest. 😊