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Journal by The Mighty Buzzard
Here we go again. AC is excluded of course because he cheats by having tens of thousands of people do his posting for him.
By count: Nick Trolls %Troll Ethanol-fueled56517% Runaway19563097% jmorris23712% The Mighty Buzzard21910% aristarchus2179% frojack1503% Hairyfeet1499% zugedneb9025% khallow876% VLM802% By percent: Nick Trolls %Troll zugedneb9025% Ethanol-fueled56517% Khyber2015% jmorris23712% The Mighty Buzzard21910% jasassin3010% aristarchus2179% Hairyfeet1499% TLA148% Runaway19563097%
A tip of the hat to the returning champions and a hearty welcome aboard to the newcomers.
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Here I am in 53 B.C. and all I want is a dill pickle!!
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Monday August 29 2016, @02:45PM
Amazing how many of these are among my favorite posters. :D
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday August 29 2016, @11:15PM
Mine as well. They're quite adept at slipping free of groupthink.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Monday August 29 2016, @11:48PM
Heh heh, yes, exactly. :D
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
(Score: 2) by archfeld on Thursday September 01 2016, @03:37AM
Yes it seems that many people confuse differing opinions with trolling. Although I will say Ethanol-Fueled seems to have mastered both. A few of these people are on my friends list because they post interesting stuff, and offer widely differing opinions. It is too easy to get trapped inside an echo chamber hearing only those people that agree or support your own opinions or points of view. The thing that Soylent really offers is an audience of a truly wide variety, I just wish the audience would continue growing.
For the NSA : Explosives, guns, assassination, conspiracy, primers, detonators, initiators, main charge, nuclear charge
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Reziac on Thursday September 01 2016, @07:08AM
Yep, agree on all counts. Many a time an opposing viewpoint has changed my mind, or conversely contributed reasoning to support my own position. Silencing them as "trolls" would be foolish.
Sometimes I mod up posts I disagree with too, because I see some value in it as counterpoint, or think the entire comment chain needs to be dragged into the light. (Couple days ago I was amused to see a post I'd just marked as "insightful" come back as "+4 Troll")
In any event, nowadays most of what gets called trolling is wholly in the eye of the beholder.... who too often forgets that the phrase is "trolling for suckers".
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 29 2016, @03:29PM
Where does "flamebait" fit in with trolling?
I've read the moderation guidelines and have use them to decide to moderate some trollish posts as "flamebait" largely because the author used profane ad hominem or the like.
I'm curious what the numbers might look like when both troll and flamebait mods are taken into consideration.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday August 29 2016, @11:04PM
Last time I checked with Flamebait included, there were only a few place changes. Nobody got booted from the list or anyone new added.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 01 2016, @09:32PM
Why not a Comedian "+5 Funny" Hall of Fame?
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday September 01 2016, @09:54PM
Around these parts, I have a feeling it'd largely be the same people. I do, however, take requests. I'll see if I can remember to post it up this weekend as another journal entry.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday September 02 2016, @12:56PM
I went with per-user Funny mods rather than +5 Funny but here you go: https://soylentnews.org/~The+Mighty+Buzzard/journal/2048 [soylentnews.org]
My rights don't end where your fear begins.