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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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Subject: Re: Can We Have a Troll Free August?
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2024 16:58:29 -0700
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On 2024-08-02 16:40, *Hemidactylus* wrote:
> Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>> On 2024-07-31 06:42, John Hill wrote:
>>> On 31 Jul 2024 at 08:29:09 BST, "Alan" <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2024-07-31 00:04, Chris wrote:
>>>>> Andrew <andrew@spam.net> wrote:
>>>>>> Jolly Roger wrote on 30 Jul 2024 21:44:51 GMT :
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> How about nobody (incl. JR and Alan, but a few others (and me)) not
>>>>>>>> reply at all to the trolls for the entire month of August.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Challenge accepted. I doubt much will change, but I'm in.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm in too. I won't respond to the Alan Baker or Alan Browne trolls.
>>>>>> Deal?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But I still reserve the right to study Jolly Roger as he interests me.
>>>>>
>>>>> Let's see how often you change nym to avoid people's killfiles.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I don't use killfiles.
>>>>
>>>> If I don't want to reply to someone...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ...I just don't.
>>>>
>>>> :-)
>>>
>>> And even if I do, I think "Have I anything useful to say?". The answer is
>>> usually "No", and I hold my peace.
>>>
>>> So I'm in.
>>>
>>> Old John.
>>>
>>
>> I hold my piece a lot too...
>>
>> ...but after decades of experience, I've learned it usually doesn't
>> change anything...
>>
>> ...so I figure I might as well have what fun I can get out of it.
>>
> I know you to be one of the better posters here. Replying to Arlen just
> adds to the crap though. And there’s way too much of that. Pretty much why
> I can’t be bothered to waste my time here any more as it is mostly Arlen
> jerking himself in public. Starve the trolls by siege.
> 

You cannot "starve" them.

Show me a case where it as EVER worked.