Trolls and the art of trolling

[Rob Tucker]

Aloha Punawebbers,

We have once again entered the land of Trolls and I want to refresh the topic a bit.

I view Trolls as bullies. We have some about who seem to enjoy playing the bully and the pain and fear they instill in a victim. This offends my sense of fairness and I am not tolerant of people preferring to have their names removed from PW because of the attacks they are subject to.

Yesterday I locked a topic where a simple request for volunteers turned into a Troll magnet. While some of these bullies might pretend to hide under the banner of free speech it is a lie. It is not free speech they are practicing. Trolling is in it's way a mild form of cyber terrorism.

If any of you out there feel that I have tried to attach the Troll label to you then you are right. And you are fully aware of who you are.

To deal with this issue and others there will be some changes coming to PW soon which I hope will make things clearer and easier for everyone.

Feel free to continue with a discussion of trolling here if you wish.