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WillyT

(72,631 posts) Fri Feb 20, 2015, 10:22 PM Feb 2015

When You Believe You've Encountered A Troll At DU... [View all]

Do you respond... and THEN alert ???

Or do you just alert ???

8 votes, 0 passes \| Time left: Unlimited
	Respond then alert.
	0 (0%)
	Just alert.
	3 (38%)
	Obligatory Other.
	5 (63%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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When You Believe You've Encountered A Troll At DU... [View all] WillyT Feb 2015 OP

I only alert on what I think are real trolls marym625 Feb 2015 #1

LOL !!! WillyT Feb 2015 #5

Oh I forgot to say marym625 Feb 2015 #9

Usually, neither. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2015 #2

Thanks for not alerting on my threads Ichingcarpenter Feb 2015 #25

I'm just used to them being part of the general population. onehandle Feb 2015 #3

+1, Discussionist, another revenue stream using a variation of DU3 sw methodology. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2015 #38

Play with them like a cat with Dead Mouse Walking. nt Zorra Feb 2015 #4

LOVE IT !!! WillyT Feb 2015 #6

Great! Since their posts are predictable and lame it is easy to use them as a foil. n/t pampango Feb 2015 #26

It depends, if they are just a little hairy.... daleanime Feb 2015 #7

The ones on the posts the day of the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz marym625 Feb 2015 #11

Thankfully I missed that.... daleanime Feb 2015 #23

was pretty horrible marym625 Feb 2015 #24

Either let be or ignore. bigwillq Feb 2015 #8

Increasingly, I walk away. There are too many of them. This is not fun any more. Hekate Feb 2015 #10

Do you mean anyone who doesnt pledge fealty to Hillary? Ramses Feb 2015 #15

Agreed... SidDithers Feb 2015 #16

Ain't that the gods' own truth Hekate Feb 2015 #17

rings a bell Warren DeMontague Feb 2015 #22

Should be fun next year. joshcryer Feb 2015 #30

Have you been to Hekate Feb 2015 #43

Yep. joshcryer Feb 2015 #29

Depends on what kind of trolling it is - but I haven't sent a jury petronius Feb 2015 #12

I might have chosen obligatory other fadedrose Feb 2015 #13

I alert on the really awful stuff that gets posted here Warpy Feb 2015 #14

Ha ha trolls... Kalidurga Feb 2015 #18

I have hundreds of people on ignore olddots Feb 2015 #19

I clean out my Ignores once every year or two. I figure they've been tombstoned by valerief Feb 2015 #34

I don't waste my time. dilby Feb 2015 #20

feed them negative stories about republicans bigtree Feb 2015 #21

Ignore them and keep going....there'll be a net nanny along soon enough. ileus Feb 2015 #27

I don't think putting people on Ignore means I'm thin-skinned. I just like to get rid of all valerief Feb 2015 #33

If I think they've posted something that a jury would consider locking... NaturalHigh Feb 2015 #28

Varies, but I Ignore them at the end. nt valerief Feb 2015 #31

Sit back and watch the fun. hobbit709 Feb 2015 #32

Other... Jamastiene Feb 2015 #35

I ignore them the old-fashioned way. MineralMan Feb 2015 #36

Pass. LWolf Feb 2015 #37

Any response just encourages them. bemildred Feb 2015 #39

Vote in their poll, then respond. NuclearDem Feb 2015 #40

Funny Bobbie Jo Feb 2015 #41

Sometimes I respond, sometimes I don't. HappyMe Feb 2015 #42