Kodan_Txips
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I agree entirely with elsaspet and Christie Photography.
But thomas's post is what we call on RPG forums a "troll". (Maybe it is called that elsewhere, I don't know)
Trolling is where you drive a boat through an area full of fish, with a long line from the boat with a baited hook on the end. You are hoping for a response, but aren't very involved with the process.
Reacting badly to a troll post is the very response they desire - they have got someone angry, they have found some sort of acknowledgement by others.
Trolls are best ignored, or treated as if they were less knowledgeable, and need to be gently corrected by someone who knows better. Talk down to them, but not in a rude way, more in a helpful and educational way.
They hate that.
But thomas's post is what we call on RPG forums a "troll". (Maybe it is called that elsewhere, I don't know)
Trolling is where you drive a boat through an area full of fish, with a long line from the boat with a baited hook on the end. You are hoping for a response, but aren't very involved with the process.
Reacting badly to a troll post is the very response they desire - they have got someone angry, they have found some sort of acknowledgement by others.
Trolls are best ignored, or treated as if they were less knowledgeable, and need to be gently corrected by someone who knows better. Talk down to them, but not in a rude way, more in a helpful and educational way.
They hate that.