Housecleaning
Oct. 24th, 2008 02:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pecuniumI have just had a troll. Not the run of the mill... “You stupid bastard” troll (I get a few of those a month, people telling me how much I hate America because I don’t love Bush (or lately, McCain), but someone who decided I needed to talk about his pet peeves, and that those who didn’t share his view were ignoramouses
The former is semi-tolerable. The latter... well I have rules, and they aren’t hard to find. The one which I care most about is “don’t be rude to my guests.”
He broke that. So, as I can’t disemvowel him, I can point out the errors inswseat’s behavior. I can say his estimation that there are many people on the internet who are smarter, and better informed than he is, is most certainly correct. A great many of the people who are kind enough to grace my little corner of the web with their presence happen to be among that coterie.
Want to disagree with me... fine. Happens all the time. I don’t care. Want to engage in topic drift, also fine. If it bothers me, I will mention it. If I say it bothers me, pay attention. Threadjacking to your personal peeve, without actually addressing the topic initially mentioned, more likely than not to get such a warning.
Telling people what they can and can’t do... not on. That is, no matter how carefully phrased, rude. Full stop. So too is telling them they have to do the research to support your assertions. You want to make an argument, go to town. But you have to make it. Merely saying, CNN and Fox have said, “x” and if you google “y” you will see how wrong they are, and how right I am,” is both pointless (because it will be ignored) and rude. If you have facts, bring ‘em to the table, if you don’t; you have no one but yourself to blame when you get shot down.
As a final note... flouncing will not win you points. For someone who has just arrvied, it is actually almost certain to cost you whatever small bank of good credit you might have gained from otherwise reasonable arguments; badly delivered.
The former is semi-tolerable. The latter... well I have rules, and they aren’t hard to find. The one which I care most about is “don’t be rude to my guests.”
He broke that. So, as I can’t disemvowel him, I can point out the errors in
swseat’s behavior. I can say his estimation that there are many people on the internet who are smarter, and better informed than he is, is most certainly correct. A great many of the people who are kind enough to grace my little corner of the web with their presence happen to be among that coterie.Want to disagree with me... fine. Happens all the time. I don’t care. Want to engage in topic drift, also fine. If it bothers me, I will mention it. If I say it bothers me, pay attention. Threadjacking to your personal peeve, without actually addressing the topic initially mentioned, more likely than not to get such a warning.
Telling people what they can and can’t do... not on. That is, no matter how carefully phrased, rude. Full stop. So too is telling them they have to do the research to support your assertions. You want to make an argument, go to town. But you have to make it. Merely saying, CNN and Fox have said, “x” and if you google “y” you will see how wrong they are, and how right I am,” is both pointless (because it will be ignored) and rude. If you have facts, bring ‘em to the table, if you don’t; you have no one but yourself to blame when you get shot down.
As a final note... flouncing will not win you points. For someone who has just arrvied, it is actually almost certain to cost you whatever small bank of good credit you might have gained from otherwise reasonable arguments; badly delivered.
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Date: 2008-10-24 10:40 pm (UTC)*goes back to lurking*