[rambo47]

Time to bring this up again. Too often unregisteder users cruise in and post flame bait or simply rude comments. We don't need em, don't want em. Why are they still allowed to post? Hey, sometimes discussions between registered members gets a bit heated too, but anyone who has taken the time to register and accumulated more than 2 or 3 posts is or most likely will become a regular. The regulars have earned the right to criticize, mostly because they also offer praise when warranted and advice/help all the time. Plus a regular user who posts a critical comment comes back to hear a rebuttal. These drive-by trolls have no place here.

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iDisk: rseijas
Homepage: homepage.mac.com/rseijas

[mac freak]

I'm all for disabling posting by unregistered people. Otherwise known as "unregis-turds."
As you stated well, they add nothing to decent conversations.

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Be Happy.

[Cipher13]

For example:

Originally posted by CipherHater:
Cipher--
Obviously by your post total, you don't get outside. I hope you die soon because losers like you have nothing to contribute to a productive society other than worthless debates about worthless matters. You spend all of your time here, posting, what is it, 60 times a day... trying to make up for your lack of a real life. Develop some social skills and make some real friends ASAP. And before you say you do have real friends, don't even go there, because we all know you have nothing to do with yourself, which is obvious considering the time you spend here.
You the antithesis of someone like steve jobs too. You're the type of person he leasts wants representing apple users.

Do us a favor, go get a gun and blow your head off.

P.S. How many times a day do you beat off? My bet is on 4....

http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/Foru...ML/002806.html

I still think its a win/lose situation though...


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AIM: Cipher1387
ICQ: 48111606
mail: cipher13@mac.com

[This message has been edited by Cipher13 (edited 05-15-2001).]

not that any of you will care, but i think the current configuration is best. anonymous replies keep the ruckus to a minimum, and the inability to create a new thread anonymously keeps trolls like myself from cluttering the already overloaded thread listing.

while i understand that most of you will disagree with the practice, do not expect it to disappear if anonymous posting is done away with. it is rather trivial to register a 'disposable' email address to register an account.

the best suggestion that this troll can offer is simply that the users refrain from feeding the trolls. without a response or reaction from the intended target(s), most trolls will simply move on.

more discussion on this topic would be great. i'm interested in what others here have to say about this.

[Cipher13]

Maybe we need a sign with big red block letters reading: "DON'T FEED THE TROLLS"


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