There’s no real algorithm here - how are we “feeding” anything? Failure to check the pollution of shared communal spaces leads to tragedy of the commons and benefits nothing. It’s why I also don’t block them.
I’ve been online since the Usenet and BBS days, “don’t feed the trolls” sounds great but never actually does anything except cede shared spaces to the trolls.
He provokes you, you respond, people respond to you, conversation is spurred in exactly the way UniversalMonk wants. You’re literally making his information warfare successful.
That’s like saying you shouldn’t call out antivax lies because it only attracts attention to them. Calling out BS doesn’t make the BS more attractive or accepted.
There’s no real algorithm here - how are we “feeding” anything? Failure to check the pollution of shared communal spaces leads to tragedy of the commons and benefits nothing. It’s why I also don’t block them.
I’ve been online since the Usenet and BBS days, “don’t feed the trolls” sounds great but never actually does anything except cede shared spaces to the trolls.
He provokes you, you respond, people respond to you, conversation is spurred in exactly the way UniversalMonk wants. You’re literally making his information warfare successful.
That’s like saying you shouldn’t call out antivax lies because it only attracts attention to them. Calling out BS doesn’t make the BS more attractive or accepted.
Fair point.