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    I'm not familiar with how internet boards like this run so please forgive me if this is an obvious or stupid question. Does a board like this get a higher 'ranking' or recognition of some sort based on the number of posts it receives?

    For example the board troll is on here almost 24/7. There may be two or three hour windows when he doesn't post but he posts in almost every thread if not all of them. If the goal of a board is a higher post count it seems a troll like this could be good for the board as long as he doesn't run off the regulars.

    Of course this board could also just be a labor of love for you as something you enjoy and everything else is irrelvenet. I'm just out of touch on how the model of these things work.

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    Nah, Alexa internet ranking is based on the amount of visitors and how long they stay, it factors in "bounce" (people who come, look once, then go elsewhere), page views, etc. (****!!-0) wouldn't effect the ranking, one dude isn't enough. However, me banning him for being annoying would be clearly against the libertarian ideals of the site.

    And the board really is just that... People need to have a place where they can come and state their opinions. I want even the annoying to be able to do that.
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    what about the rule against spamming the board with the same posts etc...? he spams the board with the same anti gun crap everyday.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yurt View Post
    what about the rule against spamming the board with the same posts etc...? he spams the board with the same anti gun crap everyday.
    Adding to one thread doesn't translate to spamming the board.


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    Quote Originally Posted by christiefan915 View Post
    Adding to one thread doesn't translate to spamming the board.
    it is not just one thread.

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    Quote Originally Posted by christiefan915 View Post
    Adding to one thread doesn't translate to spamming the board.
    lol.......I just hit the "what's new" button.....eight of the sixteen threads were started by him, three of those had no responses......if you hit the "Today's Posts" button, it's 20 out of 50.......
    Last edited by PostmodernProphet; 07-12-2011 at 08:49 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post
    However, me banning him for being annoying would be clearly against the libertarian ideals of the site.
    so what you're saying is that the board is a microcosm of the evidence that libertarianism would result in a fucked up country?........sort of a "we have to be miserable, because that's what happiness is all about" type of thing?......

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    There is one very, very important thing to remember about the troll.......and only one way to get rid of the asshole.......

    ............. ..............
    Put blame where it belongs
    ATF decided it could not regulate bump stocks during the Obama administration.
    It that time," the NRA wrote in a statement. "The NRA believes that devices designed to allow semiautomatic rifles to function like fully-automatic rifles should be subject to additional regulations."
    The ATF and Obama admin. ignored the NRA recommendations.


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    While I can see the fine line between keeping a healthy dialogue and allowing as complete freedom of expression available, I have to take this opportunity to say that I would post here more often, if it were not for (\(\(\/)/)/)‎. It has come to the point, even though I have ended up blocking the useless piece of bovine flesh, if I see (\(\(\/)/)/)‎ as the originator, or even involved in a thread, I will pass it by because despite blocking, I end up wading through people responding to - and all too often quoting the submoronic drivel it spouts, and I have decided it's not worth it. Unfortunately that leaves very little left for me to enjoy reading, and/or chiming in on. This, in turn, leaves me many days where I do no more than check a few thread titles before leaving. While I laud your adherence to the principles of freedom, is this a case where the end result of significantly reducing the enjoyment of this site by others worth sticking that hard to the principle of near-absolute freedom of expression?

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    I like what Good Luck is saying and I think he brings up a good point. The obvious answer if you don't like a troll is put him on IA or leave the board and find a new one. However at what point, as GL stated, if any, should freedom trump his ability to completely ruin the board? I agree with Bravo that the ultimate answer is to put him on IA and ignore him however enough people engage him in his little games that many threads get sidetracked and ultimately ruined.

    Whether someone agrees or disagrees with me I think new blood on the board is always great. I do not like a troll/spammer who's sole intent is ruining the board and not participating in it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bravo View Post
    There is one very, very important thing to remember about the troll.......and only one way to get rid of the asshole.......

    ............. ..............
    Then do it.....
    Put blame where it belongs
    ATF decided it could not regulate bump stocks during the Obama administration.
    It that time," the NRA wrote in a statement. "The NRA believes that devices designed to allow semiautomatic rifles to function like fully-automatic rifles should be subject to additional regulations."
    The ATF and Obama admin. ignored the NRA recommendations.


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    Quote Originally Posted by PostmodernProphet View Post
    so what you're saying is that the board is a microcosm of the evidence that libertarianism would result in a fucked up country?........sort of a "we have to be miserable, because that's what happiness is all about" type of thing?......
    The logical and inevitable outcome of libertarianism is anarchy-the reason being people are by and large selfish and self centered.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PostmodernProphet View Post
    lol.......I just hit the "what's new" button.....eight of the sixteen threads were started by him, three of those had no responses......if you hit the "Today's Posts" button, it's 20 out of 50.......
    It should not be a question of quantity but of quality.... pause for hoots of laughter.... I don't care if one poster wants to post 100 times about guns or gremlins providing that somewhere within it all there is the opportunity for a response.
    There are few here that really annoy me, far fewer I suspect than the reverse !, but I think posters who only come here to make personal comments about other posters are really wasting their time and the time of all of us. Of course we are all guilty to a degree and I hope that I have managed to annoy a fair few paople but it is usually as part of a political or newsworthy point.
    I think there are only two people who, were the site mine, I might be tempted to ban, but they are seldom present nowadays.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PostmodernProphet View Post
    so what you're saying is that the board is a microcosm of the evidence that libertarianism would result in a fucked up country?........sort of a "we have to be miserable, because that's what happiness is all about" type of thing?......
    You have no one to blame but yourself for feeding him or even talking about him. If we'd all ignore him and not mention him he'd eventually shut the fuck up. But noneof you are capable of understanding that or having the patence beyond a day.
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