[Summit] SNA

[Robert Mathiesen]

Of course we have seen them, and we do know where they lead.  But every
time this guy shows up, someone says, "Don't reply, it only serves to feed
the trolls."

It does get old.  But more to the point, it also reminds me very, very
unpleasantly of how things used to work in the USSR, where people on the
outs with the state became "non-persons," whom everyone was strongly
encouraged to ignore, to treat as if they weren't there at all, as if they
didn't even exist.  That's admittedly a hot button of mine, and I tend to
get very grumpy indeed, even savage, when something or someone pushes it.
Personally, I'd rather have endless trolls each day and delete them one by
one, than have that hot button pushed.

Even so, I do want to apologize for my bout of ill-temper there. -- Bob M



On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 1:51 PM, Emlyn Addison <noisyblocks at gmail.com>
wrote:

> "inverse trolling"? "bullying"?
>
> Bob, with respect: my post wasn't aimed at Thomas, it was simply recalling
> that responses to such rantings only legitimizes them. We've all seen these
> posts before and we all know where they lead.
>
>
> Emlyn
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 1:35 PM, Robert Mathiesen <rmath13 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Oh, enough already with the "don't feed the trolls" posts!  As a general
>> principle, we all know its a bad idea.  But every rule has its exceptions,
>> and Thomas's post strikes me as one of them.  If one pushes any rule too
>> hard, it verges on bullying, or it becomes a kind of inverse trolling
>> itself --  Bob M
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 12:09 PM, Emlyn Addison <noisyblocks at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> All good info, but I fear it merely serves to feed the troll...
>>>
>>> In related news: the moon landing was faked.
>>>
>>>
>>> Emlyn
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 11:38 AM, Schmeling, Thomas A. <
>>> TSchmeling at ric.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Neighbors,
>>>>
>>>> There is another email list that SNA Board members use to communicate
>>>> among ourselves. The existence of the list is not a secret, every board
>>>> needs something like this, and no reasonable person will be surprised to
>>>> learn about it.  It’s used for planning meetings, organizing committees,
>>>> volunteering for tasks, and housekeeping items that most neighbors would
>>>> find highly uninteresting.
>>>>
>>>> If you’re really curious, there’s an easy way to get on that email
>>>> list:  join the SNA Board!  All Summit residents are eligible to join.
>>>> You’ll have a chance to do that this soon at our annual meeting.  I’m chair
>>>> of the nominating committee this year, and I’ll take this opportunity to
>>>> encourage you to put your name forward.  Send me an email and I’ll be glad
>>>> to tell you more.
>>>>
>>>> Thomas Schmeling
>>>> SNA Secretary
>>>>
>>>>
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>>
>>
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