[MD] The morality of trolling a list

Andy Skelton skeltoac at gmail.com
Wed Jul 14 09:25:14 PDT 2010


Ian:
> There is no doubt Andy that trolls have their "dynamic value", but
> that is not a license that says they are therefore untouchable when it
> come to moderation.

By all means, let the moderator moderate according to his own
experience. I know that I can be clicked out of existence at any
moment.

> (PS - in the current situation Bo is not a troll, lest anyone be confused.)

I didn't make the distinction between trolling for sport and trolling
without that intention.

When a person says "I want to make ___ my legacy"
(http://moq.org/forum/Skutvik/solupdate/solupdate.html) you get a rare
glimpse of his morals. If the legacy is the greatest goal, the list
may be subverted without moral compunction. That evaluation can lead
to trolling unintentionally. It might be better understood as spam.

I'm still not sure. I'm trying to find out.

Andy



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