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"The Doctor"  wrote in message
news:g4bo0j$ncb$13@gallifrey.nk.ca...
> In article ,
> Soze  wrote:
> >
> >"The Master" <tardis@nospam.sdf.lonestar.org.nospam> wrote in message
> >news:Pine.NEB.4.64.0806301458260.2712@sdf.lonestar.org...
> >>A poll of regular posters to RADW...  Is Yads a troll?  Please answer
yes
> >>or no.
> >
> >First things first...if you all consider him a troll then why not use one
of
> >the oldest usenet adages..."don`t feed the troll". It seems many people
in
> >this group exist purely to poke Yads with a stick and see him spew forth
> >gibberish.
> >
> >I don`t think he`s a troll. I think he`s an idiot, an irritant and
possibly
> >something of a loner but he`s not a troll. A troll is someone who
populates
> >a newsgroup the subject of which he has no interest in or actively
dislikes.
> >He then tries to annoy people by baiting them. For example...no-one
accuses
> >Bazza of being a troll because of his anti McCoy rants because he`s
> >obviously a fan of the programme in general. If this were
rec.arts.slymccoy
> >and we were all avid fans we`d be calling him a troll fair and square.
Yads
> >quite blatantly loves Dr Who. Indeed he`s just about the only poster in
here
> >who seems to find something he likes about *every single era*. If
anything
> >he`s probably too obssessed by the show - he strikes me as one of those
> >stereotype anoraks who live for little else.
> >
> >His problem lies in his posts. Often he means well, tries to start a
thread
> >about the show...but normally his posts are so bizarre, so random,
> >so...pointless, that everyone just gets the arse with him...and we go
round
> >in circles evermore. What I find especially irritating about him is his
> >complete refusal to accept how annoying he is, how worthless his posts
are,
> >to try and change and make an effort. It`s this which makes people think
> >he`s trolling but I think he`s just genuinely stupid. He also obviously
gets
> >a rise out of all the attention he gets in here...probably thinks of
himself
> >as some sort of celebrity fan...which is why I get the feeling he has
little
> >social contact in the real world beyond his immediate family and church.
He
> >needs this group and you people...and you give him all he wants.
> >
> >Thereends my character study...but seriously...he`ll never go away...he
has
> >nowhere to go. If he irritates you...stop badgering him.
> >
> >
>
> Neither troll nor loner.
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