TS Elliot wrote on Jul 13
th, 2009 at 1:16pm:
It was not because he was "trolling" your web site because your web site is just one big troll itself that baits the polygraph community.
That's an interesting point of view.
Perhaps you could familiarize yourself with exactly what an Internet troll is, and then you'll see that an entire message board cannot be considered a troll and cannot be trolling anyone or anything.
However, joining a message board with the intent to disrupt the discussions there, ruffle feathers, have a few laughs and then move on is a textbook definition of troll behavior.
If trolls don't like having their names posted then perhaps they shouldn't return to the same website over and over again, after being repeatedly banned, and continue to engage in the same trolling behavior.
If the bans don't work because the troll simply registers again with a new name and continues their trolling, what other recourse would you suggest? To suggest that every web site on the Internet simply put up with trolls who have no other intention in joining board other than to disrupt it is completely unreasonable.
How about a little personal responsibility from the trolls? Members of this board are not "outed" when they disagree with George. They are outed when they continually engage in trolling after repeated warnings and, sometimes, repeated bannings. Every message board owner on the Internet has the same right to deal with disruptive trolls who refuse to follow the common courtesy of not returning to a web site after they have been banned.
Whose actions caused the outings? Who choose to engage in trolling behavior over and over again after repeated warnings and repeated bannings? That's the person who bears the responsibility for the consequences. That's just common sense.