Guest guest Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 Ammachi , " ckeniley2003 " <ckeniley2003 wrote: > > ............ > When folks cannot see and understand the heart breaking example that > Amma is setting for all of us, the perfect example of devoting > oneself entirely for others, basically a slow crucification, they > are emotionally shut down to say the least. > > ........ > > In the meantime, I think the e satsang needs some boundaries, and > these guys should be encouraged to post elsewhere. That way, people > who need information or want to share insights can do so in peace. > > personally, I wanted to share some nice moments and insights from > this summer, but will not do so, because of the denegrating mood > that exists here. > >>>> Namaste Keval, Thanks for the heads up on the " Trolls " An internet term that I was not familiar with. Perhaps, you can post what the " troll " means. And perhaps, you should consider becoming more diligent in identifying the trolls and perhaps putting them on probation for a month or two especially around Amma's Tour time. By now, it should be easier to identify them earlier. so that we won't be discouraged in posting our devotional experiences like Chris mentioned above; I too feel like that sometimes. this is just my 2cents perhaps, the trolls are needed to illicit the responses from devotees that I felt were very very good what do others feel? May Amma Bless us and Guide us, amarnath PS~ to Chris, please consider posting your devotional experiences on : Amma's Darling Children and Amma Bhakti both with tough moderators thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 This is from the internet: Trolls can be existing members of a community that rarely post and often contribute no useful information to the thread, but instead make argumentative posts in an attempt to discredit another person, concentrating almost exclusively on facts irrelevant to the point of the conversation, with the intent of provoking a reaction from others. The key element under attack by a troll is known only to the troll. A troll is a person who approaches a board with the specific intention of stirring things up, either as a goal in and of itself or as a means of attacking the board perhaps motivated by opposition to the ethos of the board. For example, a neo-Nazi approaching a Jewish forum with the intention of attacking the members, purely because the neo-Nazi knows the forum to contain Jewish members, will be considered a troll. A troll's main goal is usually to arouse anger and frustration among the message board's other participants, and will write whatever it takes to achieve this end. One popular trolling strategy is the practice of Winning by Losing. While the victim is trying to put forward solid and convincing facts to prove his position, the troll's only goal is to infuriate its prey. The troll takes (what it knows to be) a badly flawed, wholly illogical argument, and then vigorously defends it while mocking and insulting its prey. The troll looks like a complete fool, but this is all part of the plan. The victim becomes noticeably angry by trying to repeatedly explain the flaws of the troll's argument. Provoking this anger was the troll's one and only goal from the very beginning. Experienced participants in online forums know that the most effective way to discourage a troll is usually to ignore him or her, because responding encourages a true troll to continue disruptive posts — hence the often-seen warning " Please do not feed the troll " . ********************* I don't know if this applies here or not, but someone did ask for the defintion of a troll. Now can we get back to Amma? It seems She is getting lost in the shuffle. Jai MA!!! -Achyut Ammachi , " amarnath " <anatol_zinc wrote: > > Ammachi , " ckeniley2003 " <ckeniley2003@> wrote: > > > > ............ > > When folks cannot see and understand the heart breaking example that > > Amma is setting for all of us, the perfect example of devoting > > oneself entirely for others, basically a slow crucification, they > > are emotionally shut down to say the least. > > > > ........ > > > > In the meantime, I think the e satsang needs some boundaries, and > > these guys should be encouraged to post elsewhere. That way, people > > who need information or want to share insights can do so in peace. > > > > personally, I wanted to share some nice moments and insights from > > this summer, but will not do so, because of the denegrating mood > > that exists here. > > >>>> > > Namaste Keval, > > Thanks for the heads up on the " Trolls " > An internet term that I was not familiar with. > Perhaps, you can post what the " troll " means. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 > > Namaste Keval, > > Thanks for the heads up on the " Trolls " > An internet term that I was not familiar with. > Perhaps, you can post what the " troll " means. here's a definition from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll see also http://curezone.com/forums/troll.asp http://www.hyphenologist.co.uk/killfile/anti_troll_faq.htm The only way to deal with trolls is not to respond. Don't take the bait. Don't waste your bandwidth. Don't give these juvenile idiots the attention they crave. Keval ______________________________\ ____ Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Search http://search./search?fr=oni_on_mail & p=graduation+gifts & cs=bz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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