Comments on: Trent Reznor meets The Trolls http://www.p2pnet.net/story/23340 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Eric http://www.p2pnet.net/story/23340/comment-page-1#comment-976120 Eric Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:48:33 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=23340#comment-976120 People are more likely to report on-- and complain about-- something when it starts affecting them, not when they first hear about it. 9/11 got a lot of complaints and reports, but there weren't so many when it was the USS Cole being attacked. People are more likely to report on– and complain about– something when it starts affecting them, not when they first hear about it.

9/11 got a lot of complaints and reports, but there weren’t so many when it was the USS Cole being attacked.

]]> By: Dreddsnik http://www.p2pnet.net/story/23340/comment-page-1#comment-976051 Dreddsnik Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:24:06 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=23340#comment-976051 " Couldn’t these morons just lock their existing accounts? " It would be nice if it were really that easy. Those type seem to have endless amounts of time on their hands, so all they do is create new accounts on newly created e-mail addresses and continue. It's almost an obsession. " A completely open forum like this one also makes it easy for these people to massively retaliate for things like deleted posts, so it’s a little surprising that this site has remained open for as long as it has. " Yup, that's never happened here ;). Seriously though, I would have to agree that the more dedicated trolls have some must serious 'issues' IRL so the use their anonymity to feel like they have some kind of power, knowing that they could never get away with what they do in a real social setting, and yes, all sites get their share, in proportion to their popularity and longevity. ” Couldn’t these morons just lock their existing accounts? ”

It would be nice if it were really that easy.
Those type seem to have endless amounts of time on their hands,
so all they do is create new accounts on newly created e-mail addresses and
continue. It’s almost an obsession.

” A completely open forum like this one also makes it easy for these people to massively retaliate for things like deleted posts, so it’s a little surprising that this site has remained open for as long as it has. ”

Yup, that’s never happened here ;) .

Seriously though, I would have to agree that the more dedicated trolls have some must serious ‘issues’ IRL so
the use their anonymity to feel like they have some kind of power, knowing that they could never get away
with what they do in a real social setting, and yes, all sites get their share, in proportion to their popularity
and longevity.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/23340/comment-page-1#comment-976040 Reader's Write Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:52:06 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=23340#comment-976040 Rock stars have always tended to attract a small cult of obsessed (and often deranged) followers among their fanbase, and the internet allows these few people to greatly expand the footprint of their otherwise-insignificant existence. Trent Reznor has had to cope with both by celebrity-worshipping airheads as well as the more common-variety blog trolls. I've had the misfortune of running into a couple of people like this, who would write long rambling diatribes and send me several in sequence (apparently too impatient to wait for me to read and reply to the first) But for someone to take the time to write and send a hundred mails a day suggests a truly disturbed person or some kind of 'religious' fanatic on the other end. Maybe all sites get their share of these crazies. I would hope that P2PNET does not attract (or retain) many of these basket cases. A completely open forum like this one also makes it easy for these people to massively retaliate for things like deleted posts, so it's a little surprising that this site has remained open for as long as it has. Rock stars have always tended to attract a small cult of obsessed (and often deranged) followers among their fanbase, and the internet allows these few people to greatly expand the footprint of their otherwise-insignificant existence.

Trent Reznor has had to cope with both by celebrity-worshipping airheads as well as the more common-variety blog trolls. I’ve had the misfortune of running into a couple of people like this, who would write long rambling diatribes and send me several in sequence (apparently too impatient to wait for me to read and reply to the first)

But for someone to take the time to write and send a hundred mails a day suggests a truly disturbed person or some kind of ‘religious’ fanatic on the other end. Maybe all sites get their share of these crazies. I would hope that P2PNET does not attract (or retain) many of these basket cases. A completely open forum like this one also makes it easy for these people to massively retaliate for things like deleted posts, so it’s a little surprising that this site has remained open for as long as it has.

]]> By: Matt Hersst http://www.p2pnet.net/story/23340/comment-page-1#comment-976031 Matt Hersst Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:49:23 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=23340#comment-976031 Trent went ahead and got himself a private twitter account. http://twitter.com/noise_floor Couldn't these morons just lock their existing accounts? Trent went ahead and got himself a private twitter account.

http://twitter.com/noise_floor

Couldn’t these morons just lock their existing accounts?

]]> By: Robert http://www.p2pnet.net/story/23340/comment-page-1#comment-976010 Robert Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:55:08 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=23340#comment-976010 Matthew Good had the same troubles and had posted a comment from Trent about it too, seeing as he found someone with the same problems. As a result, www.matthewgood.org no longer has registered users or comments. It's easier on Matthew and Trent will probably go down that road. It sucks but it is better than dealing with asshats who have nothing better to do than ruin it for others, for their own satisfaction of being a fucktard and anonymous. Matthew Good had the same troubles and had posted a comment from Trent about it too, seeing as he found someone with the same problems.

As a result, http://www.matthewgood.org no longer has registered users or comments. It’s easier on Matthew and Trent will probably go down that road. It sucks but it is better than dealing with asshats who have nothing better to do than ruin it for others, for their own satisfaction of being a fucktard and anonymous.

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