Re-post: How to deal with trolls

Whatā€™s always interesting when I see this flare up is noticing, in myself, the ā€œhey how did I miss that fracas!ā€ ā€” the evil urge to have gotten mixed into something better left alone.
Just walk away ā€” silence ā€” is for sure the best and hardest response. Good learning here.
Glad I missed whatever it was. Thanks SB.

Bump

Today seems to be an adequate moment to bump this thread :slight_smile:
Simon55 = Melin32 ?

I reported Simon55 to SB

Good!
I was having a bit of fun though. :smiley:

Simon55 is gone. Thanks SB :slight_smile:

Bump! Just because ā€¦. :person_facepalming:

New member LedBuy is a troublemaker. I reported him/her to SB. He asked me how many flashlight I have, and I told him/her around 60. He/her then went off telling me I had mental problems and accused me of being female. Whe the hell is that all about?

Lately it seems there are lots of ā€œharshā€ posts, derailed threads, misunderstandings and word abuse!
I do understand that we have ā€œfree speechā€, and that we are free to express our ideas, even if they are conflicting with those from other members.

BUT, I always remember 2 threads when I have the impulse to answer to some of those:
http://budgetlightforum.com/forum/misc/siterules

It helps me to keep my track here, and I guess it may help to keep the friendliness that we have on this forum!
:+1:

Iā€™ve read that and hence my bump on this thread, cause I didnā€™t want to answer on that thread nor to ā€œfire upā€ the posting!
I would say ā€œnever mind, you donā€™t need to prove anything to him or her!ā€ :wink:

Iā€™m sure you are a flashaholic and proud of that as I am and many other members here are! :sunglasses:
And there is nothing wrong with that :wink:

Thats one of the perks of BLF I thought?

There was a thread on it, and the overall ā€œfeelā€ of BLF has changed. It is still there, but is being shadowed by a lot of other ā€œfeelsā€ now, for lack of better terminologyā€¦

Iā€™m reasonably certain thatā€™s the newest incarnation of FireFlyMod. Planned obsolescence ranting & oblique digs at the US in the music thread are pretty sure signs.

When I say ā€œderailedā€ is mostly when ā€œinsultsā€ or very conflicting themes are being posted, offending people directly! I know that many threads get derailed regarding the ā€œoriginalā€ issue/theme, and I guess that it is one nice thing as it opens some possibilities to discuss new themes or ideas!
Diversity of opinions or ideas are positive when contributing to some development or leading to a nice ā€œfeelingā€, but it doesnā€™t mean that we need to offend each other :wink:
I like being ā€œhereā€, so I appreciate the good vibe this forum normally has :sunglasses:

Thanks to SB, LedBuy is no longer. That said, Iā€™m friendly to all. I donā€™t go out of my way to make anyone feel bad even though I might no agree with what they are saying. I just donā€™t comment. It seems some new members want to make a mark for themselves. Theyā€™re just doing it the wrong way.

Thanks for making me feel normal :slight_smile:

I tagged member "Dirt" for UN-necessary comments. There's no excuse for comments like that

This said, I must say that Iā€™m only ā€œhalf normalā€ as I only have about 30 flashlights :smiley: Ehehe!
Hope youā€™re fine atbglenn :sunglasses:

Iā€™m fine my friend. Hope youā€™re doing fine as well. Thanks for cheering me up :slight_smile:

All fine here, mate, thank you too :slight_smile: :+1: Gonna light some darkness outside :smiling_imp: :sunglasses: