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Commander Cody wrote:TAM's butten don't wurk.

Ya prob'ly jest didn't press it hard enough...

BobCat wrote:I agree with WildBill. Just as the best way to deal with a bully is to ignore him, the best treatment for goofy trolls is to leave the bait lie.

And... if someone posts an outlandish or extreme scenario, at least the Forum membership gets to read some amusing fiction and decide whether or not to spend/waste time responding.

I agree with both WildBill and BobCat.

I understand Gigag04's frustration after some of our recent experiences, but after thinking about his suggestion, I've concluded that spending time creating a new rule would also commit us to spending more time adjusting it repeatedly as folks get further jollies by trying to maneuver around it and watching us react. I think the simpler course of just keeping our Troll/Bunk Detectors activated and set to medium, and then acting accordingly, will address the situation nicely.

Newbies will ask less sophisticated questions than folks who've been around a while, and that's OK. Many will go on to become knowledgeable active contributors.

We've got a deep reservoir of good old fashioned horse sense on this Forum. The stories that are phonied up will reveal themselves pretty quickly in just a few posts when details are explored.

I think we as a group can continue to do a pretty good job of both giving a new member the benefit of the doubt while there's a reasonable possibility of legitimacy, and invoking TAM's Bunk Button when that's clearly called for.