Re: Getting rid of trolls

Ben Shimmin <bas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Graham W <graham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

[...]

Well, I've handed 150 of it's more offensive posts to the Old Bill, but
doubtless it'll make little difference in the long run. That said, the
OB did get rid of the 'Reverand' character on the East Anglia group a
few years ago for similar postings. Seems they 'knocked on his door'
quite early in the morning and removed computers etc. Here's hoping...

Let me get this straight. Someone posts a few trolling messages on a
newsgroup and, rather than kill-filing him (which must be so colossally
difficult because he morphs between a whole *two* addresses), you report
him to the police? Am I alone in thinking this is a wildly inappropriate
response?

If not dealt with in time, before long such a person could be
persecuting people on the phone (as has previously happened to me). The
unfortunate idiot who tried it out on me, several years ago I may add,
made the mistake of ringing me on my mobile while I was talking to my
local copper.

I never heard from him again. He had by then caused me considerable
irritation.

Nowadays I would just laugh at them if they got through, but then I
don't answer the phone to anonymous callers.

Cheers,
Luke


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