"Larry" wrote in message
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On Sat, 4 Feb 2006 16:21:49 -0800, "Billy"
wrote:

Everything I have learned in my close to 15 years frequenting nntp
servers has taught me that rule #1 in handling trolls is to ignore
them. Deny them an audience, and they eventually go away. In my
experience, this works in almost every case. They will usually simply
seek another audience, of course.
However, in the 3 or 4 months since I subbed to rec.ponds due to
my budding interest in building a pond in my large back yard and
found this maelstrom of flamebait, I have seen nothing but continual
antagonism and feeding of the troll(s) in this group.
May I ask why? And before replying, recall that I have been
around ng's for a while, and my flameproof suit is heavily upgraded.
g


Crossposting is heavy in this group due to participation by members
from religious type groups. Keep your finger on your killfilter
button. Not much else to do. Maybe after another 100 or so kill
files I will be receiving only a few off topic posts.

Larry

There is also the problem with trolls impersonating legitimate posters to ad
to the confusion and drive off the legitimate posters. This has been going
on for months. It's clear there are four trolls on this group wanting total
control. If everyone would killfile and completely ignore these people and
the their boorish threads, work around them so to speak, the group can
survive. However, they are allowing the few to ruin the group for many by
giving them total power. They do this by posting infrequently or not at
all.