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Old October 2nd, 2010, 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Loki Love View Post
Even if it is a 'troll trying to bait' - it's still a chance to educate. Forums are filled with lurkers and those who will NEVER post but only observe and read. Why not take every opportunity to try and educate not only the OP in that case, along with others who may come along and find the thread.

Chances are too, if you don't 'take the bait', the thread will die out quickly after providing some educational guidance and remaining civil. After all, a troll who wishes to bait but doesn't find any often just goes away - but if you provoke and keep poking, they stick around for the fun.


Just my
If it is a troll and you give an educational answer they just answer with something else to tick you off and by that time someone else has joined in and so on until things get taken out of context and then get out of hand. Any lurkers will just roll their eyes at it all and move on to a different thread.


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Originally Posted by Love4himies View Post
Easy fix: Mods and Admins come up with a standard post that members can copy/paste for a reply to new members that ask about breeding. No arguments, no abrupt posts. Make it a rule that this response must be posted.
I thought there was a sticky posted by 14+ that listed the reasons not to breed but a standard post by the admin/mods would be a great idea as would seem more authorative.

Great idea.