We occasionally get a drive-by hosing with spam and trolling. Fortunately, not very often.

When I see them, I just delete them from the server. If I miss one, please email me about it.

Please do not reply to those posts. That's what they want. It confirms to them that they have an audience. It spreads their contagion, especially when your reply quotes the posts. I delete replies, too, as a general rule.

If you want to talk about spam, start a new thread. Don't reply in the spam or troll threads, don't quote them, don't reply with "do not feed the trolls" posts, don't acknowledge them in any way.


Oh, and I don't mind occasional off-topic posts from forum regulars.

On Wednesday, 22 May 2013 at 20:51:34 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> ...

Really glad to see this :)

On Wednesday, 22 May 2013 at 21:06:21 UTC, Dicebot wrote:
> On Wednesday, 22 May 2013 at 20:51:34 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> ...
>
> Really glad to see this :)

+1!

Trolls are one of the only two kinds of problems known to humanity that actually get solved by themselves if you ignore them.

The other kind of problems, in case you wondered, is clients ;-P

On 5/22/2013 2:06 PM, Dicebot wrote:
> On Wednesday, 22 May 2013 at 20:51:34 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> ...
>
> Really glad to see this :)


BTW, I am inordinately pleased at the decorum in this forum, such that I've never felt a need to post guidelines about that. Coupled with how great everyone was at the D conference, I think we have a fantastic community, one we can all be proud of.

On Wed, 22 May 2013 23:26:55 +0200
"Idan Arye" <GenericNPC@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wednesday, 22 May 2013 at 21:06:21 UTC, Dicebot wrote:
> > On Wednesday, 22 May 2013 at 20:51:34 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> >> ...
> >
> > Really glad to see this :)
> 
> +1!
> 
> Trolls are one of the only two kinds of problems known to humanity that actually get solved by themselves if you ignore them.
> 
> The other kind of problems, in case you wondered, is clients ;-P

And suicide cults...

(...Just sayin'!)

Walter Bright:

> BTW, I am inordinately pleased at the decorum in this forum, such that I've never felt a need to post guidelines about that. Coupled with how great everyone was at the D conference, I think we have a fantastic community, one we can all be proud of.

I agree it's one of the best forums I have seen.

Bye,
bearophile