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The Devil's Reject <devil's@reject.invalid> contributed wisdom to 
news:000a0346$0$16763$c3e...@news.astraweb.com: 

> Gandalf Parker wrote:
> 
>> Sure as long as you arent an alt.troll player. 
>> 
>> At least be a REAL troll to the newsgroup. Use on-topic trollings.
>> And dont crosspost to a dozen others including a dead group so you
>> can continue many trollings by one thread just to make keeping your
>> scoreboard simpler. 
>> 
>> There would be a difference between being an
>> comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg troll and being an alt.troll troll
> 
> Is it ok if I troll you? You won't threaten to sue me or anything ,
> will you?

I rarely threaten. Mostly I just inform.

And in the newsgroups I usually hang out in (netcop groups, white-hat 
hackers, etc) personal trolls are considered to be a sign of usenet 
prosperity. Think about it. To be a famous netizen in newsgroups you 
would have to have one of two things. A presence which goes back years 
and thousands of posts, or personal trolls. Ive had both for decades.

"Just what I always wanted. My very own bunny rabbit. I will hug him,
and pet him, and squeeze him, and name him George."
Also in those newsgroups I haunt we treat personal trolls like pets. We 
brag about how smart our trolls are, do they follow us around, what kind 
of treats we offer them (and punishments). 

Altho as a NetCop I do enforce all AUPs and ToS's. You might reread 
astraweb's Acceptable Use Policy just to be sure. Oh and I do not accept 
alt.troll players as a personal troll.


Gandalf  Parker
--
1974  Gandalf Parker gets on the net tymnet->arpanet->milnet->internet
1979  UseNet was created
1983  the first TCP/IP network NSF net
1989  the merging of networks and birth of InterNet
1994  public WWW
So, yes I guess I am older than virtual dirt.