Reporting a post, troll or spam

[Admin]

Dear Good People of FPN,

 

Recently trolls and spammers seem to have found their way to this great little site of ours. In order to catch them quick and early on, we would like you all to help us. After all, we have many more members than moderators and admins, and if we all work together, we will be able to keep this a place with a nice and pleasant atmosphere.

 

How can I help, you may ask. Well, we would like to propose the following actions, or lack of actions if so required :

1. Don't post a reply to a troll or a spammer, even though your first reaction is to do so. These people thrive on any reaction they get.

2. Please notify the admins or moderators of such a post, so we can delete and/or remove the offending posts. You can either PM any of us, the moderators or the FPN Admin Team, email fpnadmin@gmail.com or fpnmods@gmail.com, or post a message in Community Feedback. We will remove the latter when a troll or spam post has been dealt with.

3. Did we mention not to post a reply in a troll or spam thread?

 

Thank you all for your help in keeping this the friendliest board on the Internet!

 

Kind regards,

The FPN Moderator and Admin Team

[DRP]

Pardon my ignorance, but ............

 

what is a "troll?"

[KCat]

Pardon my ignorance, but ............

 

what is a "troll?"

A person who posts on forums, newsgroups, etc. and "trolls" for reaction by posting argumentative, crude, or otherwise inciteful speech. Their sole purpose in life seems to be to stir up controversy then sit back and enjoy the show. They have no life and probably no love and get a kick out of hurting people and testing the boundaries of human kindness and patience. Often they have no ties with the community at all (as in, not FP people) but sometimes they are members of the community who will behave for a while then suddenly go on a destructive kick - often posting under false addresses so their real identity isn't immediately available.