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Re: Poisoning the well

Written by chImp at 02 Jun 2003 22:18:13:

As an answer to: Poisoning the well written by Ivan at 02 Jun 2003 19:38:15:

I missed your specilative theories, Ivan! But you're wrong. The "poison" stayed for 1 day (I think most of the people go for the "Recent Messages" list, and it "cleared up" after just one day). So I'm not at all convinced that I drive people away to a noticeable extent. Even if my trolling drives SOME people away, then that's because they look at the recent messages, and it's nothing but trolling. A very simple solution to this problem is to repost old messages and and old answers to "water out" the trolling, so that new visitors see that this indeed IS a place for discussions penile problems or whatever.

>Hmm, very few people drink from the well WHILE you are pouring poison into it, and they continue to avoid it after you have stopped but while the poisonous fumes still rise from the well - yes that is certainly proof that poison does not deter people from drinking.


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