Perl at play?

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Re: Perl at play? by Joost (Canon) on Mar 09, 2007 at 21:29 UTC
I think merging poems and obfu is a good idea into something more general is a good idea. I'm less certain about providing an official place for trolling. IMO it will increase the number of troll posts. I tend to read almost every thread and reading troll posts makes me angry and tired. "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply]
Re^2: Perl at play? by GrandFather (Saint) on Mar 09, 2007 at 21:41 UTC
I'm not advocating a place for trolls nor encouraging trolls. However a place where nodes that are on the margin of trollishness can be put where they won't cause the offence that would otherwise be engendered in sections such as SoPW and Meditations would have some virtue. DWIM is Perl's answer to Gödel	[reply]
Re^3: Perl at play? by Joost (Canon) on Mar 09, 2007 at 21:42 UTC
I can see that. I can also see some value in a spot for more or less off-topic posts. See also my post here: OT / less obvious Troll posts and how to deal with them (consideration guidelines). "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply]
Re: Perl at play? by syphilis (Archbishop) on Mar 10, 2007 at 10:03 UTC
Why not simply add a "Troll" section ? I, personally, don't mind reading the (sometimes) innovative posts that trolls come up with ... and I always enjoy reading the sanctimonious reactions that such posts evoke. Those of us who are annoyed by such postings could simply avoid that section ... and those of us who like a good laugh, or who have a propensity to jump on a soapbox, would know precisely where to head :-) Cheers, Rob	[reply]
Re^2: Perl at play? by blazar (Canon) on Mar 11, 2007 at 12:55 UTC
Why not simply add a "Troll" section ? I, personally, don't mind reading the (sometimes) innovative posts that trolls come up with ... and I always enjoy reading the sanctimonious reactions that such posts evoke. Do you really expect trolls or trollish newbies to post in a troll section, if there were one?!? At most I would expect polite trolls to do so, and I don't even know if there exist any, but if there are then they're not trolls at all, period. :-) Of course, if it's up to some janitor to move such nodes to the hypothetic section, it would still involve the same mechanisms as considering. Such a thing would be of some utility only if you want to see them all together. Do you?	[reply]
Re^3: Perl at play? by pKai (Priest) on Mar 12, 2007 at 08:56 UTC
I was under the impression that moving an unapproved node is easy, and does not require a janitor?! At least this would be a viable alternative compared to letting such posts rot in the limbo of withhold approval, as happened recently with this "gem". Also, going with the monastry theme, I would call such a section "sanctuary" ;-)	[reply]
Re^4: Perl at play? by blazar (Canon) on Mar 12, 2007 at 11:35 UTC