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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 10:40:31 -0600
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From: larry@garfieldtech.com ("Larry Garfield")

On Thu, Jan 14, 2021, at 4:29 AM, Kris Craig wrote:
> >
> > > and as explained in the past: if *you guy* ever again contact my
> > > employer asking for the law department beause you think some bugreport
> > > written late at night with a obfuscated email was from me i will *find
> > > and fuck* you
> 
> 
> Wait did somebody actually contact this troll's employer?!  Seems like an
> unnecessary escalation to me.  I think this may be a perfect example of the
> timeless wisdom of the phrase, "Do not feed the trolls."
> 
> Might be better to just block all of his known emails from the list.  If he
> gets around this by emailing people individually, I agree that publishing
> it here with the email address included would be useful, as it would enable
> everyone to individually block their emails then.
> 
> --Kris

Point of order.  "Don't feed the trolls" may be timeless, but there is absolutely nothing wise about that saying.  It's the "turn the other cheek when the bully punches you in the face" advice, and it backfires horribly.

Telling people to individually block an abusive user with many email addresses is putting all the effort of dealing with an abuser on the victims.  That's the worst possible advice one could give.

cf: https://peakd.com/community/@crell/why-you-can-t-just-ignore-them

Please, for the love of all that is holy, expunge "don't feed the trolls" from your mind.  It's counter-productive and destructive advice.

--Larry Garfield