"Don't feed the trolls" they keep saying. and it keeps not working

Agreed. And I think this has some bearing on the flagging issue.

It’s one thing to pick up litter, which is what flagging is to me. It’s another to confront someone who’s in the act of littering and explain to them why it’s a bad thing.

All of my favourite friends here don’t just point out what’s wrong, they take the time to articulate a more ethical, or more loving, or more moral view of the world. And it’s those types of values-made-clear that converted me from a multi-year lurker into a regular yapping fool.

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