Wouldn't Askville be a much better place to hang out if everyone would just not post to dbs that are baiting?

1 It used to be that way. Then, we got one individual in particular - and I'm sure you probably have this person in mind - who started in asking baiting questions. Can you say troll?

Add to that the proliferation of newuser questions and of course the bonus questions and people started getting fed up, tempers started getting short, and we have what we now have. I'm all for a kinder, gentler Askville, but until some of these problems are resolved - that one individual in particular - what we have now is what we're stuck with.

2 Actually, I think we're up two. The problem is, it becomes impossible to ignore. In one case, it's in your face obnoxious questions that pop up every few minutes.

Even banning the user didn't stop it because he came back, somehow. In another case, as one friend put it, it's like standing in a room and trying to ignore the fact that one person is kicking another in the corner while pretending it's a pleasant place to be. You can't ignore it and to do so just gives implicit approval of the bad behavior.

3 I understand all of this, OH, but if you just ignore this "one person" they would eventually go away. What fun is it to throw out baiting questions if no one takes the bait. I have seen anger all over lately and not just with this one person.

If you know you don't like a person, why even go there? There is way too much of other people following the ones they do not like around to constantly remind them how much they are disliked. It is just ugly and unnecessary.

4 I am sick of clicking the active button and finding the same ugly discussions popping up. If they were not responded to they would drop to the bottom of the active list. Mamasu, I understand that you do not want to stand by and watch someone get kicked, but sometimes these people go back time and time again for more kicks.

There are people who are otherwise very pleasant to come across, but seem to enjoy taunting those people who they do not like.

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