Has Ab A New Ed?.

[vivandorron]

Ed....I have observed that your style of postings have altered.

Consequently, I am am being bold enough to ask....Have you really been with us since April 2002.?

Ron.

[DJHawkes]

i'm confused, completely

[mrs.chappie]

I agree with all that, jno, but to call him a troll is one hell of an insult, IMO.

[NOX]

I too think it's a bit much.

[DJHawkes]

who called ron a troll? has the ed removed them aswell?

[Sipowicz]

Very devious, DJH!

[jno]

the meaning of "troll" seems to be changing, mrs.c. It used to mean the sort of sociopathic 14-year-old who'd go onto forums at 2am and hurl obscene abuse at people; now it seems to mean anyone who repeatedly causes trouble. You'd have to put Ron's moaning in the second category, unfortunately. He just wouldn't stop even when the Ed invited him to. A pity, as I rather liked him, but there you are.

[DJHawkes]

who you talking to sipowicz? Ron isn't devious nor is he a troll, there's a reason he's been here a long time,

[NOX]

None the less if this is ' trouble causing' then some people ahve led a very sheltered life. I appreciate that Ron can moan a bit to say the least, and he does focus somewhat on issues that niggle away at the editor, but I didn't see a breach of Site Rules or anything really offensive and I would imagine the kinder thing to do would have been to ignore him,as Mrs C said he has made a pretty respectable contribution for the last 7 years.

[EcclesCake]

The Wikipedia definition is spot on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Troll

As has been said when contributing in general Ron was OK, when he ventured into Editor's Blog or Suggestions he went down too many nit-picking rabbit holes....

[DJHawkes]

don't agree eccles. Ron was quite intense and I like that on AB, it's his escape for all we know,

[DTCwordfan]

Hey Boxie, I didn't moan about you drooling over Prof Cox......

wipes the Boxie's saliva off his wrist and runs

[Sipowicz]

I was talking to you DJH, that's why I used your initials! I didn't say Ron was devious or a troll.

[DJHawkes]

eh?

[DJHawkes]

well I don't warrant being called devious thank you very much!

[Ann]

DT - did you see the Cornwall programme just now (sorry to get off the subject)?

[factor-fiction]

(How long can dotty keep this up, I wonder)

[jno]

"dissing the Ed" is always going to count as potential trouble-causing on a website, Nox, maybe not to you and me but to the Ed himself. Ignoring him didn't seem to make any difference. So it's his call whether or not Ron was worth the time spent answering him, and he made it.

[factor-fiction]

Ah, sorry dotty- I was 2 mins too late

[DJHawkes]

factor?

[mrs.chappie]

Thanks for the definition, my opinion is still the same though, Ron didn't deliberately try to incite trouble. To me, it came across as one of Ron's personality traits, not done with any malicious intent.