Timeline for How to handle a suspected troll?
Current License: CC BY-SA 3.0
10 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 2017 at 6:24 | history | edited | Sathyajith BhatMod |
edited tags
|
|
| Dec 27, 2017 at 17:38 | comment | added | Jeff Zeitlin | And thus answered the question as to how I should have flagged it, had I been less uncertain. | |
| Dec 27, 2017 at 17:27 | comment | added | Ramhound | At the end of the day the proper action was taken. | |
| Dec 27, 2017 at 16:33 | comment | added | Jeff Zeitlin | @Ramhound - The querent was sufficiently well-versed on the subject of computers to have earned at least 262 rep on SU (he had 363 when I saw the question). No, a question being "elementary" doesn't inherently make it a bad question, but one can certainly note that a combination of factors makes the whole thing seem "off". Or perhaps I'm just overly sensitive to the possibility of trolls, after participating in this (now deleted) StackOverflow question | |
| Dec 27, 2017 at 16:23 | comment | added | Ramhound | @JeffZeitlin A question being “elementary” doesn’t make it a bad question | |
| Dec 27, 2017 at 15:43 | comment | added | Jeff Zeitlin | @djsmiley2k - It's certainly a VLQ, but it's on a topic that's just so elementary that I can't seriously believe that the querent really doesn't understand the concept even after (allegedly) doing research; the 'gut feeling' said to me that he was looking for responses that he could use as an excuse for abusive behavior or some such. | |
| Dec 27, 2017 at 15:41 | comment | added | Jeff Zeitlin | @DavidPostill - yes, I noticed that, almost before I was done posting this question. | |
| Dec 27, 2017 at 15:30 | comment | added | DavidPostill Mod | VLQ flag? In any case I've already closed it as too broad. | |
| Dec 27, 2017 at 15:30 | comment | added | djsmiley2kStaysInside | It's not a troll, it's just a terrible question. | |
| Dec 27, 2017 at 15:17 | history | asked | Jeff Zeitlin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |