I'm sure that some of the people who post negative things here are sincerely thinking they're doing some good, or at least getting their point heard, even though there's tons of be …

His posts seem like inane spam, and we constantly waste time getting them closed. Yet his account stays open and nothing ever happens to him. Why not? Is his writing some kind of …

spam / trolling

spam / trolling

While there are plenty of ways to register an account, and it's not gauranteed to stop all spammers or trolls, it does seems that we are doing ourselves a disservice by allowing un …

At the risk of downvoting and some snarky comments here are some recent observations: 1) It is free - which has pros and cons - trolls and spam have of late increased! That comes …

I recently read a question because it had such a high downvote score--I wanted to see what was so bad. It did get a few sincere answers, but it also received rather a lot of downvo …

Do paleos troll on vegan/vegetarian boards? If yes, can anyone post some links? I'm mostly curious if "our" trolls are more clever than "their" trolls. :) UPDATE: I've spent …

One criticism that has been brought up of paleohacks is that participants act nasty. Theoretically, paleohacks is a cross-section of paleo people who use the internet. There are …

Should we establish some community guidelines for discouraging repeat spammers and/or trolls? For example, it seems to me that downvotes or comments, while useful in the community …

Anyone know who this troll guy is? He sure hates Mark Sisson! Can't you block his IP address or something?

I'm asking in the context of keeping trolls out. I notice trolls tend to have low reputation scores (sometimes 1). Trolls are time wasters, and the burden to actually do a little w …

If PaleoHacks were to have an entrance-exam to weed out trolls and spam, what questions would you include on the exam?

I've been seeing an influx of people with 1 ratings and questionable usernames asking questions that don't seem quite right. Anybody else notice this? Are we being invaded by troll …

Does anyone know why we are getting masses of people who are recommending - Soy Oatmeal Low-carb Bread Canola Only cook with olive oil etc....? Is this just a new influx of peo …