Talk:How to Deal with Trolls, Spammers, and the Like/@comment-7527615-20140707015005/@comment-24480187-20140708033023

However, if we don't give them a reaction, the trolls may get bored and leave. Trolls look for reaction, as Sunset said, and they won't know that we're annoyed, unless we give a reaction. This page also may warn trolls of how we as wiki people will deal with them, which may not be the kind of "dealing with" they are looking for. Trolls want to cause disharmony, which won't be achieved if we use random outbursts, which will spark reactions, which will feed the trolls.