Post by lepke on Jun 23, 2013 11:59:52 GMT -5
I recently started a thread on the AETV site that was hijacked. The way that I responded, and I was able to because it was me who started the thread, was by editing my discussion starter.
I was able to completely delete the message, and then I changed the title, which had to remain a minimum of three characters, to ...
Not long afterwards, I can only assume that it was removed by Rita, as without even a starter, what was even more obvious, was that it was just Kev et al talking rubbish.
Rita obviously doesn't mind Kev et al ruining the site for the rest of us, but when from her perspective, I ruined the thread (as a response), by removing the message, and making the title ... she clearly did not like it.
The reason that I mention this, is that I think that I have stumbled upon a form of resistance to what is going on there. If we all just do exactly the same as I did on threads that we have started, not just commented on but started ourselves, then two things should happen.
Firstly, she will not like it, and as she did with mine, probably pull the thread, that had already been ruined by the trolls. Secondly, if we all use exactly the same ... title and blank message tactic, she should suss that it is an organised response.
I suggest that we all look back over threads that we have started, and any that have been hijacked to the point where nothing useful has been said after the first message, just give them the ... title, blank message treatment.
The bottom line is that there are far more of us than of Team Kev, we are the ones who give them more advertising revenues etc, and if we are refusing to participate on hijacked threads, and do what we can to ruin them ourselves once they get hijacked, then even Rita might sit up and take notice.
I was able to completely delete the message, and then I changed the title, which had to remain a minimum of three characters, to ...
Not long afterwards, I can only assume that it was removed by Rita, as without even a starter, what was even more obvious, was that it was just Kev et al talking rubbish.
Rita obviously doesn't mind Kev et al ruining the site for the rest of us, but when from her perspective, I ruined the thread (as a response), by removing the message, and making the title ... she clearly did not like it.
The reason that I mention this, is that I think that I have stumbled upon a form of resistance to what is going on there. If we all just do exactly the same as I did on threads that we have started, not just commented on but started ourselves, then two things should happen.
Firstly, she will not like it, and as she did with mine, probably pull the thread, that had already been ruined by the trolls. Secondly, if we all use exactly the same ... title and blank message tactic, she should suss that it is an organised response.
I suggest that we all look back over threads that we have started, and any that have been hijacked to the point where nothing useful has been said after the first message, just give them the ... title, blank message treatment.
The bottom line is that there are far more of us than of Team Kev, we are the ones who give them more advertising revenues etc, and if we are refusing to participate on hijacked threads, and do what we can to ruin them ourselves once they get hijacked, then even Rita might sit up and take notice.