That's the one. . .
... I hope the new forum software has a complete blocking function they ....
(..can not see my posts.)
I like that one a lot.
Sometime ago, we had a lot of trolls in the forum. The best I could make of it was these people had an outsider agenda to drive failure.
Since the Russian activity came to light in American(I mean to say USA actually), online politics and business, I feel pretty strongly some bad actors were and still are trying to suppress anything positive happening, anywhere in the western world. They encourage the negative, and nay-say the positive. Anything that works.
Elio Motors has fallen off the radar for them, best I can tell. We only have honest objectors and deep thinkers left(, I hope).
In fact, bad actors, since there are about a billion, (well 1 in 10, or 1 in 100?, who knows which) there are that many methods of imposing negative energy. If you believe in Karma, as I now do, it simply boggles my imagination how much evil a person can earn, and what that might materialize into when it falls back on them. I'm glad it's not my duty to figure that one out.
At least one result that is immediate, they live deep in the middle of the world they have created. The world view you have, is the one you created for yourself. (It's true, it IS all in your head actually)
Think, what they might perceive, if anything weird is happening online.. Would they think they have been trolled themselves? Very good chance they would. Would that person have any faith to fall back on? Or has that eroded for them? Sometimes, yes it has.
I have my own boat too. Since I believe in it, I tend to estimate everything in Karma-Weight(best I can guess at anyway). I suffer my own effects just holding that world view.
For the rest of us, a bit of wisdom and logical thinking, is about all we need to not get emotionally tramped down by a lurking troll.
Well, that and a full blocking feature. I like it. Although, it could be used in a manipulative way as well.
This feature could give automated monitoring, when 75% of the users of a forum is blocking one account, maybe they should be fully blocked.