I apologize for the time between entries, but as many of you know, CmdrTaco has now all but eliminated trolling on Slashdot - and deserves our thanks for all his hard work! However a recent upsurge in trolling over the last four months has created some changes in the Master Troll Blacklist, and I'll document some of these changes for you now.

• Fortknox - Beloved by many, Josh Marotti recently announced that he is in fact a

Rarely on Slashdot do I come across truly insightful post and this is one of them. It comes from this thread. I feel it is important enough to re-post here.

That's why I call US & EU the Capitalist Repub by OldHawk777 (19923) (#7482890)

Folks,

This is a posting to a user named Neocons journal, by another user, Hostile17. It appears as though niether of these two have posted in a long while, but this paticular piece is an excellent post and makes many good points.

Re:the problem of left/right.
by Hostile17 on Tuesday December 03, 2002 @08:12AM

The core of the conservative agenda is to transfer control of our government and our commons to big corporations; reduce taxes on the rich while squeezing the middle class; and strip labor of its power to organize while enhancing organized corporate power by supporting trade associations, Chambers of Commerce, political alliances, and monopolistic mergers.

Liberals would use government to regulate commercial behavior and collect money from individuals and corporations to finance primarily health, education and welfare programs. Conservatives would use government to regulate personal behavior and collect money from individuals (not corporations) to finance primarily troops, weapons, prisons, surveillance and enforcement.

David Morris, AlterNet, July 28, 2003

This is purely opinion on my part, it is simply my observations, it is completely subjective and in no paticular order;

miagfmu writes:

To: TrollBlacklist HinduHome.com
Subject: Non-troll request

Hi,

I was looking at your list and am about to sign up. But, I saw a friend-of-a-friend
on the list, and thought it might not be such a great idea.

Discovered and destroyed troll SteweyGriffin, added to foe list today. Blacklist users won't have to worry about him any more.

Please email me the names of trolls to destroy, and let your friends know about Troll Blacklist. You don't have to put up with crap to read Slashdot.

TrollBlacklist-at-HinduHome.com

I recently came across a new edition of Principia Discordia published by Steve Jackson Games. I had not read it in many years, in fact I think my old copy was stolen by the vast right wing conspiracy. This book can only be described as a happy-go-lucky-mind-fuck-with-a-chainsaw. Almost anyone can find enlightenment somewhere in the book. For me, it was page 38, which I have duplicated here for your enjoyment.

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Like many web based discussion boards, Slashdot has a small vocal minority of abusive and disruptive users. Many of these users spend hours online attempting to harass and provoke normal Slashdot users. CmdrTaco et al have devised a trust referral system which allows users to mark bad accounts and assign them a penalty. This account in particular has a running list of ALL of Slashdot's worst abusive users. You can leverage this account to 'block out' this i