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.

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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

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