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Re:Poll: Is this trolling? by curi on Tuesday March 04, 2008 @06:45PM (#129296)
Widespread disagreement that people feel compelled to post about, rather than ignore, is notable!
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Re:Poll: Is this trolling? by cstejerean on Tuesday March 04, 2008 @06:55PM (#129304)
no, it's not. Making it notable simply promotes flame wars and trolling.
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Re:Poll: Is this trolling? by curi on Tuesday March 04, 2008 @07:01PM (#129311)
The point is that people already consider it notable (which is why they are replying). When it's not notable, they'll ignore it.
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Re:Poll: Is this trolling? by cstejerean on Tuesday March 04, 2008 @07:54PM (#129345)
If they considered it important they would upvote it. But they chose not to.
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