06-16-2012, 06:15 PM
I think the problem is that it's not just the troll that ends up looking bad, but it reflects badly on the community for allowing to slide. Imagine the reputation this community would have in the FOSS community if we let trolling comments sit. That's why youtube and 4chan are what they are. In the case of the woman referred to in the video, she had her wikipedia pages vandalized, her kickstarter page filled with the stuff, there was even a petition at one point to take her project down from kickstarter.
How long is a piece of string?