DexX gives The Perm a hug
You're one of us, now. Here, drink this goat's blood...
As for newbies, I take them as I see them. TheElPaso seems pretty cool, so I have no problem with him right now. ElvisHitler seems like a bit of a dick, and his strips are truly awful, so I am thinking troll, along with a few others. Kitty's behaviour is just too much like a guy pretending to be a girl trying to fool lonely virginal geeks into embarrassing themselves. Then again "her" strips do read like those written by a somewhat naive girl. *shrug* I am holding back final judgement, but I smell a troll.
WHat you have to remember is that "Newbie Bursts" can occur for many reasons, one of which is certainly a multi-profile troll. However, another very common one is another online community all becoming aware of SC.com at once, such as a web board, online gaming community, newsgroup, ICQ channel, whatever. These people will not necessarily know each other. For instance, they might all read the same web comic. I myself came here because Tycho of Penny Arcade knows Brad personally, and gave this site a plug in the PA news page.
Anyway, I just mean to say that it is smart to be suspicious of newbies who seem to be unusually annoying or stupid, as they may be trolls, but you should not be unkind to newbies just because they are new. You were all newbies once, and one of you was a troll. The old saying about treating others as you would like to be treated comes to mind.
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