DeaconBlues,

I agree with you wholeheartedly. There has been a groundswell of activity along the lines you have discussed that is profoundly irritating--but that is the problem with trolls. That is what they want to do. They WANT to make you angry and irritated because it is what they live for.

And--as cowards--they hide behind fake names. They cite free speech and it all sounds good, but they are full of it. I do not see a solution anymore than I see peace coming in the Middle East (or America for that matter) but I see a problem.

Here's a representative fictional example for you (I am creating an amalgamation of different trolls and combining them into one name for educational purposes):

You have a vapor-like creature that goes by the name DickyDickyDicky (or whatever). This imaginary vapor constantly wants us to believe he is the champion of free speech. But in actual threads, like one yesterday, in the thread "Eddie needs help" which started off sounding very much like the mad rantings of a drunken crack addict by another guy, DickyDickyDicky unilaterally states that song posters on the forum-ALL SONG POSTERS--are essentially delusional losers who have no real talent. It is what he says. Then he ducks back behind his computer. He is a symbol and metaphor for the whole anonymous Internet trolling thing. So, using him as a vaporous example because DickyDickyDicky chooses to be a vapor, I can produce this evidence:

Our unreal and non-human electronic cyber vapor going by the name DickyDickyDicky bought Band-in-a-Box in 2012. He originally says he is a singer-songwriter who needs help. He does not know how to use a DAW and wants help with that. He receives tons of help and education on how to use a DAW and press the on button from forum song posters who encourage him and his growth. But, in all this time--since 2012--he doesn't post a tune. That's cool. You don't have to. But he IS a regular leader in the "song posters are delusional" crowd.

Trouble is, our man DickyDickyDicky is exactly the type of destructive force you talk about--their mascot almost. And there are others. But you will never win with these types.

Whenever I finally have had enough and come out and say "look, these people and their kind are morons and idiots, please stop replying to their cowardly gibberish" some people say "Oh, look, David is being mean! He took up for the song posters and said the trolls were morons and idiots!! He's mean! And he's a phony too! Boo hoo!"

It will never stop. They will always scream about their free speech agenda. It will go on and on and on and on and on until enough songwriters--people who are using the product (or any product)--speak up and say "Hey man, it's time for you to go somewhere else."

Reddit??

How about Siberia???



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