Geek squad(?) Forum How Not To Be A Troll

Since being a troll can come about too easily, I thought I'd point out a few things.

I agree with all of this. This is meant for fun and if the writer doesn't find it fun then that ruins the whole purpose. :D thanks HL for that btw :)

a "poem writer" is called a "poet" generally (though "poem writer" sounds like you're penning the Geekz Constitution - lol).

Also, we're trying to elicit conversations about the poem itself.....let's not dive in, and suddenly go off on tangents about Pokemon right off the bat. That's borderline trolling. The progression of these conversations have to lead somewhere.

True! Thanks for that specification! 

And perhaps introduce ourselves and ask permission. Start out with "may we have geek conversations here" or something along the lines of that. That way they feel thay were part of the choice and not left out/confused

That's a good idea! I'm thinking maybe after we talk about there poem a bit first. We don't want to jump into a geek conversation that has nothing to do with the poem right off the bat. 

The geeking should be done about the poem(s). If something reminds anyone of a geeky topic, that could be mentioned. But everything should be natural. There shouldn't be any need to ask to geek out. You have to do so naturally over something mentioned or felt in the poem.

Yeah, and we don't want to be too overwhelming so it should start out with two people to see how they react. We don't wanna seem like we're ganging up. And like I said, permission is key.

Emi makes a good point. If they wanna geek then they'll start the convo. other wise keep it on the topic at hand.

we can freely geek on each others poems though😉

Yes we can def geek out on each others profiles!!!! :D

Thanks for the specifications. It is good to have borders when starting something or else it would be chaotic. 

Definitely would be haha

being a troll is hurtful, being trolled is even worse, so lets be nice and two quote some inspirational guy whose name is not coming to mind right now "That's all I have to say 'bout that".

Thanks for the pointers, that's really useful!

Thats ...um...a Forrest gump Quote

Maybe I wasn't supposed to find this funny, but being trolled a few times myself, I got a good laugh out of this. Just enjoy it, my friends. Don't be down. You have to cross paths with trolls to cross any bridge worth crossing.... Right?

Agreed Wesley!