NationStates Jolt Archive

Eve Online posted yet another thread without a single follow-up post:

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=521122

He has a rather trollish habit of doing that, considering the usually highly controversial nature of his OPs.

These are the hit-and-runs of the past 8 weeks alone (not counting the "non-serious"/entertainment ones nor the "serious" ones with even a single follow-up post):

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=520055
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=519918
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=519325
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=518256
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=515004
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=514908

We've dinged people in the past for posting strings of articles without any personal content, then never revisiting the thread to defend their source. That's trolling.

Eve Online (in the first linked article, at least), appears to have posted a first-person article from one viewpoint, posted an article from a reputable source providing an opposite viewpoint, and then went off to do other things on his/her Sunday morning. As far as I know, we've never required posters to hang around and rebut all the arguments people post in their threads.

I don't see anything we need to act on here.