Re: trolls?

[Guest guest]

<< I do not know what you are referring to " trolls " , what has been happening?

What do you mean? >>

This has nothing directly to do with CMTUS, but it does have to do with CMT.

It is only about the MGH chat rooms. Some of the members of CMTUS also chat

there, so I was informing them of the changes.

A troll is a person who comes into a chat room with the intention of either

disrupting everyone (foul language, extreme rudeness and such) or by filling

the rooms with graphics so the site crashes and no one can chat.

In the MGH chat rooms people with more than 90 different neurological

diseases are chatting to one another, lending support, advice, and so forth,

in real time. We aren't posting messages to be read later, like in a forum,

or sending email. It's like being in a room with other people from around the

world. There is a room for MS, ALS, CMT and so forth. All separate rooms.

Unlike ordinary chat rooms, the MGH ones do not condone foul language or rude

behavior.

The CMT chat room has a reputation for friendliness until a troll comes in

and is rude to people, or does the multiple graphics thing.

Now, with registration the sysop can locate the troll, ban him from the site,

and report him to his provider (ISP) - which often means the provider will

drop him.

Today the forum is working but the chat rooms may not be, at least not this

morning.

MGH Forum = http://neuro-mancer.mgh.harvard.edu/…ltimate.cgi

http://neuro-mancer.mgh.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi " >A CMT new

Neuro Webforums at Massachusetts Genera… <---click there if it's blue

Chat rooms = http://neuro-www2.mgh.harvard.edu/interaction$/chat/index

http://neuro-www3.mgh.harvard.edu/interaction$/chat/index?id=21402 " >A

CMT MGH CHAT INDEX

Kat