# Do not feed the trolls or reply to spam

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/do-not-feed-the-trolls-or-reply-to-spam/67696>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [September 6, 2006, 4:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/do-not-feed-the-trolls-or-reply-to-spam/67696 "2006-09-06T04:11:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hal\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/6bbea6/32.png) [@Hal\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hal_F)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 4:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/do-not-feed-the-trolls-or-reply-to-spam/67696/1 "2006-09-06T04:11:00Z")

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It’s counterproductive and only wastes more bandwidth.

The proper response to spam is silence.

Hal

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**Author:** ![Hal\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/6bbea6/32.png) [@Hal\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hal_F)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 9:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/do-not-feed-the-trolls-or-reply-to-spam/67696/2 "2006-09-06T09:19:25Z")

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Hal F. wrote:

> It’s counterproductive and only wastes more bandwidth.
> 
> The proper response to spam is silence.

Yes. Thank you.

–  
James B.

“I can see them saying something like ‘OMG Three Wizards Awesome’”

- billinboston, on [reddit.com](http://reddit.com)