Re: [Air-l] Doctorow on Dealing With Trolls

And what do we call a troll who, once booted off of a list, then

resubscribes under a pseudonym, only to be booted off again - but then who manages to resubscribe under still another pseudonym, but this time, despite being recognized as the original troll by many members of the list (because of similar argumentative and rhetorical moves, writing style, etc.), just barely manages to avoid getting booted because he largely remains within the boundaries of proscribed behavior - although he also manages to spam the list with adverts for his own conference?

curiously, - charles ess

I can't speak specifically for email lists, but on LiveJournal they would be called 'sockpuppet' accounts. I'm not sure where the term was created. -Ellie