Yeah, we already had that cycle, but I notice that nobody else is taking his bait. If I felt I needed to correct some falsehood for lurkers' sakes, I would. But I think greater commitment to the principle Don't Feed The Trolls is likely to help. In particular, if almost all my interactions with JG5 are about the positive things he has occasionally done, and the negative just get him downvotes and nothing, then he's more likely to gravitate toward more positives. And (unlike other trolls) JG5 shows some leeway for being influenced by constructive redirection, he does sometimes read the room. So I think my speaking out more about the idea of troll-starving will have a longterm effect.
Yeah, we already had that cycle, but I notice that nobody else is taking his bait. If I felt I needed to correct some falsehood for lurkers' sakes, I would. But I think greater commitment to the principle Don't Feed The Trolls is likely to help. In particular, if almost all my interactions with JG5 are about the positive things he has occasionally done, and the negative just get him downvotes and nothing, then he's more likely to gravitate toward more positives. And (unlike other trolls) JG5 shows some leeway for being influenced by constructive redirection, he does sometimes read the room. So I think my speaking out more about the idea of troll-starving will have a longterm effect.