Boring is the word.

As our anonymous saddle burr tells us, it is too easy to get us riled up. After all, rightous indignation does feel so good.

I no longer look at the threads that seem to be provocative, that way I avoid getting dragged into them. If I see a thread started by an anonymous poster, I read a couple of posts (if they are interesting). If it looks as though we are descending into Troll Hell, I get off the elevator. If someone I know (a non-anonymous poster whom I have come to know through his or her posts, tells me that a Troll Thread has tuned into something interesting, then I'll check it out.

Sourdough