still we can use his comment as a springboard

Even if it seems as though no one worthwhile is listening, you never know who is following along with these conversations. Some of BC's greatest minds, such as digiorno, LaudateAgno and Sick as well as men of more modest intellect like Connie have all talked about "The Twins" Sticking and Springboarding who make dealing with message board trolls more bearable. Sticking Sticking just means sticking to your story or your main idea. If you came to talk about the joys of dirt biking don't let a troll's "questions" about the "noise pollution" and "danger" bait you into talking about stuff you aren't interested in discussing. This takes self restraint, but for those who value their time it makes more sense to just leave the website and check back in a few hours/days to see if anyone says anything worth engaging with. Springboarding Springboarding is where you take another person's comment and use it to talk about whatever you wanted to talk about anyway. Like with the above example the person could have responded to the "challenge" by getting bogged down with scientific talk and searching for links to prove a point, but with a little thought they could use the person's questions as a springboard to talk about how the friendships you built with other kids and adult dirtbiking enthusiasts led to meeting cool fun loving people in the community who appreciated interacting with local kids too. Like berry was saying yesterday, sometimes you got to use hate to make love. Perhaps it wasn't entyrely appropriate to share that advice on how to customize Tails OS with an old sock, but on another level it is entyrely appropriate to use his thread to share information for anyone who happens to be listening. As BC's unofficial Official tor boys we naturally get a warm and fuzzy feeling from imagining that someone out there is safe tonight thanks to something we said. Even if that's not the case this time, if we keep this type of public service announcements going up regularly, it is likely that somewhere along the line someone's life is going to be improved by a post like this.