If you are going to complain about/report someone, make sure you have evidence of the mischief. If someone spam your comments, DO NOT delete it. Report it, wait until a mod replies, then delete it. If you need to make a mod aware of a thread, POST THE LINK ALONG with the complaint/comment. And, most importantly... If you want something to be locked, or deleted... REPORT IT!!
Why? In the first case: No evidence, nothing happened. Second case: It is sometimes hard work to track down "That thread about kittens" when we don't know where it is, or even what it is called. Third case: Because otherwise you spam with your "this should be locked", "this is stupid", "this is a repeat"... The last case at least if that is the only comment.
usually there is no category for people who repeat topics. if they spam by accident, they are usually a newer user who hasnt learned the rules. if they flame, they are usually just idiots with anger issues.
Well, you know Ernie, I may have the wrong definition of a troll in mind, here's mine: Troll- a person who goads people into an argument to cause the responders to get in trouble, by getting them to post "off topic", vulgar, etc. comments.
Well, I thought Wajor was right! Trolls try and get people to troll and flame back (aka feeding the troll), and try and make the people get banned along with them (aka letting the troll win). The simple concept for you to win however is to just ignore like a good person
And if someone actually does that on your profile, save it, and go grab a mod to show it to them so they will clear up the mess you were involved in.
ohh, I beg to differ. If it makes more anger out of another person, I would guarantee the troll would make another thread to do so, i.e. putting the same threads in different forums, making another account to repeat the process. Trolls can be unpredictable, you know. Not all the time, but you'd be surprised.
A good troll thread is usually one with a weird title, like:"I don't understand it." You go check it, and you find out that the thread is about telling how bad METAL is. Metalheads aren't the most calm people around, so a flamewar starts. If the title weren't so vague, all of us could tell that "METAL sucks" is a troll thread. And this is only the first example that crossed my mind...
If it makes more anger out of another person, I would guarantee the troll would make another thread to do so, i.e. putting the same threads in different forums, making another account to repeat the process.
people dont really flame when that happens. they usually just redirect and laugh at the idiot who misplaced their thread, not knowing that they did it on purpose.
Trolls can be unpredictable, you know. Not all the time, but you'd be surprised.
if a troll is unpredictable all the time, its predictable.
all of us could tell that "METAL sucks" is a troll thread.
A "troll" can only be labeled as a "troll" if they "troll" around purposely. If they make a topic such as "metal sucks" and they truly believe metal sucks, and they are stating their opinion and not trying to aggravate people, they would not be called a troll, as they do not know the site rules and therefore don't know how to break them.
It seems everyone has a different definition of troll xD Most trolls I see usually try to pi** people off so yeah... definitely agree with you guys about that.
-sighs- exact same way with another site i will not name. but a mod comes and everyone thats spamming saids please don't mute me and the mod is like wtf.
That is most definitely true. However, there's a difference between being ignorant and breaking the site rules on purpose. Newer, more ignorant users break rules unknowingly, which means they can't really be defined as "trolls".
I never knew there were so many different definitions of 'troll'. I think we can all agree that spamming and flaming is more easily defined. I must admit to something I'm guilty of that I would appreciate a definition to. Whether or not I've started the thread, if it's a subject I like I'm guilty of posting on it multiple times a day, not to keep the momentum going but because it almost feels like a chat room. Is this wrong?
