Trolling
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Amethyst
Just read the forum rules again and can't see anything definite about trolling but good mannered banter is okay (which is good). Now we all know a troll is a shit-stirrer with the goal to annoy/piss-off people and one who does not actually join the discussion at hand in a "constructive" manner. So in general, an irritating nuisance who generally sours proceedings. BUT - I think you get so-called "good trolls' and "bad trolls". A good troll, albeit still a troll, does make some contribution to the forum in the form of clever and/or funny remarks. I think those type of trolls can be tolerated to an extent (as long as they don't stink up every single thread and at least contribute constructively to most threads). Bad or kak trolls should just be SOS. So what is the forum's official stance on this and what do you as user of this forum think about it?
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CrazyIslander
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Sometimes I hope some posters are just trolling and not actually hold the views they post.
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Amethyst
I think as long as a poster constructively makes (attempts to make) a contribution to a thread/discussion (whether you like his views or not), it's all good. One should at least tolerate the views of others.CrazyIslander wrote: Sun Aug 16, 2020 11:17 am Sometimes I hope some posters are just trolling and not actually hold the views they post.
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Carter's Choice
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So Amethyst is this your way of announcing yourself to the forum? Do you rate yourself as a bit of a troll?
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Amethyst
Not actually but I know you do of yourself. To be fair, you are a "good troll" MOST of the time.Carter's Choice wrote: Sun Aug 16, 2020 11:32 am So Amethyst is this your way of announcing yourself to the forum? Do you rate yourself as a bit of a troll?
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troglodyte
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Trolling is pathetic.
On a completely unrelated note, Richie McCaw is the most highly overrated player of all time.
On a completely unrelated note, Richie McCaw is the most highly overrated player of all time.
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OomStruisbaai
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It's difficult to trol in a second language. 
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Amethyst
There are currently a few posters who only visit the place to leave one-liner insults (some actually following/stalking certain posters). Putting those posters on your ignore list helps but you get another poster quoting the troll's shit and you see it. I request the mods to keep a look out (some of the kak trolls have been called out so wouldn't be too difficult to recognise). I don't like to report people, I'll rather leave it to the mods to oversee proceedings.
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Tilly Orifice
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Marvellous. Like poetryRamble on wrote: Mon Aug 17, 2020 6:08 am I think people into religion a thick sheep, and admire Donald Trump's hair
What are others thoughts?
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Amethyst
Do you really think I would contribute paragraphs of discussion to a thread just for trolling? You don't like what I'm posting because you don't agree with my point of view. I could say actually the same of your point of view. Anyways, the mods will do the checking and make any rulings that need to be made. PS: You seem to have had a problem with me from starters even calling me out as being some poster from the old forum who seem to be haunting you still. Despite telling you on numerous occasions that I'm not your spook, you keep on/stalking me about that shit. Stop your kak.Chilli wrote: Mon Aug 17, 2020 4:57 am It looks like the clean up has already started. A certain troll doesn't seem to be with us anymore.
Amethyst wont last long.
Jou ma se fokken trol.
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Uncle fester
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SandpitASMO wrote: Mon Aug 17, 2020 4:24 am I would argue most of us troll at times, but done either with humour or to provoke comment, there are a very small number for whom trolling is their default setting, those will be watched, warned then removed as they add nothing.
You know it makes sense.
I stuck Scythe in there at CP with the promise that if he was able to say something vaguely amusing, I'd let him out.
He's still there for all I know.
We have a sin bin here, anyone put in there can post but every post has to be approved by a mod before it appears.Uncle fester wrote: Mon Aug 17, 2020 7:50 pmSandpitASMO wrote: Mon Aug 17, 2020 4:24 am I would argue most of us troll at times, but done either with humour or to provoke comment, there are a very small number for whom trolling is their default setting, those will be watched, warned then removed as they add nothing.
You know it makes sense.
I stuck Scythe in there at CP with the promise that if he was able to say something vaguely amusing, I'd let him out.
He's still there for all I know.
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OomStruisbaai
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Line6 HXFX
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Don't we need to look at people who constantly accuse others of trolling, to get that person banned, without any proof whatsoever, only that they dislike, or don't agree with what that person said?
Don't we need to look at people who throw wild accusations about, who's only intent is the duhmanisation of another person?
Don't we need to look at people who throw wild accusations about, who's only intent is to get another person to reveal more and more details about themselves, so as to disprove whatever wild accusation.
There are lots and lots of truly shit things that go on on a forum.
I mean yeeb style banter is great, "jobless git", but banter in the UK is utterrly toxic when you have a ruling class that will take that banter, turn it into a perception and destructive policy that leads to 135 thousand deaths and millions of people terrorised, and millions more sent to foodbanks. in the UK, just for daring to claim on their national insurance.
It isn't happy, fun times, harmless banter then.
Don't we need to look at people who throw wild accusations about, who's only intent is the duhmanisation of another person?
Don't we need to look at people who throw wild accusations about, who's only intent is to get another person to reveal more and more details about themselves, so as to disprove whatever wild accusation.
There are lots and lots of truly shit things that go on on a forum.
I mean yeeb style banter is great, "jobless git", but banter in the UK is utterrly toxic when you have a ruling class that will take that banter, turn it into a perception and destructive policy that leads to 135 thousand deaths and millions of people terrorised, and millions more sent to foodbanks. in the UK, just for daring to claim on their national insurance.
It isn't happy, fun times, harmless banter then.
Semi precious?
Well played, sir.
Top forumming
A welcome addition to the bored I say.
Bravo
All the money you made will never buy back your soul
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Amethyst
The wrong spelling of Amethyst spoils it for me. I don't think the idiot is sharp enough to have deliberately misspelled te word. 
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