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Originally Posted by djchameleon
that's the thing, it's a bit subjective. Some people may see it as clearly trolling and some one will come along and not even realize that the person is trolling but you want to slap the wrist of the person that comes along and unknowingly responses to the person that's clearly trolling?
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That's what discretion is for, and if you trust the moderators to use it under current circumstances, then new ones shouldn't be any different.
The first time a troll instigates an argument, let everyone involved off the hook. After 40 pages of quarreling or two months of bickering, people should know better than to fall prey to attention-seeking, deliberately argumentative behaviour.
If trolling is such a problem that it disrupts the environment, and manages to do so repeatedly and consistently, perhaps a different approach is worthwhile. Like, I don't know, not encouraging idiot behaviour by drawing it out or giving it attention.
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