Current Events > Since anything can be considered trolling, what's the purpose of forums?

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According to the rules, trolling is anything that gets people angry. Why would anyone get angry over what some stranger says on the internet? Especially if it's nothing personally against you.

Do people come here to have "serious discussions" and "debates" with people they don't know? What's the point of this?

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Anything? Or blatant like this "new" users topic?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/691087-playstation-4/77335336
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trolling is a art
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I mean, you don't stop posting just because someone calls you a troll. That's just their way of rationalizing what you're saying. There's often a good joke or idea behind it anyway. Don't just shut down because someone threw the T-word out there.
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Can you imagine some fat, angry, balding 35 year old sitting in front of a computer, with a big bag of potato chips on one side of the desk and some soft drink and KFC on the other side, with fat oozing from every side of the chair. And in the background you can see his wall is covered with anime posters and he even keeps a waifu pillow. Imagine this guy angrily punching his keyboard and calling you troll. It's really funny.

Imagine what would happen if one of these fatties fell down a flight of stairs. All that excess skin would explode and all the KFC would come flying out.

user-1 posted...

Imagine what would happen if one of these fatties fell down a flight of stairs. All that excess skin would explode and all the KFC would come flying out.

There's nothing funny about falling down stairs

Trolling isn't just about getting people angry anymore. It's rehearsing well known arguments, replies, and ripostes. You basically just copy and paste boilerplate arguments until you find someone who doesn't already know the stock response, and when you find such a person, you have won a round. It's like a rhetorical ad lib play featuring elements from that game show the weakest link
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troll hunters are so pathetic

just don't post if you're so triggered
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Trolling without being modded.
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user-1 posted...

Can you imagine some fat, angry, balding 35 year old sitting in front of a computer, with a big bag of potato chips on one side of the desk and some soft drink and KFC on the other side, with fat oozing from every side of the chair. And in the background you can see his wall is covered with anime posters and he even keeps a waifu pillow. Imagine this guy angrily punching his keyboard and calling you troll. It's really funny.

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If gives snitches a purpose in life

I made a topic about nose hair and it was moderated for "trolling". This just proves that anything can be considered trolling. It's an easily exploitable loophole mechanic and no mod will ever accept a dispute. This is why no new users join this site. It's the same 35-40 years olds who have been posting here for over 10 years.

user-1 posted...

I made a topic about nose hair and it was moderated for "trolling". This just proves that anything can be considered trolling. It's an easily exploitable loophole mechanic and no mod will ever accept a dispute. This is why no new users join this site. It's the same 35-40 years olds who have been posting here for over 10 years.

Whats the real reason your topic was modded?
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Mr_Karate_II posted...

user-1 posted...

I made a topic about nose hair and it was moderated for "trolling". This just proves that anything can be considered trolling. It's an easily exploitable loophole mechanic and no mod will ever accept a dispute. This is why no new users join this site. It's the same 35-40 years olds who have been posting here for over 10 years.

Whats the real reason your topic was modded?

Literally no reason, aka "trolling"
I just said I noticed hair coming out of my nose. That's it.

A forum is like a game where you're interacting with an AI

Except it's real people
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