To TheNonconformist_Illusion our newest troll: How did you find Blue Blood and what inspired you to sign up for the forums?
To everyone else: We've seen a real uptick in trollish nonsense lately. I think I have an idea why, but really fake trolls or real trolls are all trolls in the end and of course they are an annoyance.
I'm inclined to mostly just let them post and get schooled by the perfectly articulate members of this community.
This works better on real trolls than ones who are paid to cause trouble. If a real person is engaging in troll behavior, I like to think that by showing them a better way to interact, they will be inspired to interact in a more positive way.
I don't know how many people are being paid to be a nuisance here, but I've certainly heard through the grapevine that there are people whose job it is to go cause trouble on specific other people's message boards. A sort of digital terrorism I guess.
It is more difficult to reach the hearts of mercenaries than those of mere lost souls.
I would just leave it as it has been, but some people who are really enjoyable are posting less lately and I'd like to knock out the stress and keep this community a positive and cool and intelligent community.
So what should Blue Blood do about the trolls? Just use them as pinatas when they show up? Ban them? Call them out? Make it more difficult to get access to the forums?
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