Bullgrit
Adventurer
Maybe this is just pointing at the pink elephant in the room, but...
Is it my imagination, or is there a marked increase in attempts to troll around here? At least in the Miscellaneous Geek Talk forum, (the only one I regularly read). It seems to me that some of the "new guys" from the WotC forums really like to poke at people and argue to get a reaction. So far it doesn't look like anyone much takes the bait, and lately the baiting seems too obvious to trick someone into an argument.
I mean, humorously, I just read a post that referred to Star Wars as "Star Bores" at least 4 times in a one-paragraph post. It made me actually chuckle, the trolling seemed almost desperate to pick a fight with a SW fan.
So,
First: Has anyone else noticed or felt this?
Second: It kind of makes the forum less fun when you see kids in the crowd actively trying to incite a fight. Even if no one takes the bait, it just makes the forum less comfortable as a lounge for friendly discussions when you know some folks seem to be only interested in deliberately aggravating someone else.
But maybe after a few months of finding that folks around here don't enjoy fighting as much, the attempts to troll will cease?
Bullgrit
Is it my imagination, or is there a marked increase in attempts to troll around here? At least in the Miscellaneous Geek Talk forum, (the only one I regularly read). It seems to me that some of the "new guys" from the WotC forums really like to poke at people and argue to get a reaction. So far it doesn't look like anyone much takes the bait, and lately the baiting seems too obvious to trick someone into an argument.
I mean, humorously, I just read a post that referred to Star Wars as "Star Bores" at least 4 times in a one-paragraph post. It made me actually chuckle, the trolling seemed almost desperate to pick a fight with a SW fan.
So,
First: Has anyone else noticed or felt this?
Second: It kind of makes the forum less fun when you see kids in the crowd actively trying to incite a fight. Even if no one takes the bait, it just makes the forum less comfortable as a lounge for friendly discussions when you know some folks seem to be only interested in deliberately aggravating someone else.
But maybe after a few months of finding that folks around here don't enjoy fighting as much, the attempts to troll will cease?
Bullgrit