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On Trolling

Hi, first of all please don't think anything of this, there is nothing serious going down; I just want to clarify some things.

We've been having someone register recently trying to troll and to be honest that's not all that bad. We're not going to go all heavy handed and make a mountain out of a molehill.

Our policy with trolls will from hereon be "trolls are people too".

If you think somebody is an "obvious troll" I really don't care. If you see any legitimate rule breaking then report it as usual, do not reply. Again, only if something specifically breaks the rules.

In short, the word "troll" does not mean anything. You can be "trolling" but that doesn't mean anything either. There are chill people, and there are times when people break our very lax rules. We will only act if somebody specifically breaks these rules, and of course we are very good with our warnings and verbal warnings if there is clearly no intent.

I want everyone to follow this, because we really are a cool place to be at the moment and I don't want that ruined by people perhaps being a little heavy handed over seeing an "obvious troll".

If someone is here to cause harm, they will be warned or banned if and when they actually break the rules. Until then, more fool them, they are becoming active and cool members of the community and I thank them for that.

Be cool,
:troll:
 
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moog

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also yeah i love trolls, im a huge troll and a shitposter but i really dont care about them

i only worry about trolls when they arent funny or just spam the site, then its time to go bye bye
 

mawk

Sponsor

tldr: acting retarded as a troll is still acting retarded. otherwise, it's just not a thing at all. people get too wrapped up in irony when trolling and forget what they're actually supposed to be doing or why.

imo it's pretty much a dead art. all the legitimately good trolls've already happened. now all that's left is kids saying audacious things just to get a reaction -- any reaction. and that's neopets-calibre right there.
 
I just think if other sites had made things like this clear or followed similar guidelines then silly happenings like those of yonder could have been avoided, as most (all) of the drama comes from people being annoyed at being dragged into the "troll group" by accident or by association.
 

Jason

Awesome Bro

Commodore Sharktooth":t6xyhsqi said:
You should get bifocal lensed 3D specs, jbrist.

Hmm yeah, that's a good idea, lol. then I'll be able to see real life things in 3D, oh shit imagine the possibilities! I could watch pantos in 3D! WOO!
 
On an unrelated note I followed shadow's advice and prettied up the Aqua (and all Aqua based) skins a bit with some white outlines. I don't think anyone noticed, but hey.
 

Jason

Awesome Bro

I KNEW something was different!

Seriously, I noticed it, but I just didn't know what it was until you've mentioned it, lol.
 
Unfortunately I think the Hallowe'en theme got corrupted a while ago when we switched to the new version of phpbb, or something. I'd fix the fact the outlines are white but there are a lot of images missing, for me.

I'll fix the theme when Hallowe'en comes around, until then I'm not really in the right mind.
 

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