There are too many trolls

[amp316]

happydolphin said:

amp316 said:
I know that trolling was much worse it 2007-8, but that's not the issue. While I do agree with what Carl said about people needing a thicker skin, there definitely have been more problems recently due to trolling because of fanboyism. The Vita's initial sales have been less than stellar to put it nicely and certain Nintendo fans jumped all over it. Now the Wii U has released and it's first couple of weeks haven't been that great so certain Sony fans jump all over it. You can trace things back further and say stuff like Nintendo fans jumped on the Sony fans about the Vita because certain Sony fans scoffed at the initial 3DS sales and there's always the Sony vs. Microsoft thing, but the root of the problem is fanboyism. Most gamers favor one company over another and there is no problem in that. The problem is when they refuse to see how anyone else can see anything good in their favorite gaming company's competitors so they ridicule them. In conclusion, the sudden influx of trolling has happened because new systems have been released. Expect things to get even more heated when the next Playstation and XBox are released (if that's indeed what they are going to be called).

Now about what the moderators can do... As TADS stated earlier in this thread, the mod team has been working very hard together behind the scenes by having discussions about what is acceptable and what is not and there isn't always a black and white answer for everything. Stealth trolling, for example, is very much in the grey area so to speak. When does it cross the line? When is it funny? So on and so forth. All I can say is that overall I think that we have been very lenient in certain areas and maybe more strict in others, but we are trying to find the happy medium that makes this a fun site to visit. If we were to be Nazi mods, as was suggested earlier, then I don't think that we would have many members that would want to return. On the other hand, we don't wan't to be too lenient because my goal and I'm sure the goal of the other mods is that VGChartz should be a place where someone can come to have an intelligent and sometimes relatively heated debate without things descending into immature trolling. As I said above, it's all about us finding the happy medium which is easier said than done. We are always open for suggestions and will take them into consideration.

Thanks Amp.

I'm thinking, even if there is no trolling, do you think it's important that when debates get heated, that it's important for the health of the forum for people to be mature about it?

I know personally I have a hard time keeping a cool head. How does that factor into the equation? This is something I'd personally like to talk about.

Even if I'm not flaming per se, I know I'm being aggressive or hostile and it's bad. What's your view on that?

If you are asking about youself personally; then I can tell you that it's okay to be passionate, but it should never degenerate into name calling.  That is the one bad habit that I see that you occasionally have.  There's always a better way to get your point across without resorting to that.  You an intelligent guy and can get your point across without doing that sort of thing.  Sometimes the best thing to do is to just leave the conversation because a person can't fight with themselves.  If they do, they usually get fitted for a white coat.  I guess what I'm saying is that you shouldn't let a troll get to you because that is precisely what they want.  Besides for that, I think that you a quality member that brings a lot to the site with your perspective on things.