The Moderator Thread

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RolStoppable said:

VGPolyglot said:

Well, many of his posts definitely are bait worthy. To be honest, I'm mainly a PlayStation fan (even if I don't really support any company) and a lot of his comments were so overly positive towards them that it pissed me off, so I can imagine how it bothers others. The problem is that a lot of the posts themselves when taken individually are rather harmless, but when given context and put together it's a lot more obvious.

It's what I call trolling with unjustified positivity.

Unjustified negativity can quickly lead to moderations, so someone who has a grasp of the forum rules will look for ways to troll without getting punished. In Kerotan's case it's so clear what his intent is that the question isn't if he is really exploiting the rules, but rather how a stop can be put to it. The solution I propose is that unjustified positivity becomes moderable, at least when it's done in mid to high frequency and is verifiably detrimental to discussions.

I agree that this is something which we need to be more on top of, this type of thing can kill threads and start flamewars the same way that regular trolling can.