Yeah I'm not reading any of that, but I too think we should be able call people trolls. Then I could be a lot more honest in the UNITY thread.

Brilliant thread.

I was going to make a thread very similar to this called "Why was I warned for calling people who were banned for trolling, trolls?". I never got around to doing so, so this will do.

I got a warning here for saying a bunch of trolls got banned for trolling. People came in with no good intentions and one even admitted to trolling. I told pezus that trolls were trolling and they got moderated for trolling... Then I got moderated for calling them trolls. The mod note from axum is a little funny because he tells me who reported me for it (and Im assuming theprof00 bugged him until he moderated me), but its a serious moderation for flaming.

To this day that moderation still grinds my gears. 

Some people are no hopers. Theyre only here to disrupt discussion and piss people off.

These people should be permabanned.

A recent example was dallas, who was basically on the site to piss off the Xbox fanbase. He somehow managed to stay around here for 6 Years before the mod team finally had enough of his constant shitting on anything and everything Microsoft.

You can't be serious? If anything certain users who refuse to change and spend more time banned than not, need to be fast tracked to a permaban. Not go through 30 moderations before they finally decide they're not going to contribute.

OT: As with most of the rules, one size doesn't fit all. I feel that if someone is obviously being a troll/fanboy (use common sense) and is banned for it, it should be fine for others to call them out on it, why get banned for calling a spade a spade? Afterall the mods agree with you that person is a troll.

I would like to add, racism, sexism, homophoia ect deserve far harsher treatment. And get the fuck out moderating people for calling homophobes, homophobes (and like for like) (though I believe that mod had intentions.)

I nominate Rol for mod powers, and president.

I personally think we should be aloud to say whatever we please as long as it isn't taking things to far. Being rude and cursing someone out is an example of going off the deep end.

Saying the word "troll" (and others) should be fine as long as it isn't said in every other post and only when needed.

I "Dream_While_Awake" support this message.

Forget Professor Layton. We need RolStoppable crossover with Phoenix Wright.

I think it's a slippery slope. I know a few people on here I could call idiots because I have definitive proof that they indeed are idiots by the ridiculous posts they are making. Should we legalize that term as well?

I think a strict law is better than a lax vague law because users will be tempted to contend the law. People will often not know why a certain user wasn't banned for a certain post and it will paint a picture of weak enforcement which is just a breeding ground for more trolling and user testing out their limits.

What if person A trolls and person B calls them a troll. Person B gets reported and moderated as that mod didn't think A was trolling. A day later a different mod sees A's post and moderates him for trolling. That could cause issues.