CGI-Quality said:
So they can build new ones to continue to seek refuge? You can't flush out every troll, if each moderator had that ability, the trolls would hardly exist in the first place (but as we see, the trolling is increasing). What you CAN do is moderate as best as possible. Many times, a poster who is trolling will receive just a warning, because even though trolling is against site rules, it doesn't always go overboard, necessitating a ban. But with the increase of the troublemakers during an already busy part of the year (the holidays), all moderators can do is hope the reasonable folk of the community report the behavior so it can be dealt with. |
Prevention is better than a cure in almost all cases. You only have a certain quantity of policing resources and it isn't available at all times. It is generally better to prevent trolling because otherwise innocent members get caught in the crossfire and get banned as well. Often you'll see several members get banned from one case of trolling, so that form of moderation is a blunt instrument.
Tease.
