So are we allowed to make troll threads now?

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Kantor said:

JayWood2010 said:

Kantor said:

Actually, it's in the rules. Rule 2 to be precise.

New Users. Because new users have not yet shown a commitment to civil discourse, moderators will look more harshly upon them (and upon prolific rule-breakers) than established users with relatively clear moderation histories. If you are a long-time member of the site, it is easy to tell the difference between a light-hearted, humorous post, and a genuine piece of flamebait. This distinction is far less clear when you are a new user, so we advise caution.

 

Trust me when I say that it is impossible to judge all people based on equal criteria because either you allow through every troll post and thread ever made, or you completely ban all forms of humour. Can you please explain what is wrong with this system without bringing in individual examples with which you are personally involved?

yes I can say what is wrong with this system.  Everybody should have the same rules applied to them regardless of how long they have been here.  It sets a bad example for new users and in my opinion makes this site looks bad at times.  so should i be able to speed in car in real life because cops have known me longer and that I haven't had a bad reputation?  No becuase it is still dangerous.  Same goes to this rule. If one person cant do it then why the others?  

You will certainly get a harsher sentence as somebody with a record of reckless driving.

But that's not the point. Posting threads is entirely about intent. There is no possible benign intent when you are driving a car.

Intent is a lot clearer for an established member with no record of trolling, both for us and for other users.

But more importantly in this case, the damage done by a thread is the flamewar that ensues from it, and the space it takes up that could be used for better threads. A thread which is genuinely amusing causes no flamewar and wastes no space.

Is that necessarily going to be one made by somebody accustomed to making those sorts of threads? No. But there's a very strong correlation.

but how can you possibaly really know the intent of a user? just because he has been here for a long time doesnt mean he can really know the intent of a thread.

also your forgetting that in all these threads there were games that were bashed and its apperant from a lot of users who posted in them that they didnt see it funny, so why allow it depending on the user? these threads add nothing and do just harm an no good. and yes there a "joke" thread but really whats funny about them? what is actually funny?

now i get that Rol's thread wasnt really about the game but more about the "unbaised reviews" which makes it even worse, if he had an opinion to say about them he could of made a thread with the tittle of "can a review really be unbaised?"  and that was it, but he went out of his way to go and mock them, now i know his intent might not have beent to mock them, but guess what? he did. and we can go out and say that is might be funny and no harm done, but its the same of me going and making fun of an obese person, a lot of people might laugh but it still is wrong, same thing should apply here. these threads bashed games that developers took years working on, and vgchartz is a large gaming online community we should have A LOT more respect for these developers. and when a new commer comes and find the hot topics on the front of the page filled with these threads he might just go do the same, and get banned. 

as i said these threads add nothing, they all should be locked