gergroy said:
ArnoldRimmer said:
Am I the only one who thinks this will just lead to some massive ban orgy?
Furthermore, to me it feels a bit strange that it's actually selnor putting forward such a suggestion. It may be true or not, but many people consider him one of the most extreme Microsoft fans on this website, to the point that many people even assume he is affiliated with Microsoft, maybe working for a marketing company or something like that. I mean, it's not like selnor's really just here to talk about "games" - "anything Microsoft-related" seems like a more matching description, he's also posting threads that seem to secretly advertise things like Windows Phone and Windows 8 for example. I even remember him posting threads that were vividly praising Windows RT tablets, that even the most hardcore Microsoft fans that I know wouldn't be interested in.
So I have to say that while it seems like a somewhat reasonable idea at first, I have a bad feeling that selnor's actually pushing an own agenda with this suggestion. |
What? How could ignoring trolls lead to a massive ban? That doesnt make any sense. Obviously this suggestion will never happen, but if by some miracle people did stop engaging the trolls, the only consequence would be less bans.
|
Huh? I never claimed it would.
Ignoring trolls obviously won't lead to that massive ban orgy. But he suggests always reporting such postings - and I believe that in practice, that will cause a tendency of people trying to report every posting they don't like, suddenly believing to see "troll postings" everywhere.
And of course, it won't just be the Microsoft fans doing so - the Sony fans will adopt this practice in no time.
