| curl-6 said: since actual trolling seems to often go unmoderated. |
Not trying to put you on the spot here, but wondering how you're able to gauge how often they get moderated?
Because the majority of moderations should not be noticable to anyone other than the person being moderated.
Most of the time it's in the form of an official warning, that goes into their Moderation History. Which can only be viewed by the person themselves, or moderators/staff. (They also get a copy automatically sent to their DM inbox)
Other times it's in the form of a verbal warning through DM.
The only times a moderation is visible to everyone is if someone gets banned, or if a moderator makes a public statement about it.
But those those are much less common than the other outcomes I mentioned.
That said, not every incident leads to an action. But if you believe to know how often it occurs in general, then there may be some missunderstanding.
I think members calling out others who misbehave in public can be a good thing. While some trolls do want more attention, they also commonly want to get away with it.
I imagine one issue with that is whether the person labeling someone a troll is sensible enough to do so in a reasonable manner. How many members here fall under that category? I'm sure some do. But not everyone.
Which can lead to people wrongfully being labeled as trolls when they were being genuine.
I don't know why exactly that rule was established in the first place. It would be interesting if we could hear what the reasoning was from the people who decided on it.
We don't like personal attacks in general. So that may have been part of why it became forbidden.
That said, members can spot things that staff miss, or be more informed about a potential troll in general.
I don't think calling them trolls in the comment would speed up the process to get them banned though. But it may discourage them from doing it to some extent, in the meantime.
