Seriously the amount of shit in the forum is ridiculous.  Take a look at the thread "I am really, really close to buying a 360" to see exactly what I mean.  It seems to happen in almost every thread here, especially any thread that says anything positive about the system. 

Sometimes I actually wish the PS3 had been more successful because it might have resulted in better discussions in the Microsoft forum.  I seem the remember Xbox 1 discussions on the Internet in which you could actually talk about the system and its games without the constant trolling.

I'm not sure what can be done and maybe it's unreasonable to expect this forum to only have serious meaty thought provoking discussions but it would be nice to be able to have at least a few of them or even regular casual threads without it becoming a chore to sift through the garbage to follow them.

This is most a Playstation fan Forum.

Define "shit".

People see "shit" where they want to Legend11.

Definitions of shit on the Web:

• crap: obscene terms for feces
• bullshit: obscene words for unacceptable behavior; "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull"
• jack: a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack"
• a coarse term for defecation; "he took a shit"
• denounce: give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
• asshole: insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
• stool: have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds"
• damn: something of little value; "his promise is not worth a damn"; "not worth one red cent"; "not worth shucks"
  wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
• The word Shit is usually considered a vulgarity and profanity in Modern English. As a noun it refers to fecal matter (excrement) and as a verb it means to defecate or defecate in; in the plural ("the shits") it means diarrhea. Shite is also a common variant in British English.
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shit
• Deuce is the third studio album by West Coast Dallas rapper The D.O.C., and the second since the car accident which severely damaged his larynx. The only single released from Deuce was "The Shit", which features fellow former-N.W.A. members MC Ren and Ice Cube, along with Snoop Dogg and 6Two.
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shit
• Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels; (the shits) diarrhea; Rubbish; worthless matter; Stuff, things; (the shit) The best of its kind; Nonsense; bullshit; A nasty, despicable person, used particularly of men; (in negations) Anything; marijuana; cocaine; To defecate; To ...
  en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shit
• : Something considered to be excellent
  en.wiktionary.org/wiki/the_shit
• shitty - icky: very bad; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world"
  wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
• shitty - Very bad; unpleasant; miserable; insignificant; Under the influence of illicit drugs or alcohol; drunk; high
  en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shitty
• Any sort of controlled substance.
  www.angelfire.com/ct2/herb4u/weedterms1.html

Good enough.

Needless to say, this thread won`t help to raise the bar higher.

To answer your question, its because I exist

Who knows, even tame PS posters are becoming irrational. Doesn't help PS fanboys are the worst on the net and their main target is MS/360.

Generalizing won't help. Besides, that assumption is groundless, I'd like to see you prove that.

*Looks at post below* : Okay, never mind.

BECAUSE MS SUX AND PS FTW BABYYYYYY!