Trolls

[SteelAbility]

Is it just me or do there not seem to be a whole lot of trolls on this board? I was on the Trib board where they ran amuck, completely unchecked and unbalanced (remember Kaopectate?). Apparently, at one time, there was a Patriot troll conspiracy to take over that board. MSM exposed that.

Over on steelernation they apparently moderate strongly and, in particular, strongly for trolls. Kaopectate actually joined there late last year and lasted all of 3 or 4 days. I had to break out the Champagne for that.

Do we have a troll policy? How does the troll moderation compare between here and the Trib board (which essentially let them run wild)?

[RuthlessBurgher]

Re: Trolls

As long as you follow the stated code of conduct, you are welcome here. Guys that aren't Steeler fans but are willing to discuss football in an intelligent manner (like Jom and Hardliner) are not considered to be trolls whatsoever. They are considered to be PlanetSteeler breathren just like everyone else whether they root for the Bengals, Chiefs, or whatever.

We have booted a few people off whose posting style was little more than name-calling and trouble-making (we typically start with a warning, and if this childishness continues, we can ban someone for breaking the terms of the code of conduct).

Most the banning around here, though, tends to be for spamming...we were getting hammered by spam-bots for a while there, but now it seems to be fewer and farther between (banning IP addresses in addition to just usernames has helped, I think).

We have actually been quite lucky to have a civil board as compared to what it was like at times over at the old Trib (things did get a little shaky here when the Trib died suddenly and bunch of those names from the past migrated over here, but it all evened out in the end, when those folks decided whether or not they wanted to blend in with the culture or move on to one of the other Steeler boards out there that allow profanity, lewd pictures, etc.).

Disagreements and differences of opinion are understandable (and welcome, for diversity's sake) as long as the people debating make logical arguments to support their position rather than petty personal attacks. Hopefully, the intelligent football discussion can continue here indefinitely without mindless melodrama!

[Djfan]

Re: Trolls

I haven't seen many trolls here.

[flippy]

Re: Trolls



All the trolls went to the drag party....

[ikestops85]

Re: Trolls

All the trolls went to the drag party....

Believe it or not I have a Steeler one of those that I pull out for every game and sit it on the table beside me when I watch the game.

[flippy]

Re: Trolls

All the trolls went to the drag party....

Believe it or not I have a Steeler one of those that I pull out for every game and sit it on the table beside me when I watch the game.

is it's hair black or gold?

do you call it troy?

[SteelAbility]

Re: Trolls

As long as you follow the stated code of conduct, you are welcome here. Guys that aren't Steeler fans but are willing to discuss football in an intelligent manner (like Jom and Hardliner) are not considered to be trolls whatsoever. They are considered to be PlanetSteeler breathren just like everyone else whether they root for the Bengals, Chiefs, or whatever.

We have booted a few people off whose posting style was little more than name-calling and trouble-making (we typically start with a warning, and if this childishness continues, we can ban someone for breaking the terms of the code of conduct).

Most the banning around here, though, tends to be for spamming...we were getting hammered by spam-bots for a while there, but now it seems to be fewer and farther between (banning IP addresses in addition to just usernames has helped, I think).

We have actually been quite lucky to have a civil board as compared to what it was like at times over at the old Trib (things did get a little shaky here when the Trib died suddenly and bunch of those names from the past migrated over here, but it all evened out in the end, when those folks decided whether or not they wanted to blend in with the culture or move on to one of the other Steeler boards out there that allow profanity, lewd pictures, etc.).

Disagreements and differences of opinion are understandable (and welcome, for diversity's sake) as long as the people debating make logical arguments to support their position rather than petty personal attacks. Hopefully, the intelligent football discussion can continue here indefinitely without mindless melodrama!

Thanks. Did kaopectate every try his antics over here? I haven't seen anything from him yet and know that he (or she) was quite the glutton for attention. So, I'm guessing he tried his inflammatory/eye-roll/flame-the-board/never-make-a-convincing-argument gig over here and then got booted. Yes? LMAO!

[ikestops85]

Re: Trolls

All the trolls went to the drag party....

Believe it or not I have a Steeler one of those that I pull out for every game and sit it on the table beside me when I watch the game.

is it's hair black or gold?

do you call it troy?

The hair is gold and the outfit is black. I haven't gone so far as to name it yet but now that you mention it Troy would fit.

[NW Steeler]

Re: Trolls

Kaopectate was a complete douchebag. I also miss HHH and Crash....NOT!!!

[anger 82&95]

Re: Trolls

All the trolls went to the drag party....

Which one is Jeff Reed?

[eniparadoxgma]

Re: Trolls

When did you become a mod, Ruthless?

P.S.

[BATMAN]

Re: Trolls

Kaopectate was a complete douchebag. I also miss HHH and Crash....NOT!!!

did crash or hhh ever make it to this site ?

we've had steeler fans that were just as bad or worse than trolls at times. trying to dominate the board, insulting for any opinion outside of theirs and then the grammmmmmer police. i see a couple of them on this site.

[skyhawk]

Re: Trolls

I haven't seen alot of troll here either.

Certainly not as many as on the old trib site. But I bet it's harder to find this site.

I kinda miss HHH and Crash, where have they gone?. Maybe they hung themselves after the Steelers won the super bowl last year?

[RuthlessBurgher]

Re: Trolls

Kaopectate was a complete douchebag. I also miss HHH and Crash....NOT!!!

did crash or hhh ever make it to this site ?

we've had steeler fans that were just as bad or worse than trolls at times. trying to dominate the board, insulting for any opinion outside of theirs and then the grammmmmmer police. i see a couple of them on this site.

"Grammar" is the correct spelling for "grammmmmmer" and you should start your sentences with capital letters.

:P

[RuthlessBurgher]

Re: Trolls

When did you become a mod, Ruthless?

P.S.

I was invited around the time of the Trib's demise when the mods were being somewhat overwhelmed by the influx of undesirable personalities all of the sudden.

P.S. Nice @$$, smiley.