# Do trolls get a seniority bonus? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 15, 2018, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-trolls-get-a-seniority-bonus/814190 "2018-05-15T05:06:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-trolls-get-a-seniority-bonus/814190/21 "2018-05-15T21:53:49Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > The moderators bend over backwards to pander to rightwingers, and punish anyone who argues against them too hard. > [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > In all fairness they bend over backwards to kowtow to the left-wing of the board too. So the moderators show favoritism to both left- and right-wingers? How does that work, exactly? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-trolls-get-a-seniority-bonus/814190/22 "2018-05-15T22:13:04Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > For the life of me, I still can’t understand how using an ethnic slur, and then claiming you didn’t mean it, amounts to some kind of cunning hoax. “I’m not pulling the cat’s tail, I’m just holding it. The cat’s pulling.” Didn’t work for me in 3rd grade. I’m surprised it’s worked this well here for Clothy. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-trolls-get-a-seniority-bonus/814190/23 "2018-05-15T22:15:15Z")
> [@erysichthon](#): > > So the moderators show favoritism to both left- and right-wingers? How does that work, exactly? Lots of yoga. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-trolls-get-a-seniority-bonus/814190/24 "2018-05-15T23:05:22Z")
> [@erysichthon](#): > > So the moderators show favoritism to both left- and right-wingers? How does that work, exactly? It’s the namby-pamby middle-of-the-road people who are modded with Extreme Prejudice. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-trolls-get-a-seniority-bonus/814190/25 "2018-05-15T23:13:51Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > It’s the namby-pamby middle-of-the-road people who are modded with Extreme Prejudice. They have no respect for the fence-sitters. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-trolls-get-a-seniority-bonus/814190/26 "2018-05-16T00:20:58Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Well, since it has apparently sailed right over your head, I’ll explain it for you: > > I’m pointing out that the (vast) majority of people on this board are using a term incorrectly. If you want to call that trolling, knock yourself out. I was wondering about that recently … isn’t the proper spelting “trawling” … dragging bait behind our boat and see who bites? … in the case of these boards this manifests by holding an unpopular opinion _just_ to get a rise out of people … for example, stating that [some heinous act] is _good_ for society; and then watch the thread explode … like setting the hook on some big fish and fighting it home … I can certainly testify that I get absolutely no slack of any kind no matter how long I’ve been here … ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-trolls-get-a-seniority-bonus/814190/27 "2018-05-16T00:37:15Z")
Nope. That’s _trolling_. _Trawling_ involves a huge net and indiscriminate scooping up of material. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-trolls-get-a-seniority-bonus/814190/28 "2018-05-16T01:34:48Z")
> [@erysichthon](#): > > So the moderators show favoritism to both left- and right-wingers? How does that work, exactly? It’s called “sucking up to the powerful and popular”. The same reason that the Catholic Church gets far more slack than Scientology does, in and off the forum. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-trolls-get-a-seniority-bonus/814190/29 "2018-05-16T01:43:24Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Well, since it has apparently sailed right over your head, I’ll explain it for you: > > I’m pointing out that the (vast) majority of people on this board are using a term incorrectly. If you want to call that trolling, knock yourself out. I have trouble believing that this entire board, minus you, gets the definition of “wetback” wrong. Especially since there have been numerous cites showing that the word IS used as an ethnic slur. Occam’s Razor suggests that it is you, in fact, who is getting this wrong. Do you have a cite that defines the word as you claim, that there’s no slur intended? I doubt it. It’s cognitive dissonance writ large. You seem incapable of realizing that you get things wrong. Again, this is akin to Taylor Swift writing a song called, “Maybe It’s Me.” ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-trolls-get-a-seniority-bonus/814190/30 "2018-05-16T02:14:52Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > Like, is there a certain account age past which being banned for being a troll is just something the mods will not do? If so, how old is that so I can keep that in mind? > > If not, what’s the excuse for what’s going on [in this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20959452#post20959452)? > > Thanks! The smoking gun is knowing about an old comic? Woe be to any Mutt and Jeff fans. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-trolls-get-a-seniority-bonus/814190/31 "2018-05-16T03:30:04Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > **Like, is there a certain account age past which being banned for being a troll is just something the mods will not do?** If so, how old is that so I can keep that in mind? > > If not, what’s the excuse for what’s going on [in this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20959452#post20959452)? > > Thanks! Apparently not. (Bolding in the above quote is by me.) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-trolls-get-a-seniority-bonus/814190/32 "2018-05-16T03:34:14Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I have trouble believing that this entire board, minus you, gets the definition of “wetback” wrong. Especially since there have been numerous cites showing that the word IS used as an ethnic slur. > > Occam’s Razor suggests that it is you, in fact, who is getting this wrong. Do you have a cite that defines the word as you claim, that there’s no slur intended? > > I doubt it. It’s cognitive dissonance writ large. You seem incapable of realizing that you get things wrong. > > Again, this is akin to Taylor Swift writing a song called, “Maybe It’s Me.” He’s no longer [able to respond](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=854907). ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-trolls-get-a-seniority-bonus/814190/33 "2018-05-16T03:41:11Z")
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