# Is trolling against the rules in the pit? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 23, 2017, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trolling-against-the-rules-in-the-pit/780532 "2017-02-23T06:05:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trolling-against-the-rules-in-the-pit/780532/101 "2017-02-27T07:33:33Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > The OP of that thread was a troll, and was seeking to get people to call him names. If he gets annoyed by not being called names, that’s an ideal outcome. > > Look, if you post a thread in the Pit, you take your chances. I fail to see how refusing to post profanity can be considered disruptive. :dubious: _“The OP of that thread was a troll, and was seeking to get people to call him names.”_ Actually, he was complaining about the name calling and asking people to stop it: > [@](#): > > **Jefferson** > > **Lefties Playing the Race/Islamophobia Card** > > They really are a tiresome bunch aren’t they.When they lose an argument (if they even tried to engage to start with) they trot out the usual claims of racism, Islamophobia, xenophobia and so on. Often claiming their opponents are like Nazis. They can’t just disagree with someone, they have to demonise them. > > It’s time they stopped this shameful behaviour and pulled themselves together. Don’t you think? _"If he gets annoyed by not being called names, that’s an ideal outcome. "_ Aren’t you then recognizing then that the recipe threadshitting was meant to rile him up? That beheaviour had obviously the intention of disrupting the conversation started by the OP. _“I fail to see how refusing to post profanity can be considered disruptive.”_ Profanities have nothing to do with trolling, for example someone who drops in a Holocaust remembrance thread and post “Hitler did nothing wrong” just to cause trouble hasn’t used any profanities but sure as heck it is trolling. I very much doubt, if things were reversed, that sort of behaviour would pass muster, for example a Republican would go into the “Stupid Republican Idea of the Day” and called in others to utterly disrupt it by flooding it with, I don’t know… idle chat about guns and ammo. Frankly, the sooner more people have [Septimus epiphany](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20025484&postcount=227) the better. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trolling-against-the-rules-in-the-pit/780532/102 "2017-02-27T07:48:09Z")
> [@Ale](#): > > :dubious: > > _“The OP of that thread was a troll, and was seeking to get people to call him names.”_ > > Actually, he was complaining about the name calling and asking people to stop it: > > _"If he gets annoyed by not being called names, that’s an ideal outcome. "_ > Aren’t you then recognizing then that the recipe threadshitting was meant to rile him up? That beheaviour had obviously the intention of disrupting the conversation started by the OP. > > _“I fail to see how refusing to post profanity can be considered disruptive.”_ > Profanities have nothing to do with trolling, for example someone who drops in a Holocaust remembrance thread and post “Hitler did nothing wrong” just to cause trouble hasn’t used any profanities but sure as heck it is trolling. > > I very much doubt, if things were reversed, that sort of behaviour would pass muster, for example a Republican would go into the “Stupid Republican Idea of the Day” and called in others to utterly disrupt it by flooding it with, I don’t know… idle chat about guns and ammo. > > Frankly, the sooner more people have [Septimus epiphany](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20025484&postcount=227) the better. Exactly my point a couple posts up. I seriously doubt spamming recipes would go over well as a general principle in the Pit. Double standards but their board their rules right? ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trolling-against-the-rules-in-the-pit/780532/103 "2017-02-27T08:21:41Z")
> [@Ale](#): > > Actually, he was complaining about the name calling and asking people to stop it: He was very clearly a troll, which is why he was banned. It wasn’t over that thread alone, many other threads and posts by him were fairly obvious trolling. From the OP of this thread: > [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > So, currently in the pit we have at least one poster who is clearly a troll. Someone who has nothing of value to offer any conversation, and is merely disruptive and annoying in very obvious ways. > > They’ve been around for a quite frankly _shocking_ amount of time. > > Last I checked, this still applied to some degree in the pit. Right? I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one wondering this. ☹ Since the poster in question is now no longer with us, I’m going to close this topic as the question/issue has been resolved. If anyone still has any further questions as to why anyone was banned over the last few days, though, feel free to PM a mod. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trolling-against-the-rules-in-the-pit/780532.md?page=5)