# I've been warned for accusing another of trolling.

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**Created:** [May 4, 2012, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-warned-for-accusing-another-of-trolling/620835 "2012-05-04T03:52:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-warned-for-accusing-another-of-trolling/620835/17 "2012-05-04T05:20:55Z")

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> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#):
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> But see, that’s what I don’t get. Y’all have such a zero tolerance policy when it comes to trolls that it loses rationality. “Trolling” isn’t always a character trait, it can be a behavior. You know that.

Accusing someone else of trolling is an insult. That’s why it’s against the rules (outside the Pit), and why you were warned.

Whether someone else is actually trolling is for the moderators to decide. So if you think that’s what they are doing, report it.

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