# Trolls R Us redux \[Now the argument clinic\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 27, 2020, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349 "2020-06-27T06:30:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 47
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/926 "2020-09-17T16:53:14Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > So long ZPG\_Zealot. We knew you all too well.  So far I have a decent track record of Pitting people who wind up banned. (Okay, it’s only two.) But, while we’re here, anyone else got anyone for me to Pit? 😜 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/927 "2020-09-17T16:59:38Z")
O noes! Where will the whore get her attention now? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/928 "2020-09-17T17:04:21Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > So far I have a decent track record of Pitting people who wind up banned. (Okay, it’s only two.) But, while we’re here, anyone else got anyone for me to Pit? 😜 I’ll PM you a list. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/929 "2020-09-17T17:10:24Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > So far I have a decent track record of Pitting people who wind up banned. - I’ve got the record for the most people I’ve reported who then got banned. 😐 ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/930 "2020-09-17T17:16:10Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > So far I have a decent track record of Pitting people who wind up banned. Aren’t you a sweetheart! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/931 "2020-09-17T17:19:06Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > So far I have a decent track record of Pitting people who wind up banned. (Okay, it’s only two.) Simply putting them on Ignore works for me. I’m not sure of the exact number but anyone I put on my list, and it’s been very few, typically get banned eventually. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/932 "2020-09-17T17:24:43Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I’ve got the record for the most people I’ve reported who then got banned. > 😐 Let me guess, you accidentally reported everyone right before Marleygate 😃 ---
**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:** [September 17, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/933 "2020-09-17T17:37:50Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Let me guess, you accidentally reported everyone right before Marleygate 😃 That was no boating reporting accident! ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/934 "2020-09-17T19:18:34Z")
She’s been shitting all over the place for years - what finally broke the camel’s back? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/935 "2020-09-17T19:22:37Z")
See her thread in ATMB. In short, she finally got too racist. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/936 "2020-09-17T19:28:12Z")
Yep. You can act the village lunatic for years. But, never go full racist. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/937 "2020-09-17T19:38:39Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > > [@running\_coach](#): > > > > I’ve got the record for the most people I’ve reported who then got banned. > > 😐 > > Let me guess, you accidentally reported everyone right before Marleygate 😃 No, **running\_coach** is the Great Spam Detective ™. He’s almost always the first to flag a spammer. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/938 "2020-09-17T21:53:53Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > So long ZPG\_Zealot. We knew you all too well. Let’s give her a hand! ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/939 "2020-09-17T22:07:48Z")
Just actually read the ATMB thread. Today I learned we still haven’t reduced edit times, and that not only did the world not end, it was mostly unnoticed… ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/940 "2020-09-17T22:11:20Z")
> [@Kron](#): > > Today I learned we still haven’t reduced edit times, and that not only did the world not end, it was mostly unnoticed… If some of us have the privilege of long edit times, it must be selective on some basis, as I’m not one of them. I can’t edit anything after five minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/941 "2020-09-17T23:17:38Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I can’t edit anything after five minutes. Likewise. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/942 "2020-09-17T23:23:32Z")
> \*For the record, **ZPG\_Zealot** later edited that post to remove some of the most inflammatory statements. However, she did not do so until 17 hours after the original post was made. Since under former board standards she would only have had five minutes to make such a change, I have restored the post. Now I’ve learned that I don’t know what is going on! Also, you apparently can’t quote closed threads with the nifty popup feature… ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/943 "2020-09-17T23:33:21Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > If some of us have the privilege of long edit times, it must be selective on some basis, as I’m not one of them. I can’t edit anything after five minutes. I wonder if I don’t refresh the page after creating a post, is the edit icon still active after 5 minutes? A test is now in progress - check back here in 10 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/944 "2020-09-17T23:44:57Z")
No dice. The edit icon was still there, but when I tried to save my edit, I got an error that the post was created too long ago. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/945 "2020-09-18T03:07:33Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Let’s give her a hand! Sorry, only got two. Need 'em both. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349.md?page=46) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349.md?page=48)