# Trolls R Us Resurrections (Part 1)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 11, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518 "2021-09-11T17:26:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14089 "2025-10-23T15:42:42Z")

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@iiandyiiii please don’t do direct links, that is effectively calling the poster a troll outside of the pit. I will fix your post. OK, I added the backquotes before and after the link, so it is fairly easy to follow, but doesn’t insult those outside the pit.

**Moderating**

For reference:

> [@Linking a Pit post about trolling to another thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-a-pit-post-about-trolling-to-another-thread/1003059/7):
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> gnoitall sums up the issue pretty well. When we first adopted the rule about insulting other users in thread titles, the Troll thread was a bit of a difficulty, because there really wasn’t a way to rename it so linking from it didn’t accidentally break the rule against insults in non-Pit forums, while still making it clear what the thread was actually about. The workaround (that was arrived at largely by the participants of the Troll thread, and not the mod staff) was to not post any live link…

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