Trolls R Us Resurrections

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And this is why human moderation > AI moderation!

Well done good sir!

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Crap, Discobot grew a brain!

And an attitude.

Jack boots wielded by hack bots.

Discobot has always had that. The only real question now is whether any of us will be spared in the coming discopocalypse.

:crystal_ball: Reply hazy, try again

All the ash and smoke from Armageddon can make things hazy, yeah.

I, for one, welcome our new AI overlord.

I would reckon the “middle america” troll in the “tipping point historians” thread is “cruisin’ for a bruisin’” and should be gone soon.

Looks to me like they chose to leave.

Good riddance.

The Sandwich Heretic gets a lengthy time-out:

FYI, the name references a Fender bass guitar, not a sandwich. Either way, time-out time.

I choose to interpret it as “split pajamas”; as in, you bend over wearing pajamas and the seat of your pants split open.

Ha…I like that interpretation!

Classic example would be this first time thread: What the heck is vinegar and what is it even made from?

Are they necessarily a troll? No. But is it the kind of introductory post a troll would make? Sure is!

Time will tell…

Saw that too, and made the same assumption. Considered reporting it (“no violation, but keep it on the radar”) but the mods have enough to do I suspect.

Yeah that was … a suspiciously naive level of ignorance. Fighting ignorance is part of the community byline though, and I think we need to be wary of gatekeeping. We need to keep in mind that most people aren’t as intellectually curious and technically inquisitive as the typical doper.

Trolls are annoying and some of them really stretch the leash before the of hammer comes down. I think the moderators here do an excellent job though over all.

I haven’t seen the “Here, let me Google that for you” gadget on here for quite a while. Has its use been forbidden? Because I thought this case (and the one for potash) would have been perfect uses.