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Heh, how long have you been dying to make this thread, Dino?
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Well, let me put this to you so you can see it from my point of view.
I like being on this forum, hanging out with the peeps, debating shit, you know, just talking stuff over and it's all cool. And, you know what they say about where you hang out right? That it respresents who you are? Well it's like that for me, I consider a forum to be part of my identity... whether that identity is internet only or RL and internet.
That's why I get fed up when I see that I'm part of a forum that has so many idiots on it, and is so lax on the rules that any old halfwit troll can take us for a ride by imitating the other idiots. It doesn't look good on me, you know what I'm saying? But I still love this place, so I can't just leave - my only other option is to just try to get something done about it. I kinda predicted the outcome of this right from the beginning, but I feel I've raised an important point. Not one about how we treat ignorant newbies (although I think we should be a little less complacent about that), but how we set a precedent for dealing with trolls masquerading as ignorant newbies. I don't want us to look like we're so gullible that we'll fall for that shit every time. Because if we look gullible, that's just like a homing becon for more trolls to come and make us look lame and feel lame.
Can you see where I'm coming from here? (and don't say the loony bin, that isn't funny)