[Locked] What is a troll?

First off, thank you, Naoto, for making this into a personal matter. Had anyone else made the post I just did you probably wouldn't have even responded. And we all know who you're affiliated with, so I guess it's not surprising to see you dredging up old grudges rather than keeping this an unbiased debate.

But I'll pretend that you don't fit in with a select group of people who hate me, and that this isn't a personal attack cleverly disguised as a "psychologist's unbiased expert opinion", and respond how I normally would.




Now remember you said community. Not "a group of members who hold a personal grudge". Because I'll be bringing this point up later.



If the community decides as a whole, then the Waifu incident wasn't trolling at all. I followed every rule and played fair. My behavior was perfectly acceptable. It's only someone's opinion if they think my intentions were unjust. Still, A large portion of the community members saw nothing wrong with what I did.

But the people who lost and their friends, together, that small portion of the community childishly flamed and de-rep'd me. And according to most people that would be considered trolling.




And I think this^ opinion may be considered biased by other readers. I would also appreciate it if you referred to your opinions as "your opinions" rather than making comments like, "most will depict...". Because if you're going to try and analyze me, don't act like your opinion is also the community's.




And I say this should merit criticism. You just justified people flaming, trolling, and negative repping other members out of personal feelings of anger.

And you stated earlier that a community decides if a post is offensive or not. So, if the post isn't considered offensive by the community but by an individual, then it's still okay for that individual to attack other members? Because his feelings are hurt? Hardly seems like good forum behavior to me.



You see what you did there? You took something I said and warped it. I never said they bashed the character, and I never said it was in a thread where it would offend fans, either.

There are "Characters You Hate" threads, and it's perfectly acceptable to post about characters you don't like. I won't post the person's name who took a rep dive because I'm trying to keep this an open debate and not bring it down to a petty grudge/argument level, but he's not someone who ANYONE would consider to be a troll. In a completely civil manner he posted why he didn't like a character, in the appropriate thread, and was still attacked for it. So, no, it's not like shouting "you suck" in a concert. You're completely wrong.

Not sure what I ever did to give you such a boner for me, but I can see that no matter what I do you won't ever drop whatever petty grudge you have. Because of one event, I have been labeled as a troll, that's fine. But the fact that my words are taken so far out of context and twisted to the point that they seem negative or hostile is sickening. I don't ever post simply to make a user feel bad; sure, I may be harsh such as here and here, but I do it only to help users, as shown here. Again, I know you obviously won't change your opinion that I am just a "troll" and "do nothing to contribute to the site", but if you would stop reading between the lines and simply take my posts at face value I think you would see that I am just a regular user.