Troll protocol

[Zoop 8,384]

If a troll appears, report his or her posts and profile, as a number of you did a little while ago. To those that did, I give you my thanks.

 

What you should NEVER do however, is reply or bump troll threads, like a lot of people did. It serves no purpose but to keep the troll's posts at the TOP of the forum, where it does not need to be.

 

I dealt with the gut from my iPod, using the full site theme due to the lack of access to the full range of admin/mod tools in the mobile skin.

 

Each and every reply that people made to the troll. Each and every witty picture they posted in those threads.

 

... Did nothing but make my job that much more difficult and time consuming. Please avoid such things in the future. Report and move on. Period.

 

My lunch break is now over. Please continue to enjoy the forum, and report any misconduct that you might find.

[Ninja Derpy 343]

Yes sir!!

[Prince Lightning Da Cute 616]

Roger!

[Lady Rarity Pony 4,892]

Report and move on.

 

That's the best way to deal with a troll.

[Vicke 3,187]

Sorry about that.

I made 2 posts and yeah,.. Sorry.

 

But atleast i reported the posts too.

[Crispy 5,563]

I made 2 posts and yeah,.. Sorry.

 

But atleast i reported the posts too.

 

I did the same thing... Sorry.

[RippedOffMattress 314]

I never responded to the guy. I just bumped one of his threads to get noticed more by mods. I did also report him several times.

Edited February 20, 2012 by RippedOffMattress

[Lady Rarity Pony 4,892]

I never responded to the guy. I just bumped one of his threads to get noticed more by mods. I did also report him several times.

 

A report is a much better way to get a mods attention.

[Electrobolt 2,068]

I approve of this. By the way, I think one troll thread slipped through in the Roleplay board...

 

Nevermind, it was already taken care of But still, I agree with this...

Edited February 20, 2012 by Trixie Helper Electrobolt

[Shadow Stallion 435]

Yeah I became popular in a few threads he made, and I was laughing the whole time.

 

Of course now I'm feeling like a dick

 

Sorry, I'll do the right thing next time a troll appears.

[Guest]

I came late so I only caught the tail end of what was going on before the troll was dispatched. If I see another I will definitaly try out the report button though.

[Arrow 236]

I didn't post or report... that means I'm neutral!

[Doctor XFizzle 8,651]

Allow me to have a hipster moment

*pushes up glasses* *ahem*

I made this topic before it was cool

http://mlpforums.com...asion-protocol/

 

Anyways, I'm in the wrong for responding at all to the topics because they keep the offending topic sitting on the main page. I thought report 1st, reply 2nd was harmless and in amusing fun, but in reality it clogs the main page and makes the site look undesirable to any guests.

Edited February 20, 2012 by Doctor XFizzella

[Senn555 242]

What you should NEVER do however, is reply or bump troll threads, like a lot of people did. It serves no purpose but to keep the troll's posts at the TOP of the forum, where it does not need to be.

 

It really annoys me that people still choose to do this, despite the Terms of Service recently being updated; everyone was forced to read through them again and agree to them.

 

It's even clearly outlined as such:

 

Edited February 20, 2012 by Senn555

[NewCalamity 3,454]

I posted one picture so I could feel witty.

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...Sorry.

[Zoop 8,384]

You don't have to feel bad about it; just look at it as being a lesson learned for th future

[Lady Rarity Pony 4,892]

You don't have to feel bad about it; just look at it as being a lesson learned for th future

 

No, let them suffer.

[Doctor XFizzle 8,651]

You don't have to feel bad about it; just look at it as being a lesson learned for th future

 

Because knowing is half the battle!

Edited February 20, 2012 by Doctor XFizzella

[Senn555 242]

I never responded to the guy. I just bumped one of his threads to get noticed more by mods.

 

Sending in reports is far faster for staff to view, as opposed to bumping threads, because they can't monitor every single topic 24/7. They have lives and other priorities to attend to, as I'm sure the rest of us do. There may be times where no one on staff is online, yes, but issues will be dealt with when someone gets online.

[RippedOffMattress 314]

 

Sending in reports is far faster for staff to view, as opposed to bumping threads, because they can't monitor every single topic 24/7. They have lives and other priorities to attend to, as I'm sure the rest of us do. There may be times where no one on staff is online, yes, but issues will be dealt with when someone gets online.

 

Oh, you mean mods can know about reports, whilst outside the forums?

[Proailurus 214]

I posted a few times but figured everyone else already reported so... Yeah, hehe.....

[Zoop 8,384]

 

Oh, you mean mods can know about reports, whilst outside the forums?

 

Yep. Every report you send gets emailed to us. I knew there was something seriously wrong when my inbox started going crazy.

 

Moral of the story: we love reports. <3

[Aureity 3,055]

Sorry, I posted in every single thread the troll made

*feels stupid*

[Senn555 242]

Oh, you mean mods can know about reports, whilst outside the forums?

 

Maybe, if they have a mobile device on hand. I really don't know if reporting posts can make a moderator's cell/iPhone/blackberry go off. lol

[Hobo clown pony 5]

Man there's trolls here to:(