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Not like I've taken this on as a personal problem, but just something I noticed over the past couple of weeks. I know most of you are familiar with the generalities of The Rule, but I'll re-post it here just for the sake of making my argument: #1 No Flaming/Trolling/Defamatory Posts (paraphrased) "If what you are considering posting doesn't advance the issue being discussed--if it's just taking a "shot at someone"...There is absolutely no reason to verbally attack another user (flaming) or posting a message for the express purpose of generating a negative response" 1) Flaming Flaming has definitely been moderated well. You're right, there should be no need for any posters to just verbally attack someone. 2) Trolling But this is where I think the enforcement hasn't been as equal. There are numerous posts on multiple threads that exhibit this sort of behavior. I'll give this as an example: How does this even relate or advance the topic being discussed. It's a pot-shot at Bo and is there just to generate a response from other posters I understand that it is hard to "track" trolling because there are numerous reasons that could dramatically change the intention of the post. Regardless, I think the monitoring of trolling needs to be beefed up. Because it seems like they get away with a lot more under the guise of using one of those variables that changes the intention of their posts. Sorry that this kind of turned into a ramble. Just want to hear your opinions on this issue.