<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ScottC:
This is of course poppycock, UA has the most moderators of any board and that is where the major problems are/were. Trolls don't back off when a moderator appears. Moderation is just one of the desired results for a reall troll.</font>
I've seen threads go far beyond the level at which I would have locked and/or selectively deleted posts. That's just a matter of different standards.
Trolls exist to provoke reactions. Rapid deletion and lock takes the fun out of it, unless they'd like to attempt to simply flood and repost - which would earn them a timeout from the WebFlyer tech staff.
It's been said in other boards that FT:AA is over-moderated and OT posts are a lot less tolerated than on more liberal boards like the BA board. I'm fine with that as a price to pay for keeping a certain level of civility in place.