<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by anonplz:
What do you mean by the second part of your post, "common trolling is not prohibited by the TOS"? Can you give an example of "common trolling"? I don't quite understand that term. </font>
One definition might be someone who posts deliberately provocative threads, usually with equally provocative thread headings, knowing full well that post will ensue in a riot on that board.
It is a presumably sad, attention seeking person, socially maladjusted, who would need to resort to this daily behaviour, but nonetheless, some such persons do exist on FT.
Often the poster has little or no actual or practical experience or patronage of the airline involved, which makes it even more common trolling. And elicits an even angrier response for that very reason.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Rssrsvp:
As a sidebar, one of the largest challenges that the moderators have to face on a regular basis is the presence of trolls on the boards. They intentionally post with a mission to incite flame wars and offer nothing that can be construed as a positive contribution to FT. Unfortunately, they usually manage to stay on the correct side of the TOS, and we have our hands tied as a result.</font>