A lot of that for many had to do with the level of self control when it comes to their responses to baiting/troll posts. I've had more than one person attempt to bait me/troll me into an argument. I've never had a problem in keeping my responses within guidelines. Everyone is responsible for what flies from their fingers here. If you KNOW you cannot keep yourself in check, the best response is always to not play. You cannot lose a game that you do not play.
But.. people here want to take everything personal and take everything to heart. Its a SHMB... nothing here is that serious.
Important note-- I'm fairly certain that quoting a member does not constitute stalking, baiting, or trolling. Its the words used that change the game.
Originally Posted by Grace Preston
I agree with a little bit of what you said. However, it is a fact that the guidelines were not governed equally to all members, and there were also points issued that had nothing to do with an actual guideline infraction. As much as you would like that certain members would not play, that is not your call to make.
You do not take things seriously on a SHMB? Then why would you take the time to cleverly word a troll post? That may be a game you are playing, but clearly taking the time to see what shit you can stir up by making it requires a thought process to tip toe around the guidelines.
Quoting/responding to a member is not trolling or harassing them as this is a discussion board as well as a review board, as long as it is within the subject of the given thread to agree or disagree with them, that is fine. But, when someone quotes a member from out of no where, hijacks a thread and takes a personal shot at the person they quoted, (no matter how carefully you word it to skirt the guidelines), trying to steer that thread in the direction of it being about the poster quoted, you do not think that is a harassing, stalking or baiting post? Perfect example:
https://www.eccie.net/showpost.php?p...7&postcount=65 . IMO, it was then and given the new sticky at the top of this forum and subject of this thread, doing it again might get you an immediate ban.
Take a look at the posters who have the most and frequent posts and you will see that with this new directive, their posts and probably time on Eccie will be largely curtailed. And since you do not take things said on a SHMB seriously, then it will not be hard for you to comply with the new policy and there would be no need to think up a different creative way of wording a bait/troll post to take shots at certain members for fun and games, right?