All the people who say negative crap doesn't affect them or the ladies, are seriously out of touch with reality. Kitty is not paranoid in the least concerning this. The "players" who peruse this board all the time may not be affected by the nonsense of trolls, but think again about those who have no time or patience to read between the lines or understand that this is allowed on this board, whether fact or fiction. These gentlemen, do indeed, take more precautions and practice "better safe than sorry". The majority of hobbyists are not participating on boards.
It's a job of moderators to not allow others to insult or be rude. However, apparently one must RTM or tattle. Maybe this is because, so many seem to thoroughly enjoy being nasty and hateful to one another and it's hard for them to decipher who is having fun with it and who is being irreperably harmed by such?
Trolling someone for fun or enjoyment, is kinda sociopathic. These folks have little or no compassion for others.
Anyway, these types of trolling behaviors must be too hard to judge or something. The rules are in place to protect. Use the RTM every time some troll does these types of things and there will be less need to defend. State the infraction, rude or insulting remark, anything purposefully meant to harm reputation or you feel might do so. If the mods do nothing after that, their bad. Do what ya gotta do, and in this case her reaction may be over the top to some, but I understand completely why she would.