There's worse foods. Howabout a greeeesy pork sandwich served in a dirty ashtray?

So that's what your vast knowledge of the internet has taught you...
Trolling is specifically posting to provoke reactions. If, for example, you post saying that the earth is flat and then laugh at the chaos that ensues, that is trolling. If on the other hand you post that the earth is flat because you actually believe that the earth is flat, and don't care about what posts the others make, that is not trolling. And depending on what the post says (Hey everyone, let's set fire to government buildings!), treating said post as a troll post may be ill advised.

Why do people assume that the IP number is static? There are currently ~4.2 billion IPv4 addresses, and way more people than that. Add to it the IP ranges that are assigned for specific functions (10.0.0.x, 192.168.x.x), and a single IP address may be used by multiple people, and most people also use multiple IP addresses. Until IPv6 is properly used, assuming that IP banning actually does something is almost on the same level as assuming every post is a troll post.

But what do I know, I'm just a person on the internet, thus most likely trolling.


Edit: Forgot to say, thank you for your answer.

Not a job for me, I'll say. Sounds as productive as beating your head against a brick wall. :(

That sounds like some guud eating.

How does one prove if someone is trolling just to troll or actually believes their troll post? You can't prove it for sure and would it matter if you could?

IP banning does work, to a certain extent.

There is an x factor here that I've been talking to sunshinecorp about, and he told me not to worry about it, but I'm going to mention it anyway, and that's getting a Mod/Community manager in here that hasn't done their homework.

I don't file complaints but a lot of the "trolls" do and someone new to the job is likely to come in, see a shit load of tickets about me, none about tauto/kleetus/bradley/infinite9 and come to the conclusion that I'm the problem in here.

This has already happened once and scared the shit out of me.

Hey Bradley! You should rename yourself PeSaNtBrAdLeY7! Actually scratch that, that's too prestigious for you...
How about KiNgBAdLeY? Because you would rule a kingdom... badly!

Hey Bradley! Maybe if you want to help stop devolution you should stop saying words! Whats that? Too unoriginal? Well I'm sorry but being sentient fecal matter that can type isn't the most brilliant idea either!

Hey Bradley! Have you played Freddi Fish 2? No?...
...Well you're much better at this than me.

If it's a troll post, then by definition he's trolling. So the question should be how do you know if it's a troll post or not?

Same as one can't prove for sure if one is not trolling. All it does is change the how you view the other poster.

And carpet bombing works for assassinations as well. But just like IP banning, it's not the right tool for the job.

Can be fun! :D
And that was trolling.

Is it? I mean... you just replied to yourself.
Shhhh... maybe noone will notice!
Now it's just wishful thinking...

Remember, not banning you is on record as a fullfilled wish on the wishlist :) They can't touch you now!

Seriously though, I can hardly imagine this forum having a problem with a overeager mod. It sounds like me having a gilfriend who is just too damn sexy. Still, if we ever do get any mods here I doubt they would be so bad at their job to so completely misidentify the problematic users. And just in case- that is why I'm "collecting" all the particularly disgusting posts by our favourite colleagues.

And yet apparently we're supposed to react with nothing but a sitcom-like shrug and say "that's our Bradley!"

Well... I don't. :P

why you pick on bradley what he do to you :-/ you crazy? first you pick on me because i like music from "dirty black men" and games like kingpin and now it's bradley. who'll be next tomorrow? there's always got to be somebody right? someone else than you. i think you need to check yourself before you wreck yourself - trolling innocent people might be bad for your health... :-(

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And sunshinecorp, let me know if his post gets deleted so I can change this post and it doesn't look like I'm pointing up at you. :P