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Old 07-22-2003, 11:28 AM   #4 (permalink)
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I think the answer is more trolls. For the past month or two, there have been less constructive posts due to the trolls that waste space. Thus, the quality gets diluted.

Instead of having someone introduce themself and talk about their art, training and experience or perspectives of other arts you get someone coming in with the following:

- Trolling - posting insults and purposely instigating arguments.
- Public opinon & PR type polsters - trying to appear 'constructive'
- BS ing into threads and then trolling.
- Mimicking or mocking fictional characters that poke fun of martial arts.
- Hard sell of why system X is the most feared system in the entire universe; i.e. "This system is so scary that..."

This site is about martial arts, its techniques, training methods, philosophies and such related issues.

If the trolls are just bored teens gone wild, its somewhat understandable but needs to be regulated. If the trolls are people who hold college degrees and work for very public or private organizations, I would think this would come across as strange at best.

Fellows and moderators, whadya think?
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