As many of you know, recently there has been a huge spike in reporting and trolling on articles. To start off, I shall talk about the types of trolls out there. There are the Marvelites who worship anything that Marvel produces and there are the DC Fanboys, basically Marvelites but the other way around. The Nolanites are DC Fanboys but only worship Christopher Nolan and if you say even something as light as 'The Dark Knight has it's flaws' they go ape shit crazy. They also report comments made by users who disagree with their opinions and who don't worship Nolan. And there is the category that I fall into, the normal fans. The people who look forward to any upcmoming CBM out there. Now that that's over, let's get onto the matter at hand.
The trolls. The people that trash the article and then praise a different CBM. For example, a DC Fanboy/Nolanite would comment on an article about say, The Avengers and comment, 'Wow this looks shit! This is gonna be the Green Lantern of 2012! But not the most anticipated CBM of all time, The Dark Knight Rises! Anything Nolan touches turns to gold, everybody knows that! GO BATMAN!' And vice versa. The reason I have written this article is because of one user and one user only: SupermanPrime. I didn't want to name names but I had to. He has made threats towards other users in the comments and has been generally rude to others for nothing. As I write this, he is sat at #1 in Public Square, with 26 reports and seven troll badges. I don't see why Trolls need to do this. But some may argue that Grif should have been banned a long time ago. But I don't think so. If somebody replies to a troll's comment angrily shouting at them or something then they will reply with an even more hate-filled comment. But Grif doesn't do this. He's not huring anybody. He comes, expresses his opinion, then leaves. So for all you trolls, quit it. Because it's no fun for anybody. Now that that's over and done with, on to the second subject.
Public Square gone wild. To be honest, the place has seen worse days but I thought that I would bring this to light as it relates to trolling. If there are more trolls, more angry comments which means more reports which means less space in the Hall of Shame. There was an event two weeks ago where a user who went by the name 'Groot' reported every comment that he layed his eyes on. There were 50 users in the square and Teabag was #1, with just over 50 reports and countless badges. Luckily it was soon over and Galactus banned their ass! But something similar may be on the horizon. I love coming here but hate it when users report comments and there is nothing wrong with them. I also hate trolls. It makes it difficult for other users and makes them not want to comment anymore which is sad. This also puts more pressure on Galactus to ban more people and he has to spend more time sorting through Public Square. Banning seems to be the only option here, but people an just make new accounts. I don't know whether there is a way to stop people actully viewing the site but if there is, please say so in the comments.
There is one user who always seems to be in Public Square and we all know who he is: Teabag. Some see his Boob pics as harmless fun, but others see it as spamming and report the hell out of him (not naming names). Teabag is a CBM staple and it would be a shame if he was banned, the same as if Grif or Gusto were to be banned tomorrow.
There are other types of trolls. The people that start the age-old Marvel VS. DC argument, the people that report users who's opinion is different to their's and many more. If you read this and know that you are one of the people that I mentioned, GTFO! None of us have time for people like you. Anyway, thanks for reading and please share your thoughts in the comments section!