Quote Originally Posted by Ammokkx View Post
I'm not particularly afraid in this instance. I could've sworn I've done it once before, but it's not in my post history, so either the thread it was in got nuked or it got deleted. Either way I didn't eat a ban over it, and a quick search on any of these accounts shows I'm not just blowing smoke.

I'll risk punitive action if it means making people more aware, in any case.
You’re probably not wrong about most of those but it really isn’t going to help. Even if the regulars are aware of who’s who for trolls, there will always be people who just pop on from time to time and get all riled up. And tbh most of the time the troll and bait thread go on forever because people start responding to said people who don’t realize it’s a bait thread and start giving their genuine (usually bad) takes on the topic of choice.

Take the “what content was cut for male viera” thread, started by everyone’s favorite special little lala, MPK. It’s very clearly a bait thread, yet it’s filled with people who genuinely think this content was cut for them. And so people go in there and begin fighting with people who actually hold that belief. And so on and so forth. So knowing the thread is started by a troll account isn’t really going to stop people from posting in it unless they know from the get go. Even then, some people just like to argue. A lot of us are bored. It’s admirable that you’re trying to keep people informed but it’s probably a waste of your energy.