More flags? Really?

I didn't get to see the flags... they were handled before I could even open it

that'd be me :)

@ArtOfCode Lets not take up this attitude. When someone says something outright offensive, and it actively bragging that they are trolling. I flag it.

@MickLH I wouldn't be taking that attitude had the flags been valid.

"Valid" is subjective here, but "Trolling" is objective

The man directly said his intentions were to create tension / anger, he succeeded

It's also context-dependent, which flags are famous for not giving.

Well maybe you should spend approx. 3 seconds reading the context before chewing me out

We don't easily see context on the flag management interface.

If this is how you should expect to be treated for taking the time to help someone

More to the point, if he's not here right now, what is a flag going to achieve? It'd be more effective to quietly ping a site mod, rather than using blunt nuclear instruments like flags.

Why would I contribute to SE?

@ArtOfCode It achieves deletion of the message

just ignore him, and help people who are helpable. like jon (i mean jon is helpable)

(At least, in a reasonable case)

@MickLH but the message isn't offensive, so I'm not going to delete it

@KevinvanderVelden Turns out your feelings don't matter

Nor do mine

Apparently, offensive is defined by the biased whim of this specific guy. Weird right?

I thought offensive was statistically independent of how annoyed this guy is feeling about dealing with flags, oh well

So, if I pick a chatroom on the network, go in there and ask them if that exact sentence is offensive, they're going to say yes?

What? Can you ask something relevant and coherent? Like "If I asked all parties involved, will they find it offensive?"

The litmus test is not to ask involved parties; they're biased.

They are by definition the only relevant parties.

The person who created the original message overtly said he did it only to be offensive

The litmus test is if I went somewhere on the internet, found an average, reasonable person, and asked that about that sentence, would they find it offensive?

You could literally not be doing a worse job.

No, he said he was doing it to wind someone up. There's a difference.

No, there isn't.

'Fraid so.

And he does it all day, every day.

just /ignore him

@ArtOfCode Your "authority" is no basis on which to make an argument.

trolls go away when they get ignored

Do you have any actual substance to present?

@MickLH that's a more valid concern, and one which you should raise either with a site mod, or by using a moderator flag and explaining the situation.

Crap, I clicked the wrong type of flag, sorry

...one has a box, one doesn't

meh

okey doke, reading context

can you point me at whatever other examples of trolling there are?

Also chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/30161722#30161722

right-o

paired with

The guy just spews bullshit and nonsense basically

Knowing that GC is a real concern

Misinformation

And has been warned by mods to stop it

give it a mod flag next time it comes up, I'll see what I can do about it :)

Maybe I was heavy handed with flagging, I didn't mean to stir up shit, but my patience is running low

Heck I've put him on ignore

I'm all for joking around

Cheers guys. I'll throw this conversation out of the way in one of the ten million trash rooms, too, then this room doesn't keep the clutter and I can refer back to it.

But this guy is not joking he is just annoying lol

Cool \o

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