I think @Quicksand makes a valid point. We have good, long established, posters being driven away by what are - in my opinion - trolls and baiters.
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This is a microcosm of what’s happening in the world. All the good people are being drowned out by loud mouthed thugs and boors.
It’s enough to make you despair.
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You liked a post in response to me that called me dishonest for giving a genuine opinion and had a childish gif in it.
Just saying like.
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The same poster also posted a laughing meme after a joke was made about child with disabilities.
I raised the issue and was told i was been overly sensitive!
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When our beloved team not playing well, there are a few that pops back out from their hiding places spewing poisons. For my own mental health sake, I quickly placed them on ignore (forever). Yes, I may (a big if) miss out interesting exchanges/conversions, but I do not need that poison in my life.
Edit:
(Someone would call me snowflake. Here’s my response… 
)
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I hope we can make an extra effort to get along at this difficult time. The team is struggling and that adds a layer of frustration, and it’s easy to be unkind with a quip here and there.
The point is well made that societally the trolls and others who are up to no good are having a disproportionate effect. At that point I hope the vast majority on here - good reds, solid people, with reasonable opinions to bring - can find a way to rise above and hold sway.
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Trolls or baiters to me, are the ones that just come in blurt out something like sack slot, get rid of this player or that player saying they are shit and continue without any real indepth discussion as to why or to discuss other underlying factors.
For me this site is here to discuss our team, to support them and also be critical if necessary but constructively.
We all have disagreements, differing points of views and may get angry with each other and we all have our own trolls who just want to disagree with what we say most of the time.
We have disagreements, but we always try and explain our points of view and I respect that even though I may disagree.
I come in here as I live in NZ and don’t have the friends or colleagues that are football crazy and where you can have healthy discussion, I’m sure many here are the same?
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I rarely come into these parts of the forum, I completely ignore some of it and topics also.
In bad times, it’s natural that there is more passionate conversations and reactions. Topics are more active, that’s all logical.
When we disagree, sometimes just a small use of certain words, even indirectly, can lead to a constant mess of reactions and people can become rude to each other.
I believe grown up mature people can agree or disagree all we want in a normal, polite way.
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People blowing off a bit of steam aren’t necessarily trolls or baiters. Nothing much wrong with that, they’re only footballers, not gods, a few choice words aimed their way is no big deal.
There are more than a few on here who take it personally when others have a difference of opinion to them, and start flinging out insults or passive aggressive nonsense. That low quality ragebait is tedious and a bit pathetic for adults to be engaging in.
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I have no issues with someone saying some one is playing shit, which is completely different to saying they are shit.
For me Mo is playing shit but is far from being shit.
However, as I said there has been an increase in people coming in here trolling and it always makes me think of ‘Mubsey’
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Unfortunately this is the reason I can’t be arsed with here anymore.
Like you say the term troll is thrown about far too easily if people have the cheek to maybe disagree with a point of view.
So for the time being its been a pleasure but not at the minute.
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Grown ups who have seen the best and worst of life, getting angry in an internet forum…oh well.
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There is still plenty of quality discussion, people and information on this forum.
As we know things can turn ugly during the match thread when we are losing. Also the post match thread in the immediate aftermath of a loss. The next day some decent insights unfold and I’m back. And as for the politics well that’s another area of emotion and sometimes stupidity.
That’s why I will stay away from those areas at certain times.
Otherwise I have no intention of throwing out the toys and leaving.
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I’m not sure that parts of this are true, in several cases. Hence the lack of perspectives from certain posters.
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Damned annoying, isn’t it?
Most of us have been watching the game since we were children. For decades in many cases. Yet we can come on here to be informed we don’t really understand the game at all!
Thank goodness for the experts.
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There are 2 regular posters who know far more than me about absolutely everything. I come here to learn from them…
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Glad I can help
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Nah
There are loads who think they know more.
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Luckily I am a large.