All the moralizing over ''trolls'' and so-called ''productive conversation'' - indicative of our culture?

What is a dangerous troll?

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Unfortunately triggered snowflakes will always be obssessed with message board policing and trying to censor everyone else. They always volunteer to be mods because they want to get rid of opposing viewpoints.

<< When we had...an Ignore button, what happened to just learning to develop thicker skins and ignore trolls? >>

I'm not implying you lack sensitivity...but part of being a community is looking out for other people, keeping an eye toward the greater good. If there's trash on the board...take it out. It isn't benefiting anyone and it's annoying (or in the case of hate speech, potentially hurting) others.

I think at imdb i only reported duplicate Threads by others, though, to keep them tidy. Otherwise, That site had become so out of control there was no point; it was a sinking, rat-infested ship : )

There's nothing to report here, though, because there's no guidelines yet. Maybe someday we can have special TROLLS PARADISE and HATE SPEECH boards, tho, and we can flag stupid or truly hurtful threads to be moved there? I can also envision a popular MISOGYNISTS CORNER.
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Eh, I think it depends on how bad the trolls are, especially if they try to target people personally. I usually just ignore them, but they do sometimes get on my nerves.

When I was over on IMDb for years, I did just that...ignored them, although I did feed them a few times just for fun (as most of you should know by now, I mentioned this here earlier a few times already). In any case, you do indeed learn to develop a thicker skin in the process.

That subject line tho.
It's making my eyes all twitchy

I can see all sides to the issue. I have been known to troll a troll myself. And, my thick skin comes from growing up a redhead.

I think there's the instant gratification factor in play here also though. People don't want to have to weed through a landfill in order to get to the good stuff.