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Doesn't seem likely - the key to trolling is lack of accountability, in a small community everyone would know you were being a jerk?


What if the system allowed anonymous accounts?

It'd be interesting if one had to go visit an admin (in real life) to get an account, and accounts are really associated with people.


Guys... people are jerks IRL too, in small communities too.


Sure, but no one gives them a bag of tomatoes / a pie / helps fix their roof? Being a jerk to people IRL has obvious consequences.


Some people REALLY like jerks.




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