It's probably a moderator

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Members of TT's moderation team are sometimes accused of being trolls on the discussion forum. Hence the oft-repeated phrase "it's probably a moderator".

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In reality, however, the moderation team never troll the TT forum. The reasons being:

  • Deliberate trolling is against the forum usage guidelines.
  • To break the guidelines would not set a good example.
  • To do so would breed distrust in the moderation team, and this would be bad for the community.
  • Trolling is bad, m'kay. The moderation team don't do bad stuff, m'kay.

The moderation team may, occasionally, purposefully start a hot topic or trigger some fun and good-natured controversy. This, however, is subtly different from hostile trolling. A troll is, by definition, disruptive and anti-community.

Controversial forum accounts that have been falsely accused of being operated by a moderator include: