"The Prime Directive"

[Edwardo Piet]

I'm very happy with that description of what is considered trolling on this account, as well. Seems especially like something that a Poe would do too . . . pretending to just be thunderously ignorant and blending in that way. Outrageous misrepresentations of events within the public record are still outrageous misrepresentations whether genuinely believed or not, so all Poes will be considered to be true trolls rather than delusional people who look exactly like true trolls (what a Poe is, someone who looks exactly like a deluded person but they're doing it on purpose and it's hard to tell. Someone pretending like they hold David Icke's views looks no more ridiculous than David Icke who really believes that shit, for example. Although expressing David Icke's views in itself may not be misrepresenting anything within the public record, so that's probably a bad example of the rule break, but a good example of Poe-like behavior if the person is pretending the hold those views, but you get my drift).

I agree that the other rule breaks mentions should all go under the flaming rule and not the trolling rule. You don't have to be a troll to be toxic.