Editing Internet Troll (section)

==Rating a troll==
Trolls are to be given a rating on a scale of 1 to 10, based on how subtle they are in their trolling, whether or not it's an amusing troll, and the general quality of their post. This type of contentless post can also be a troll. 

For example:
Racial and sexist slurs, name calling and childish insults merit -1/10.
 
"Hey gaiz, 4e lolololol", merits a 0/10. Everything slightly above that merits "made me reply/10".

[[Old Man Henderson]] is the only known case of a 10/10 troll. There are no other examples of a 10/10 by an individual troll at this time, as trolls are usually physical and/or mental children who aren't intelligent enough to post quality material. Having said that, some theorize that 10/10 trolls are only rarely identified because their victims never actually realize they're being trolled, since the trolling is [[RAGE]]worthy and artful enough to merit 10s, and the victims are thus distracted by other concerns such as removing their own lower jaws and bludgeoning themselves to death with them. Groups of trolls have been known to combine their forces, mostly by sheer chance, and this can create some of the dankest of attacks. Noted in the "How to triforce for newfags" incident back in 2009.

A notable very efficient troll is [[Cypher]] from the [[TTS]] youtube series. 


===/tg/ rating system===
An alternative rating system has been suggested for [[/tg/]] in which one adds or subtracts points based on the success of the troll. While trolling is mostly a subjective experience, users are encouraged to try to objectively rate based on cleverness and creativity of the troll post in question. In general, zero points are to be awarded for common and obvious things that fail to induce responses or anger. This usually indicates laziness and lack of cunning. The majority of troll posts on the internet would probably be rated a zero. Examples would be: 

*Posting copypasta designed to induce rage. We've all seen it. Though it might cause nostalgia when someone new sees it and flies into rage.
*Posting an image of text instead of an actual relevant image. 

If the troll post is good enough to earn some points, points should then be deducted for things that make the troll more obvious, or which indicate they're completely clueless about what they're supposed to be doing. Deductions are for particularly uncreative or stupid people attempting to troll. Indicators of this are things like: 

*Using a name or tripcode.
*Using an avatar in combination with a name or tripcode, forcing a personality. 
*Bad grammar or spelling, especially common grammatical errors like misuse of "your" and "you're," "its" and "it's", or the use of incorrect phrases like "should of." 
**Alternatively, obnoxious Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness like "shan't"s.
*Obvious lack of knowledge on the subject he/she is trolling. 
*Anything indicating the troll is under the age of a majority of the site's posters. 
*Spamming the same thing over and over again. 

Points are awarded on the rare occasion that a post elicits a true emotional response from not only the judge, but most of the board as well. Some things that are awarded points are posted repeatedly, but as long as they continue to make fa/tg/uys sputter and froth through rolls of quiverfat, they should still warrant at least a point. The material is either generating rage on its own or the troll is a creative and astute one. Again, trolls warranting any points at all are exceedingly rare, and can sometimes go undetected for long periods of time. Examples of this are: 
*Posting furry art. As often as it's done, it should be worth no points, but it never fails to create a thread that always reaches maximum post count.
*Posting furry art that you drew for /tg/ containing /tg/ characters. [[Flare|This]] can sometimes even make a mod rage and order a ban. Always guaranteed to reach autosage if it doesn't get deleted first.
*Posting furry porn causes everyone involved to lose their minds in collective frothing rage, but it is so easy that only half the points should be awarded. 
*Making a long, seemingly knowledgeable and well-written post with a few factual or [[fluff]] errors intentionally slipped in. Most people won't notice them but a few fa/tg/uys and [[Neckbeards]] are guaranteed to see it and write long, rage-filled posts on how the poster is WRONG WRONG WRONG. Bonus points are awarded if other people who don't see the errors quote the post somewhere, believing it all to be accurate. 

Judges may write up a brief report on why the troll post received the score it did.