Its been summed up pretty well, but lets put simply that trolling is bad forums behavior. Everyone will have a slightly different idea of what bad forum behavior is. The part that 99% will agree on is what we'll call the accepted definition of trolling.
Should someone be given red trust for trolling? Well it depends. It is absolutely fair to not trust someone because of their behavior. You can't give a complete and comprehensive list of what behaviors everyone will find unacceptable. No one is going to write you out a list that says
- I trust people that make jokes
- I don't trust people that use lies in their jokes
- I trust people who dislike lemons
- I don't trust people that are habitually disruptive: Read addendum 15 for definition of habitually disruptive
Point to specifics, and people will give you their interpretations on a case by case basis. If the question is whether you are a troll, I don't know, but I'd definitely consider you disruptive.
Personally I love the lemons thing. At first I suspected you could be trolling me (providing false almost ludicrous information in a serious tone). However, as I now understand the DT and trust system I see now that you were simply demonstrating the subjective nature of DT. I mean I find it more reasonable inside a trust system to get red trust for lemons love than I do for some of the red trust I have witnessed already.
Disruptive I will accept. I do not find being disruptive is essentially negative. Indeed if you believe systems of control are suffocating or influencing free speech then to disrupt is positive - logic and reason must be applied to what they are disrupting and what their agenda is. I mean as noted I have no power other than to present facts. My agenda is clear for a fairer and more transparent set of rules that prevent abuse and freedom of speech being muted. If that is something you would distrust then that is something for you to either explain or not.
Anyway this was not essentially meant to be a post that focus on my trolling/not trolling it was meant for trolling in general.
I thought the LQ HQ post criteria went rather well and I think a quite comprehensive and exhaustive set of criteria was set.
Now I notice a lot of talk about trolling all over the forum. It seems to have become an umbrella term for posts that seem very different in tone and content and humour.
So I was simply hoping to emulate the HQ LQ post and see if we could drill down and see how what people consider as trolling.