Recently I have noticed a lot of topics are flagged as trolling, just because you don’t like their idea doesn’t mean they are trolling, the report option is not a way to thumb down.
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They should probably add a downvote button, so people have a way to vent.
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Does is actually specify that the flags are for trolling?
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There is a difference between expressing an opinion, and blatant trolling though.
Pretty easy to spot the difference.
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If this is about the classic thread spam, then no; those are blatant attempts at trolling.
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as you can see there are some examples here of people who if they just see something they don’t like they report for trolling, and they openly express it
Where does it say that General Discussion is for retail only? Must have missed that rule, if it was stated somewhere.
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If you start by mocking other people or trying to bait people in basicly, you might be trolling.
At the end you need to remind yourself that other people are the judge of your post not you, what might not be trolling for you might be for other people. But there’s a couple easy tips if you want them.
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Why do we have a Classic forum?
Why do we have a Support forum?
EU forum?
… getting the point here mr edgy 
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Exactly! 
I made a thread about this a while ago with some ideas on how they should change the flagging system:
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so , I think you are trolling me , report?
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If you think so it’s your right to.
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Why, do you suppose, they created a Classic forum section? Could it be, perhaps, the expectation was that posts about Classic would go there? That blatant “neener neener, we got Classic you haters!” spammed into GD could reasonably be seen as trolling since there is a forum section for Classic?
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Okay. Those forums exist, as well as a multitude of others. Yet, the GD description just says “Discuss World of Warcraft”, not retail only. Not no other threads are allowed to be put here that could be put elsewhere. Just to “Generally” discuss “World of Warcraft”. You going to go to every post that could be somewhere else and tell them the appropriate forum to go to?
How about that clique that types RP threads, and pals around about nothing. Wanna go tell them they aren’t welcome too?
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No, I don’t want to tell them that since they’re not spamming “Suck it, Retailers!” or variations on that theme into GD. If you can’t see the difference then I don’t know what to tell you. I think you do know the difference, however, and you’re simply deflecting.
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Yup it happens alot, I mention one time hey something FFXIV does is a great idea it got flagged and hidden in under 5 mins. Ironically it was for their sync feature which we are now getting in 8.2.5 so HA!
There is no deflection. It’s a statement of fact. This forum welcomes all posts pertaining to “World of Warcraft”.
I think the reason why people post about Classic in GD it’s because they are mostly retail players who are giving their retail opinion about Classic so it is still a General Discussion.
So General is where to talk to retail players or any players in general.
The Classic forum is where you talk to classic players.
I wish I had more alts, so I could give this thread four 
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This IS an example of trolling.
Asking the question “What is your issue with Classic?” or “Why are you leaving Retail for Classic?” and letting people discuss is NOT trolling, and reasonable answers to those questions are not trolling either.
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