User blog:Sacorguy79/"Trolling" Policy - Light-hearted Joking permitted on Chat

This blog has been made to address an issue.

As of late, "trolling" has been heavily restricted among the chat guidelines. However, there seems to be a common misconception of what "trolling" actually is. By reading the Don't feed the trolls policy page, every rule stated to defect a troll has been listed. However, in this guideline, there is no mention of what I like to refer to as "pseudo-trolling". In other words, "Friendly Trolling/Teasing".

Some time ago, I have a feeling that a dispute was settled regarding someone who may have found themselves offended by a certain party. The details of which I cannot recall, this is only a theory. But it seems as though Friendly Trolling was automatically banned as an attitude on the chat. I would like to point out that better action could have been taken in a situation such as this. Light-hearted joking about with other users is completely acceptable. If someone is having a problem, they can take it to an Administrator, and he/she can sort the issue out without banning this teasing behavior entirely. There's a fine line between actual trolling and teasing, thus this should -in theory- permit the usage of things such as "trollish" emoticons, since there are no actual offenses that are being taken.

Now, the basics for "troll" emotes are this: Do not spam them as a gesture to irritate other users. That's all there is to it.

Now that this problem has been addressed, I propose that we allow "trollish" emotes to be used. And remember: The Moderators and Administrators are here to help with any personal problems you may have. If there are any questions, ask away gentlemen.