As I'm sure anyone who has been here for any time has noticed we are often attacked by trolls. These small ugly creatures commonly hide under bridges and threaten to eat anyone who dares to cross their bridge.
Whenever a troll decides to lower his mental age and maturity level some more and come attacking people he does not understand such as the forums here it can lead to some interesting posts. We've had our share of trolls including some that actually tried quite hard but still failed and the more common trolls which fail immediately and think that posting pictures which can be offensive, demeaning and generally grotesque as well as stating "ALL FURRIES ARE GAY!!!1111!!!! LOL!111!!!!!!" is actually going to affect is.
However, can I please ask the members here, however angry or annoyed you may get NOT to respond to any posts or PMs you receive from such individuals, this merely entertains them and continues their trolling, often if just left alone they will leave. EVERY SINGLE post and PM on these forums can be reported to the Moderation Team by clicking the "Report to Moderator" link at the bottom of the message, please use this to report any issues you may have (it allows a comment on the report as well) these are then sent to the staff assigned to the boards and helps us to even the workload as well as make us aware of any serious issues so we can deal with them easily.
Anyone seen replying to the trolls will most likely have their posts removed and will, if they break the rules, be warned. If a post offends you and you wish to ignore it, report it and then ignore the troll through your profile centre, this will hide all their posts from view.
Additionally in regards to AnthropoDeNihil's post about the segregation he has experience since appearing as a human, I am appalled, for a community who constantly have to fight the oppression from large groups because furries are "outside the norm" the utter disregard shown towards a community member is hypocritical and petty, with behaviour like that is it any surprise that not everyone is fond of furries? Anyone caught attacking any member of this community will be removed from it, as long as the rules are followed, everyone is welcome here and that remains the case no matter what.
We're all human inside, make sure you don't forget that and realise even though you can't see the person on the other end of the message you are sending they still have feelings like yourself.
Have a very happy new year and lets make 2010 an exceptional year on this forum!
