you know what? i used to be a moderator...about 8 years ago (!!), one of the seed companies in vancouver made a board for me with my nic as the title...i got a swelled head over that one...it got popular for a while and a couple of real time pot heros actually posted a few comments (including a vancouver police officer who spoke out against the drug war)...i controlled the assholes the same way i deal with assholes here so i didn't have to ban anyone or even delete a post...assholes and trolls want to be acknowledged (usually negatively) but they are diffused by positive acknowledgement...in most cases, trolls are young 'adults' who need guidance on how to behave in a new environment where there are far less controls than the family dinner table