One poster's pointless thread is another's earth shaking event. I don't think it's fair to judge. One always has the option to not open the thread, after all.

As far as "trolls" are concerned, I believe there have been only a few over the last several years that are really bad, i.e. nearly universally offensive. Most of the time there may be some bored kids who, if given a chance, may actually stick around and learn something.

I've written before about the "one-dimensionality" of type (no vocal tone or body language). Especially for folks for whom English is a second (or later!) language, we should not judge grammar so much. I wish I could find that funky paragraph with all the letters jumbled up, to show how we read words!

One thing I would prefer is that people don't use texting shortcuts. These are very hard to read for those more "chronologically gifted" folks like me.