My whole thing with this message board or the internet or heck just life in general is that it is what you make of it. You're always going to come across people that you may not like or agree with. I'm probably considered an old man now in terms of internet years so I would say it comes with experience....in terms of not getting so caught up about what someone says to you or about you, online.
I mean personally....I don't know 90% of the people here outside of this message board....so why would I really care that much if someone says something mean or negative about me? But again that's just me and I'm kinda a strange person to begin with so perhaps my perspective is different than most people when it comes to this kind of stuff.
Why do people troll....who knows? Maybe their lives are boring and they need some unwarranted drama/attention to make things interesting for themselves. Maybe they're miserable and get their self-esteem by trying to antagonize/bring others down. I don't really know....but my thing is live and let live. If that's what gets them through the day....then you know...whatever. I don't really lose any sleep over that kind of trivial stuff. And quite honestly....probably since I was a freshman in college, I just don't have the time or energy to sit on a message board all day. I'm not really sure how some people do but again whatever....live and let live.
Would it be nice if all of us or most of us got along...sure. But at the end of the day, we're just the tenants. So if the people running this place don't feel like the trolling around here is a detriment to attracting new users/building up a user base....then that's their decision and something beyond my or your control. I just come around....post in the threads I find interesting and with people I find interesting. I don't really make it more complicated than that.....at least not when it comes to an online message board.