really mods? get trolled often?

[Karsten75]

A guy asks for a build, moderators get involved in discussing pirating Adobe, music piracy, whatnot with a guy that's clearly advocating (while not outright saying it) that the OP can pirate Windows.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2271594/700-gaming-build.html

 

[USAFRet]

And the OP was redirected in how and where to ask for build info.

 

[Eduello]

Q. How does one get trolled by moderators on the new forums?
A. Post your thread and remain patient. A moderator will be along to troll you shortly.

-Joe Pishgar, Senior community manager

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/93-68-forum-platform-anything

 

[Karsten75]

For my own edification, should we report all posts in Components forum that ask for builds so that mods can close and redirect the OP to Systems forum? I can see several just on the first page - hopefully the mods can be proactive and not wait for them all to be reported.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

TBH, normally we move stuff like that. Or just leave it in there - Components gets pretty high traffic, not like if someone tossed it in Opinions & Experiences.

I believe that in this case it was more about the new build request form not being present, and the thread being severely derailed (both by a pile of mods and random5). There's not much useful content lost in that thread.

 

[Karsten75]

I don't see that he posted again. Guess the form stumped him.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

No recent new threads. Probably hunting down more info for the form - why we have it in the first place...

 

[Onus]

I didn't see any advocacy of piracy; in fact I suggested a particular free OS I've installed a couple times myself. The OP's request did not specify or imply piracy. Yes, we know it is more common in certain parts of the world, and/or degree of enforcement varies as well, but I didn't see anything that broke the rules. I thought the possibility of trolling was a lot more likely.