i think trolls are a necessary evil to keep an open and fair network such as maemo.org after all, we don't want to turn this into a dictatorship. do we?? and most of us can detect a troll thread in the first post, so maybe the onus should be on us - the members - to pass the threads on by. we run the risk of alienating real talent because we develop a reputation for being a dictatorship rather than a freedom-of-speech democracy. just my op