Woah woah what the hell happened here?

I've only experienced it here, everywhere else they are the nicest fans you can imagine.

My little theory is that the 'annoying' button, where after 5 clicks from people the reply would be hidden, is gone and so it's more difficult for some to ignore trolls/they get to have more attention.

Huh, would you look at that? You've already gotten 2 downvotes on your comment, Iwane. Shocking. Why the surprise? Most of the creatures that lurk and spew bile in this comment section have been the source of ridicule in the Finder fandom for many years. Less than 5 % of the peeps here are cool, rational human beings. The rest are vomit inducing.

There are some nice people here to talk with. It's just a matter of scrolling thru till you find a subject of interest and see how folks are responding. If you focus on the reasonable discussions the other more negative aspects start to fall into the background.

Have you come to help? some are trying to move on.

It's just a pitty, that one doesn't have the option to put certain threads or people on ignore, to filter the white noise, if you will. That way, everyone could decide for themselves what they want or didn't want to read. But you are right of course. The only way to respond to trolls is by not responding to trolls and completely ignore certain threads.

Having a few filters would be handy. But until that time we can encourage people with positive responses or constructive, well worded criticism. Asking more thought provoking questions helps too.

Someone suggested the Chrome app "In My Words" that might be an amusing option.

Hah! It would be hillarious. Had to look it up because I hadn't heard of it before but it sound like a way to turn any conversation into a Mad Lib game. I'd replace all the negative words with something raunchy and suggestive. :)

It was me and actually I found that it didn't work at all for me, probably because it hasn't been updated since 2012 (I think); Word Replacer II does the job really well though ;)