I am not sure exactly of your meaning, about the general situation i suppose.
Try my best & sorry if it becomes waffle.
There are a few Holier than thou types (not many) & a few - I know better than you, you're wrong - types too (again not too many) & some of these are one & the same people.
You won't find them in the "Is this a pretty flower thread" but in any thread created where people will have polar opposite opinions (which they appear to always jump in on).
Threads like those created by myself &
@Ansome the other day, stuff where a little thinking is required.
Now, my thread was an innocently created one where i just canvassed the opinion of forum members & accepted the argument of others being different to mine (& many more disagreed than agreed with my view) fine & dandy.
I had some intelligent arguments against my view put forward & this was the kind of thing i was seeking.
One poster I had previous with posted a fairly scathing anti post, more anti SC than anti the thread.
This person was/is on my ignore list, but i clicked on 'show ignored content' as i was intrigued.
Being a little bit volatile (i have to admit a personal failing here) i responded with a bit of anger (no swearing) but quickly deleted my post (it's still there though as someone quoted it).
I didn't delete it because of what it was, just that somehow it wasn't attached to the persons quote.
When i say that i can be a little bit volatile, by that i mean that sometimes my fuse can be short (this is better) & sometimes can be long (Very Bad) because on it's longer days, there can be a much bigger bang at the end.
Compare that with the demeanour of our friend
@solitaire for instance who seems much more placid & laid back, which incidentally i would more like to be.
Unfortunately my perspective of the world & humanity is tainted more by the type of people i deal with & my tolerance of certain types, so i have a much more cynical viewpoint.
My problem is my low idiot/clown/nobber threshold, which is most prevalent on the forum when a Troll type tries to take me on or i see a troll attack against a perfectly reasonable person.
Despite my will to ignore, i occasionally bite, which i suppose is a victory then to the Troll.
Lets take
@Ansome thread which attracted a fair few of these throbbers.
It wasn't his fault, i read his OP & it wasn't an invite to riot & was a very valid question posed.
The problem was there that a certain thread faction rounded up, with one probably PM'ing another & so on because they thought 'their thread' was being questioned.
There are a couple of males (maybe 3) who do the rounds in bikes & bike buying etc who are of the your wrong i am right pedant persuasion.
The others have very little to do with bikes or gear or advice & stick to Cafe threads or debating, social, political.
So what is my point ?
Well, just that, if you suspect a Troll may be trying to provoke you into a response, or a thread appears to be going bad, click ignore & jump out of the fire.