How much do you care if posters here sincerely believe what they post?

[Virginiá]

Perceived motive matters a lot to me. Knowing someone like LimoLiberal is sitting around trying to piss people off here by pushing their buttons is not something I am willing to tolerate. I don't care if their trolling is low-effort. If a user joins Atlas and proceeds to disrespect everyone here by constantly trying to piss people off, then they shouldn't be here, period. It's not like this forum has embraced trolling and engages in it like a game. Judging by the community opinion of actual concern trolls and the frequent complaints about trolling, it seems like it is very much not wanted and not appreciated.

[Virginiá]

"Perceived motive" ?   Perceived by whom?

Some users like LimoLiberal flat out admit they are screwing with people, while others like krazen don't (afaik), but if you're here long enough, or really with him, not long at all, you pick up on it pretty quickly. And sometimes you get a bonus such as seeing krazen behave completely differently when talking to fellow partisans on another forum/blog.