RE: TeamPH First Meetup & First Trolling
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I understand in your culture how you can see @definethedollar as a troll.
I will say that no matter what Discord you go into, he speaks the same way. So to him, he wasn't trolling. He was himself, from what I see above.
I will also mention I disagree with how he talks but calling him a troll I do not feel is fair.
I also agree he came into YOUR house and made it hard, from what I see above, for you to run a meeting and get questions answered in a timely manner. Irritating, for sure. But again not a troll, just him being him. No harm was intended from his end.
I can not believe I am standing up for him just to be precise. I do not care for his type of humor and he knows this too. but......
This is more of a case of cultural differences than trolling.
Maybe make a list of rules someone must check off when joining your server, stating that it is a Philippines Server and a short description for foreigners of what is expected in your Discord server? It might be helpful to future people joining your server the bigger you get.
Thank you for listening.
Snook
I think Snook gives some good ideas. You guys can see a brief discussion of the troubles with culture differences in the Pimp server (#pimps room). He wasn't being a troll, he was just using dry sarcastic humor. That kind of humor is mostly understood and accepted in American circles, but I can see how it might be perceived differently by people not familiar with it. I have had my own problems with culture differences having lived in Japan for 20 years (and having taught people from all over asia), so I'm pretty familiar with the topic. A disclaimer on your server for people not very familiar with Ph culture might be a useful idea.
Something people might not know is that although @leveluplifeph is one of the pillars of TEAMPH and is an honorary Filipino, he actually is American and privy and familiar with that type of dry sarcastic humor. The fact he spoke up about it and not even one of the local Filipinos was evident to how much insight he had on the situation. Although I do agree that disclaimers or rules can help... yet trolls exist even in such discord servers with these types of rules.
Ah yes, I thought he was, but I wasn't sure.
Yes, you are right of course. Discord rules are like those software agreements that everyone clicks "accept" without actually reading. At the same time, someone might note them and be a little more careful when they enter the server than they would otherwise. It's just an idea, at any rate, to help avoid future misunderstanding.