Yeah, I think of troll-feeding as an excellent opportunity to think more deeply about things that I hadn't really considered previously. The problem is that, at least in this community, it produces these crazy ginormous threads that totally overtake the rest of the discussion. And to be honest, most people don't do it well at all. So not only is there this huge blob, but there's nothing really interesting in it.

Not every form of discourse is appropriate for every forum.