I don't know about trolls, but it sure has been the place for repetitive questions, lately? Rephrasing a question when you don't like the answer really doesn't work. You will probably get the same answer.

This forum is a good place to get real answers to real questions. Take a look at what you have asked thus far;

Working Illegally:

http://answers.echinacities.com/question/working-tourist-visa

http://answers.echinacities.com/question/teaching-11-without-work-visa

Fishing for women:

http://answers.echinacities.com/question/where-find-leftover-women

Woe-is-me:

http://answers.echinacities.com/question/are-there-no-ngos-will-hire-me

And now you are whining. There you go, a clean and clear answer, just like you desired.

I have never been abused by the regular and real posters on this forum. The core of guys here are informative about China and it's cultural differences and provide me with solace when needed.

Defamation happens here when provocation happens.

No. You should go somewhere else.

Rubbish, plenty of people come on here, start posting and are accepted with few or no major issues: just in the last few weeks thoughtful posters like scandinavian, amonk and ambivalentmace have showed up and gotten along fine with the old timers.

Instead of complaining about your 'echinacities answers' experience; why not just get real with everyone here and be more open about your whole 'evil master plan?' Just say this to everyone okay; "Hello, I am your average Chinese foreigner-bashing state-worker. I am here to defame any and all 'laowai' as both I see-fit and as stated accordingly in my employee handbook. Furthermore, would everyone here please dispense with formalities and just please tell me 'where do all the laowai do their dirty deeds?' And by dirty deeds I mean 'find throw-away ladies,' 'obtain perhaps illegal visas,' 'buy drugs, guns, etc..,' and all other what-not that would help me further my career. Thank you kindly. Good Day.'  Just do this and you will find far greater success than your current endeavor allows. Cheers mate! 

i did not know about echinacities until i arrived here in china for about a year,

i dont know if your a troll and does not matter to me, i am a little more open about my deeds than others because  i had the privilege to train chinese troops while serving in the french foreign legion outside guangzhou 25 years ago and some of those men are now important officers in the party.

that being said ,most people are not foolish enough to talk about doing things that are perceived unethical, illegal or dishonest on a website originating from china.

if you need this info, i can get 300 pages of questions and answers from daveseslcafe that have accumulated in the chinese job forum over the years and not subject to chinese oversight, but this is not the place because unlike our chinese counterparts we are very skeptical of big brother.  love your country, fear your government is ingrained in our natural thinking, my distrust is so great i never leave a paper trail and always pay cash for everything. if your truly a western teacher , your very naive, if your a chinese worker, your insulting the people who are here to teach and vent, perhaps they will get pissed off and write another book banned here and loved in the west for glorifying your 5000 year existence, sorry i dont think it deserves the word culture.

Hi airyk.

I try to stay away from any questions about "trolls", as I think they are usually a big waste of time that leads to a bunch of useless finger pointing and name calling... But at the same time, I'm getting pretty tired of the "core" users on this board constantly proclaiming that new users who show up and ask XYZ question are automatically Chinese wumao, subversively trying make foreigners look bad or just blatantly attacking us (as if there are no foreigners that hate other foreigners or have otherwise ulterior motives for acting like assholes in an anonymous online setting). As such, I'll assume for the moment that you are not a wumao and I will try to explain why other users might have gone off trolling you on your previous questions, giving you that dreaded "wumao" label.

From my personal experience, China has dramatically changed in the 6 years since I first started coming here. Back in 2007, visa laws were much more lax, anti-foreigner sentiment (at least as I perceived it) was much more subdued, and "face jobs" were much easier to get. This in part gave other foreigners the impression that this country was sort of a "Wild West" where you could come and do as you please. However, since then, visa laws have cracked down, anti-foreigner sentiment is on the rise (wumaos are no doubt a reflection of this) and face jobs are going away. I am not sure foreigners now coming here are aware of these changes. 

At the same time, many of the foreigners that remain here in this changing setting are getting tired of being lumped in with the boozing, womanizing, illegally working expats of yesteryear (and the new batches).  Moreover, I think that a lot of these same "long term" expats frequent this board, and that after dealing with dozens of the same questions about "how to work on a tourist visa" or "how to pick up easy Chinese girls", they've simply had enough. Unfortunately for you, your first questions on this board are of the same type that are typically asked by wumao trying to make foreigners look bad.

The reason I am not going to immediately write you off as a wumao is because I too had many of the same types of questions when I first moved here (that and as far as I can tell, you haven't asked a blatant "Foreigners are evil" question yet). In the time since I've lived here though, I've realized that China is not simply my playground, and I've (hopefully) grown up a bit. Also, I read somewhere that in all online forums, once a core set of users is developed, it is a natural tendency to gang up on newer users, and I don't wish to do that here.

I sincerely hope that you are not a wumao, and in fact just asked "the wrong questions", giving everyone the wrong impression of your intentions on the board.

The Troll

 Be wary of the loathsome troll 
that slyly lies in wait
to drag you to his dingy hole
and put you on his plate.

His blood is black and boiling hot,
he gurgles ghastly groans.
He'll cook you in his dinner pot,
your skin, your flesh, your bones.

He'll catch your arms and clutch your legs
and grind you to a pulp,
then swallow you like scrambled eggs--
gobble! gobble! gulp!

So watch your steps when next you go
upon a pleasant stroll,
or you might end up in the pit below
as supper for the troll.

  Author: Jack Prelutsky

* I am not a Troll, I am a Warlock (Magic Seeker - Level V) 

The reason you've been labelled a 'troll' on here, is not just as Peter-Tang explained (which is quite accurate, btw!), but because you're first question was about teaching on an L visa... which I'm pretty sure you know is illegal (a 1 min google search would have answered that for you!). The answer you got was 100% accurate! Philbravery answered you quite clearly, and tactfully! He didn't call you out as a troll, and didn't seem particularly nasty - he just put it in your face.

Traveler followed up with another correct answer - if you're qualified, get the right visa!

However, your first comment to Traveler's post says it all... just for a reminder, I'll re-post it - "

airyk:

I've only met a few foreigners in China, most seem to be undereducated perverts and somehow they have work visas. I think the only requirement to get a work visa here is white skin."

Seriously! That's 100% troll-speak!!!

Not only that, but after being given the benefit of the doubt (you're legit, and not a troll) you then try to defend your intention to clearly ignore the legitimate advice you've been given! In doing so, you insult all legitimate teachers here!!!

Then, you post about looking for "left over women" (when your first post mentions you're here with your girlfriend... how... odd!

Your NGO post has now gone, so I can't detail that one...

But you then ask about 1:1 teaching, and imply that your previous question was met with BS...  Once again, you've been met with some accurate answers (no, working in China without a proper Z visa is illegal - paid or not!!!) You also suggest that having a PhD in Public Admin and Health/Stats 'qualifies' you to teach GRE/GMAT/MCAT... so, you have a PhD in a totally unrelated field makes you qualified to teach now???

Granted, the Chinese education system sucks, and there are far too many people 'teaching' here that shouldn't be... but you're only looking to do it for a few weeks, and you're considering giving the money away (or so you say...).

You're apparently a smart one... you tell us why people might think you're a troll!

It takes one to know one. You yourself would know more about the answer to this question than anybody else.

also public administration is not a popular major in the west but it damn sure is in china if you want a good long term bribe government position job. i would say your major is something else.

I rarely see anyone here do the snotty English lesson thing. Let's see some examples.

I have read many posts on here already myself. Perhaps it feels as though people are trolling. But if you keep a sense of humour and laugh it off as well as ignoring those who are blatantly trying to provoke a response, I think you should be fine.

I personally have only posted a few things so far, and already been corrected or asked to clarify my questions. I just smile, agree and edit if necessary. Best lesson learned is the ability to laugh at oneself instead of falling out with others. You might find it a lot easier then.

If it is, I think you just brought the "Troll Toll" up a notch! Don't you think?!?

At least they corrected your spelling. 

Oh that's crazy! Good users like me really don't like trolls!