Just now read OP and I was really surprised to not see any quotes from pictures I've posted in Hot Girls.
I really only agree with the trolling dealio.
Also I didn't need to read the last 20-ish pages because I could tell what it would be from the first page alone. stuff flinging and whatnot...I feel like it's difficult to nail down "pleas for sympathy" because a lot of times, unfortunate events are simply a point of conversation and discussion. A lot of times when something (bad) happens, someone will want to discuss it or hear thoughts of other people. so they post a topic. I think that's an appropriate situation to apply the "only if you admit to it" rule, as opposed to applying it to trolling. Trolling is really easy to identify, especially when it's coming from a 13 year old kid so the fact that somebody has to announce that they were trolling to get banned is a little disappointing, to say the least.