As fat people, we deal all the time with the assumption that we should be dieting. We hope that a.s.b-f can be one place that is free of this pressure. We dispute the idea that one must be thin to be fit. We try to avoid generalizations and stereotyping of fat people. For the most part, the fact that a person is fat does not provide much information about that person's happiness, activity level, eating habits, and relationship with food.
Some people here are happy to be fat.
Some people here are not happy to be fat. A troll is a post intended to generate hostility and a never-ending thread of flaming responses. A troller is a person who makes a series of such posts. It's tempting to flame a troll, but if several people do so, the newsgroup becomes filled with flames and people who want a positive newsgroup may get discouraged and leave. The best way to counter the effects of trolls is to ignore them and fill the group with on-topic, positive posts.