The average "Troper" is most often either a pedophile, a racist, a zoophile, or some disgusting combination of all three.
The **** is this? I mean yes, the community is **** (I should know, I'm involved), but that's got a lot to do with the fact the moderation is composed of idiots who resist moderating and Fast Eddie doesn't get involved except when it's dumb to do so. This is just bull**** wankery right here.
Yes, it's a ****ty resource when it comes to writing (and if you ask in the writing area on TVTropes they'll tell you that, but Fast Eddie's too attached to his ideas), but it's a very good one when it comes to
talking about stories by providing a shorthand description that hasn't existed before.