Malcom,
If I thought you were a troll, you would never know it as I would just completely ignore you. It is not my place here to call anyone a troll, that is strictly for Moderators and Administrators to deal with and I would not even go as far as "reporting" my opinion on a poster to a Moderator.
Your posts that I have read recently on the "Debris Field Found?" topic are excellent and really show (to me) your expertise on the subject and I thank you for adding your knowledge.
My comment about "...solely debunking without adding knowledge..." was not an accusation of you and although
I might have seen some of your posts in that light, that is not for me to say. Your post rate is some 60 times mine, so perhaps you like to write

and I should expect some 'noise' from your proliferation. You should accept the fact that I have replied to you several times in the past two months proves that I do not consider you to be a Troll at all.
You are certainly entitled to your opinion:
"...they all have equally valid alternative explanations....there is considerable doubt about the validity of Betty's Notebook and the other messages, then I see a circular argument which relies on two unproven hypotheses to create an equally unproven third. Multiplication of hypotheses is a bit like shouting at someone in an argument, it doesn't actually add veracity to one's point of view, it simply complicates the issue.
and I do not agree with your opinion at all about Betty's Notebook or most of the other messages, but I would never 'shout' or argue with you.
In my opinion, the Professional, Dedicated
Direction Finding Stations Of six bearings taken by Pan American Airways Radio Direction Finding stations on Oahu, Midway, and Wake Island, the four strongest cross near Gardner Island. A seventh bearing taken by the Coast Guard also passes near Gardner.
Put the Electra on Nikumaroro, TIGHAR is working on establishing where, the tide charts point to an area where the Tide would make a difference and the missing Electra indicates that the Tide was most likely to have consumed her, I just can't buy the "Japanese took them and the Electra away...".
There is a lot of 'reef' around Nikumaroro and TIGHAR has been there to surmise the most likely portion of that reef's seamount to search and I wish them the best in that endeavor.
Tom King has stated on his
blog in 2010 that he doubted that the Electra could be found in the ocean... he also has a tale on anecdotal evidence
in 2011 that you might appreciate.