Official Poloniex statement:
To meet the increasing demands on support staff, the Trollbox has been disabled indefinitely and moderators have been reallocated to assist in support.
While I do understand that support tickets are very important, shutting down trollbox, a tool that was used to get info, to see where the action is, to laugh and make Vitalik jokes, I think it is bad. Trollbox was something that made Poloniex another home, violent home at times. Banhammers would fly like crazy if you misbehave.
You would see some comments like this:
I will use all this money to buy a lambo and all the bitches!
Banhammer 1h!
Or some spam comments:
WOW MONERO, WOW DASH, WOW UNLIMITED COCAINE!
Banhamer 1day! Another one bites the dust!
Trollbox was one of the best place to learn about cryptocurrency in early days, I guess lately with explosive growth it wasn't that useful, but is still was a great place to get info and get into price action of one or more hot coins. It is not the same without the trollbox and I hope it will return again, until then you can work on your Vitalik jokes.