There's lots to talk about here.
I think the first point that needs addressing is that everyone is taking the rudeness a little out of hand.
I understand being open about not liking an idea, or voicing your opinions, but some things take it a little too far.
"You're trying too hard dude..."
"trying ... to be everyone's favorite"
"infant has more common sense"
Everyone's going to argue that these things were called for, but I don't think there should be such thing as "called for".
He's clearly got some issues with the community right now, and may not be the best at voicing them, or acting on them, but we can help him by treating him as we would a friend who's going through a hard time, rather than treating him as an incurable toxic substance.
We all know that J2 isn't the most friendly environment, and I don't expect this to change, but there's a big difference between being unfriendly and being defensively rude to those who made bad first impressions.
Some people are making good points. Azzza's most recent post was good constructive criticism, and hopefully Dill read it.
I'm not taking Dill's side, like has been assumed before, there are things that need to be relaxed on
both sides.
Dill, as a suggestion to you I'd start off by removing your ignore list. That isn't helping you, it's clearly just reminding you that you've made enemies every time you see one of those blocked posts. Try to treat posts from this point forward as if they're from people you don't know. Rather than confronting rudeness defensively, ignore it. Read the rest of the post and put together all of the non-insulting components and try to interpret it as constructive criticism or whatever else it may be. If there is no constructive criticism or anything else positive, ignore it fully, or report it. Reporting it would probably be taking it a step to far. Respond to posts in a neutral way. If you get criticism filled with hatred and insults, respond to it with the rotten bits cut out. For example, if I were to suggest that we have chocolate ice cream, and someone responded with "Screw you, you fat pig! We all hate you, so shut up anyway! Who likes chocolate, you ugly mutt!?" (in all caps of course), I would try responding with something like "Alright, if not chocolate, what flavor would you prefer? And if you have a problem with ice cream in general, is there a desert you prefer other than ice cream?" maybe with the optional "Hey, also, I noticed that post had quite a bit of hateful comments in it. I'm sorry if I offended you in some way, if you tell me how I can try to fix it?". If they keep responding negatively, try acting the same way.
Like I said before, cut out the rotten bits and treat everyone who's being negative like a friend who's going through a rough patch.
To almost everyone else, maybe try treating Dill with a little more respect? Even if you don't think he deserves it, a little more respect can go a
long way.
Now, this threat has become much of a violent debate about Dill, but as for Dill's idea (what the thread was about), I like it if it works, but you have to take people's booby trap responses realistically. It's going to happen, and it would happen no matter your reputation on the forums. I would suggest burying the chests 3 or 4 deep to make them invisible.
There's lots more I could take about, but I don't want this to become a rant.
tl;dr
Try to take the shoes of those who you're seeing negatively.
Give peace a chance.
"And if you zoom in you can see they actually built something right there at the end of their travels. Awesome." -Avvatar