Troll Discussion

I blocked the douche and I'm sure he'll be gone by morning but I'm just curious, has this sort of epidemic ever sprung up in this board's history? Especially the schizophrenic multiple user names M.O.?

Well, it didn't take the latest one long to shed his skin of semi-normalcy and go Full Retard on us did it?

It's not like we couldn't all see it coming from a mile away, but still... sheesh.

We've had occasional trolls in the past but this current shock-and-awe "epidemic" is a first.

I have no idea why the Small Wiener Squad seems to enjoy trolling us so much but hopefully they'll find something better to do soon.

Yeah. It's pretty pathetic. Hopefully, that's the end of "Operation XXX" and the like. You know the real sad part is I keep thinking one of those noobs might actually like the place and become a good contributor. But I am not holding out much hope of that actually happening.

Oh, to answer the original question, corp, no. It hasn't happened before. Painkiller is the only member I can recall to really take the internet seriously.

Don't worry, he'll be back soon under another name but easily recognizable with the same M.O.

And how do all these trolls have an "unknown" last time visit ?

Hmmmm I must've have missed the latest. Sometimes entertaining at first and the welcome wears off pretty quick. Must have a pretty boring life to keep logging in over and over under a new name just to cause a rumble.

I caught up on some of the trolling of the board. They pop up every now and then from their parent's basement when mommy lets them have their computer back.

His own site must be dying on it's arse for him to devote so much energy to disrupting this one.

He seems to forget that no matter how many aliases he uses his distinct, lousy personality comes shining through.

Boris2008 wrote:

His own site must be dying on it's arse for him to devote so much energy to disrupting this one.

He seems to forget that no matter how many aliases he uses his distinct, lousy personality comes shining through.

So said troll has a site? I assume someone knows who it actually is. Prob someone from a wrestling site...

I've never known a troll epidemic like this before. This was the first time I felt I was reading Youtube comments, at least previous trolls were better behaved.

DallasBlack wrote:

I've never known a troll epidemic like this before. This was the first time I felt I was reading Youtube comments, at least previous trolls were better behaved.

Good point, DB.

mikeinfla wrote:

His own site must be dying on it's arse for him to devote so much energy to disrupting this one.

He seems to forget that no matter how many aliases he uses his distinct, lousy personality comes shining through.

the site is doing very well at this point, maybe you should visit before you start assuming.

Boris2008 wrote:

So said troll has a site? I assume someone knows who it actually is. Prob someone from a wrestling site...

i'm friends with Painkiller and he's not a wrestling fan. your confusing him with either me or the guy who is has been going under various names like Stone Cold etc...

HeavyThrashhead wrote:

mikeinfla wrote:

His own site must be dying on it's arse for him to devote so much energy to disrupting this one.

He seems to forget that no matter how many aliases he uses his distinct, lousy personality comes shining through.

the site is doing very well at this point, maybe you should visit before you start assuming.

Boris2008 wrote:

So said troll has a site? I assume someone knows who it actually is. Prob someone from a wrestling site...

i'm friends with Painkiller and he's not a wrestling fan. your confusing him with either me or the guy who is has been going under various names like Stone Cold etc...

Yea, I don't thinks it's Painkiller myself, but some other nut. I think Boris was alluding to that as well.

chewie wrote:

HeavyThrashhead wrote:

mikeinfla wrote:

His own site must be dying on it's arse for him to devote so much energy to disrupting this one.

He seems to forget that no matter how many aliases he uses his distinct, lousy personality comes shining through.

the site is doing very well at this point, maybe you should visit before you start assuming.

Boris2008 wrote:

So said troll has a site? I assume someone knows who it actually is. Prob someone from a wrestling site...

i'm friends with Painkiller and he's not a wrestling fan. your confusing him with either me or the guy who is has been going under various names like Stone Cold etc...

Yea, I don't thinks it's Painkiller myself, but some other nut. I think Boris was alluding to that as well.

no. he pretty much confused Painkiller with the other guy. the other guy i know has a youtube channel but he does not run a forum.

My question is, if this were to get worse, what are the options? Can ult do an invite-only membership for a stretch of time?

I wonder, what fun does a troll get, fooling themselves?

MoonChild wrote:

I wonder, what fun does a troll get, fooling themselves?

They don't care if they "fool" themselves (since most of them think they're anonymous on the internet), they do it for the reaction. "Don't feed the troll" is a common saying that sadly not all people follow. Instead they react and comment the troll and that is exactly what he want.

I've been a moderator on a big gaming website in the past and we had to deal with trolls a lot. They always do it for the "fun" or to get under the skin of people. Back then we had a troll that targeted me specifically, it went on for several weeks until the site owners threatened to call the cops on him (because the things he did went even beyond simple trolling)

HeavyThrashhead wrote:

mikeinfla wrote:

His own site must be dying on it's arse for him to devote so much energy to disrupting this one.

He seems to forget that no matter how many aliases he uses his distinct, lousy personality comes shining through.

the site is doing very well at this point, maybe you should visit before you start assuming.

Boris2008 wrote:

So said troll has a site? I assume someone knows who it actually is. Prob someone from a wrestling site...

i'm friends with Painkiller and he's not a wrestling fan. your confusing him with either me or the guy who is has been going under various names like Stone Cold etc...

Misquoted, I never said that. I only questioned that whoever it was may have his own site or forum. Since I don't know who it is or what the site is I cannot visit and check it out.

corplhicks wrote:

My question is, if this were to get worse, what are the options? Can ult do an invite-only membership for a stretch of time?

It can be set up where members have to be approved before posting.

ShadowAngel wrote:

MoonChild wrote:

I wonder, what fun does a troll get, fooling themselves?

They don't care if they "fool" themselves (since most of them think they're anonymous on the internet), they do it for the reaction. "Don't feed the troll" is a common saying that sadly not all people follow. Instead they react and comment the troll and that is exactly what he want.

Yup, true that. Being an active moderator on a large paranormal forum and being an admin of late, I understand what you said.

mikeinfla wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

My question is, if this were to get worse, what are the options? Can ult do an invite-only membership for a stretch of time?

It can be set up where members have to be approved before posting.

How about setting up "Moderator Approval of Post" before they appear public?

We could just ban everyone over the age of 70

Boris2008 wrote:

We could just ban everyone over the age of 70

007 wrote:

Boris2008 wrote:

We could just ban everyone over the age of 70