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AIBU?

..to start to disbelieve an awful lot of stories on here...

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BratFarrarsPony · 13/11/2016 21:21

honestly some of the stuff you read you think ..awww how awful...and after about five pages of posters doing their best to give advice , MN steps in and zaps the thread...
Often and more and more I read something, start composing a reply and then thing no fuckit its a troll.
Obviously trollhunting is offlimits, but really?

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TheoriginalLEM · 13/11/2016 21:22

report and hide

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KingJoffreysRestingCuntface · 13/11/2016 21:22

Aye, but it really is a minority.

I've fallen for two in two days.

Fool me once, shame on you... etc.

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Rainydayspending · 13/11/2016 21:23

Just don't get attached! Give your view and move on.

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TheoriginalLEM · 13/11/2016 21:23

This is why i skip to the last page before i rtft

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OhtoblazeswithElvira · 13/11/2016 21:24

Yanbu
There is a special flavour to troll threads... the drama... the style... the quick denouement... there are so many now!

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Soubriquet · 13/11/2016 21:26

There seems to be a theme lately

Alot of them are parents have done something to the kids and seeking other stories

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Arfarfanarf · 13/11/2016 21:26

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BratFarrarsPony · 13/11/2016 21:26

but why do they bother?
How dull must their lives be to sit and think and compose a problem, post it, ....and for what exactly?

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TrickyD · 13/11/2016 21:28

If you put a thread on your 'watched' list, you will be told on there if it has been zapped. If you forget, you can spend ages trying to fnd it. I wish MNHQ would post a list of recently zapped threads to save fruitless hunting.
I am particularly thinking about the woman with the million pound council house and a 'snobby old bitch' neighbour. Was It a trolll?

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Soubriquet · 13/11/2016 21:30

Probably tricky

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gunting · 13/11/2016 21:31

Yeah I take everything with a pinch of salt these days. I saw someone say that their creative writing tutor encouraged them to test out storylines on here and now I can't unsee that when I read something particularly dramatic.

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crashdoll · 13/11/2016 21:31

YANBU but it's a shame because strange and dramatic things happen in real life and those people are denied support and advice by the trolls who make everyone suspicious.

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BratFarrarsPony · 13/11/2016 21:32

fuck knows tricky but why would you do that?
to watch a load of mumsnetters get slightly annoyed with a fictitious situation?
Their lives must be so dull.

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TrickyD · 13/11/2016 21:44

Yes, sad, dull lives and depriving those with a genuine need of support and advice.

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InfiniteSheldon · 13/11/2016 21:44

Where there is often a political undertone, maybe anti war or supposed racism (just examples not exclusive or pointed examples) I sometimes struggle to believe it's as real as the OP says. My dh calls it a nugget of truth rolled in big ball of bullshit I hope all the replies satisfy whatever urges made the OP post and don't just feed them.

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comoneileen · 13/11/2016 21:45

there is often a sensational element in troll posts, so if this is what you are looking for you will fall for them.

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SaltyBitch · 13/11/2016 21:47

It's for the same reason we read problem pages as teenagers or watch soaps. People like other people's drama. If you've not got any, making some up can be entertaining.

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EmmaMacGill · 13/11/2016 21:49

I've been hiding a hell of a lot just lately. I did get suckered into what I think was a troll post today and it really wound me up. just horrible, some people really need to get a life

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Yamadori · 13/11/2016 21:51

I saw one this morning, was about halfway through the thread and suddenly thought "Oh yeah...Really? Perhaps not!"

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Coconutty · 13/11/2016 21:52

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SoupDragon · 13/11/2016 21:54

If you put a thread on your 'watched' list, you will be told on there if it has been zapped

Does that happen now? It never used to show on Watched threads.

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timelytess · 13/11/2016 21:54

Went through a phase of starting every response with 'If this is true...' Shock

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SoupDragon · 13/11/2016 21:55

I believe very little nowadays. Many suspect threads started by posters with little or no posting history.

I also believe very few stories on the Clangers "kind things your children have done" competition thread.

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TrickyD · 13/11/2016 21:55

Is it still there Yamadori ? Come on, give us a clue.

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user1479071941 · 13/11/2016 21:57

Yes, it's hugely frustrating but quite easy to tell after a while. There's a certain sequence of events on them. It's very hard not to troll hunt when you're watching people get really involved and sharing painful stuff.

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