To be annoyed to learn a certain thread was not genuine.

[Canthisonebeused]

So the sports day thread where the child was victimised for being slow and adopted has been pulled and seems not to be genuine. Why would someone do that?

[WorraLiberty]

I knew that one was a pile of crap

Why do they do it? Purely for the attention I think.

[Canthisonebeused]

It just seems such a strange thing to make up. It didn't seem goady or deliberately triggering possibly a little far fetched at the least.

[CoffeeTea103]

Didn't know that wasn't genuine. I really felt so upset for the mum and child. Who the hell has time to make up such nonsense.

[Hakluyt]

It was obvious from the first post it was fake. But people just pile in and stoke up the fire.

[expatinscotland]

There have been quite a few like that.

[DeepThought]

Pile o' poo

As your tenure here extends you get a sorta 'nose' for what is likely to be a load of wank baloney and just click away or report

[Hakluyt]

If it' s too good to be true it probably isn't. If it's too bad to be true the same applies.

[HecatePropylaea]

I've given up trying to work out all the many reasons why people make up piles of bollocks on the internet.

[bbcessex]

far too far fetched to be true...

[weegiemum]

I don't know how people have such an imagination.

My most exciting recent thread has been about my washing machine!

[whois]

Yeah it didn't even make sense.

'Other mum said she didn't want her DC to play with mine because my DC is adopted' = believable.

'Other woman said my DC was a slow runner because he's adopted' = fucking strange

[HecatePropylaea]

I know what you mean.

I am throwing some excitement in by using terrible grammar on a make up thread

[WhereDoAllTheCalculatorsGo]

I, too thought that one was obvious. 'He's slow because he's adopted' and 'you're common'
My arse

[expatinscotland]

Some of the threads grow sock puppets, too.

[ThisOneAndThatOne]

I thought it was obviously fake.

Just too long and too insulting. Could not believe it actually happened.

[MiscellaneousAssortment]

It's rubbish, mainly because it stops other people from being believed, and hounded when they're vulnerable. Not nice.

[LaurieFairyCake]

I read that. Thought it was odd.

There's too many odd threads and just too many freaks.

I'm still scarred from that woman pretending she had dead twins years ago - hundreds of posts from people, made me actually cry it was so sad. People met up with her! And it was all guff.

[expatinscotland]

Yeah, I remember that one, Laurie. And others.

[MoonRover]

Why would someone do such a thing?

Because they're not well. Or lonely. Or very very bored. Or a wind up merchant. Or a frickin' weirdy.

But what's awful is that those kinds of threads can stop people asking for help - I agree with MiscellaneousAssortment there.

[LaurieFairyCake]

expat - the washing machine woman too? Box room troll?

So many. Much better at lying though than the current lot - folk were taken in for months, now trolls get caught within a thread or two.

[expatinscotland]

The one who trolled about being raped met up with people, too, and turned out to be full of it.

[LaurieFairyCake]

Oh god, yeah.

I also remember a really lovely mumsnetter who got accused of being a troll because she gave money away at Christmas - 20 people, £50 each. I think (but I might be wrong) that is why hq put the more stringent troll policy in place.?

[rustnmarty]

There was a famous "oh I didnt know I was pregnant just gave birth " troll thread poster on here a while back. The post came complete with pics. Went on for ages with donations and everything.

That was guff.

The very same poster is now a very regular poster on another well known baby site and I have to bite my tongue soooo bad.

[expatinscotland]

There was another trolled about pregnancy, neonatal loss and an old-timer caught it out on the photos.

You get some sick puppies.

[ExitPursuedByABear]

Phew. I had that down as fake from the opening post.

5 years in and suddenly I can spot 'em.