yo there at The Towers...
Trolls and active troll hunters are in my opinion as bad as each other, and cause potentially as much havoc and hurt as each other.
So, how about banning the toll hunters who don't adhere to your policy in the same way as you ban trolls?
I don't like how some posters take it upon themselves to 'police' the boards, trying to do your job and cause upset in the process. When they have gone as far as to give clues as to them thinking there is a troll about, in this way encouraging others to troll hunt, it has gone to far. On a recent thread some suggested changing posting styles to text speak, say lol and Hun and the like to draw others attention to their troll suspicions. I think this is ridiculous.
What say you?
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Temporary ban for troll hunters?
QuintessentialShadow · 28/08/2011 11:34
No, because even a 
from a poster can be passed off as troll hunting.........and then there would be a witch hunt ( depending on who the poster is) to 'get them banned' so threads would then descend into a 'ban the trollhunter' and it would all be just as bad
The power of a is not to be underestimated!! Maybe THAT should be banned instead
Where do you draw the line, though?
Sometimes I will search a poster's name and a dead giveaway is that they have only posted on the one thread, in which case I will post a fairly innocuous 'welcome to Mumsnet' - as much as anything as a heads-up to everyone else on the thread.
Sometimes I will also report to MNHQ at the same time.
Occasionally if I'm suspicious but have nothing else to suggest it's a troll I might post 
Again, these are just ways of trying to alert other posters to step back a little and think before they get too involved.
I agree, though, with the passive aggressive troll-hunting. The suggestion of using text speak was crass beyond belief. If you are that convinced that a poster is a troll then the only thing to do is to report to MNHQ.
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Hello Usual 
, you know me don't you? Remember you to told me to
get to fuck(twas a misunderstanding).
Phew, don't feel so Para now 
.
Don't be your the only poster doesn't blank me on here!.
What is a witch really? I'm that stupid.
I never spot the trolls usual.
I keep off relationship board, as i gather it's easy to get sucked in at times on there.
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My MN default setting atm is believe nothing unless I know the OP
sad but true
I think a witchhunt is when posters go out to get a certain poster
sadlydoingshineypenguins
I think people were talking at crossed purposes on that other thread and it was soon established that 99.9999% of people did not think you were a troll.
I agree with Usualsuspect - if you really cannot take a mild from someone you don't know on the internet then perhaps you shouldn't expose yourself to the potential hurt (general you, not "you" you).
QS: I think you have an interesting point. It would probably cause more grief than good, overall though.
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