Are you ever going to do anything about trolls?

I've just come into the thread to add nothing of value but to tell the op and everyone else that I don't know you, and that I'm going to follow you around telling you this from now on...even though I don't know you.

In all seriousness, mn does seem to go through funny spells and this seems to be one. I can tell by my posting, I don't post that much anyway but when it goes a bit funny I just can't be bothered to post anything most of the time as who knows if the thread will be deleted.

It must be difficult to get the balance right though at hq.

Arf @ troll bunting

Bit of a daft question, but why can't we mention the troll threads by name. I know troll bunting is banned, but why, if trolls are so bad?

I'm rubbish at spotting the threads anyway.

You always say that, all the time.
Whoever you are, you person beneath my notice that I have never seen before.

It's bloody annoying is what it is.

All you people I have never seen before in my life. Here you are, yet again, saying the same old thing I've never seen you say before.

You're so bloody predictable. You bunch of complete strangers.

I was reading murmurings on P&B about a fresh wave of troll attacks but I think they've been well warned and the thread came to nothing.

Yesterday was weird...roll on school and things getting back to normal.

Pagwatch are you new? Don't think I have seen you before. Welcome to Mumsnet.

Camping? I have Camping and Baby Names hidden.

Baby names and camping seem popular. I think they are quite lazy and are scrolling alphabetically.

Who are all of you? Seriously, I recognise no one here and yet you are all annoying. Stop that. Or go away so new people I don't recognise can annoy me.
Come on. That's reasonable.

I've noticed the Baby Names thing too.
Almost every Really Obvious Troll I've AS'd recently has a massive posting history but almost exclusively in Baby Names. I thought my trolldar was malfunctioning but it seems they're just putting a bit more effort in. Building up a posting history but still flying under the radar so to speak.

I agree that it's probably the Heartbleed publicity.

At any given time I would bet my last £5 that half of the OPs are creative writers.

While it's just "hilarious" talk about penises and naked people in the street and dildos and other such puerile 14 yr old boy stuff, it's easy enough to ignore and rise above.

The fact that HQ nowadays seem to think that a) long standing MNers are not capable ipso facto of being trolls/fakes b) neither are new posters - rather puts the whole site in a difficult position.

MN is broken. And not in a technical way. And unless HQ start doing something about it, it's going to stay broken. It has become an absolute bloody car crash. It would be laughable if it weren't such a shame.

I think we can safely bet though that the likes of leading political parties and other hard hitters on the public stage are soon going to be giving it a very wide berth, probably while doing that twiddley finger thing at their temples.

Agree sparkling and its an indication to the trolls that they are being successful in getting attention.

Yesterday's mn was a bit of a horror show all round. Not sure why it went quite so grim (not enough chocolate?)

Yes what Sparkling said ^^

I'm not usually here at night so I hadn't noticed that's how to report.

'The site is becoming a parody of itself.'

Yes, it's been distinctly 'off' in the last few days. And everything is in AIBU. Lots of uber-aggressive posters. Not pleasant at all.

But the site never really settled back post-PB, so this may be it.

My sole suggestions (trying to be helpful) is for people to post the threads/posts they want to see, and to use the topics more and AIBU less. I think the solution is at our fingertips.

I also think that reporting to Nightwatch should not be a thread IYKWIM. Feel like the school snitch.

The trolls were not funny last night.
I think that until this heartbleed pub"I city dies down we need someone on duty from mnhq overnight. It does seem madness to leave the safety of the site to a group of very lovely volunteers when things are so challenging.

MaryZ who?

and who the fuck is scottishmummy ?

Jeez, so many names I don't recognise.

I always miss the trolls

Blimey, just read the thread where sparkling got accused of being hairy handed. What a car crash! Off to look for something more soothing :)

Night Watch.

You are probably right.

Night watch did really well tonight, it has to be said.

As did some super-fast people such as sparkling who were flagging them up.

Yeah. I think if they get zapped quickish the whole enterprise will lose its attraction. Best not to engage with them though or they get their satisfaction.