Are you ever going to do anything about trolls?

I'm addressing the global moaning,the habitual mn is so bad threads
These threads arrive near daily.same generic content,usual complaints
It's not a view I share,so of courses will comment

I'd like to comment, but as I don't have the faintest idea who any of you are, I won't bother.

But sm you habitually moan about the moaners as far as I can tell. I don't understand why you get so bothered with it.

It's opinion. You think MN is the same as it ever was and lots of other people think the opposite.

Nobody can change the other's opinion, so it just goes round in circles.

All I know is that it was troll central last night and IMO there are more troll threads around. MN need to be looking into ways to make it harder.

The collective moaners who habitually complain how rotten mn is
Nearly daily someone starts a handwringing gum bumping thread complaining
I don't think there has been a deterioration,or mn was better in days yore

Who are you calling a 'auld gimemer' sm?

Or some auld gimemer moaning of that mn gorn to the dogs
As boring and predictable as trolls
At least trolls are sometimes funny

Sorry Rebecca but ScottishMummy spoke first, it wasn't trolls at all it is just us same old people moaning about the site having gawn to the dogs.

Don't come swanking in here with your big blue box of authority and expect us to listen.

How can you spot a troll?

Thanks Maryz (glad you are back to usual name and gender). I will be ok I think. :)

Hee hee, I just got narcotics anonymous when I Googled . I bet he is fun at parties

Oh no, hope you didn't do any actual damage!

(I was being facetious about The Wizard of Oz. He was basically claiming to be some master hacker because he could post made up stories in the Internet)

Oh ok, will Google oz. Been in all week and went out for some fresh air to make me feel better. Fell down some steps (didn't work) I'm such a tit.

You really didn't miss anything.
Common or garden half-term troll trying to convince us he was Oz, the great and powerful.

Falling over?

Don't suppose anyone could fill me in on the anonymous thread thing. I think I missed that one (was busy falling over)?

Anonymous isn't as many people as you think - a lot of their work esp DDOS is from hijacked PCs. Which is bloody clever but misleading.

I keep a couple of old NCs if I want to be taken seriously but obscure my posting history. A 3yo nickname is useful!

Is the reason for not mentioning troll threads a bit like ignoring bullies in the playground?
Writing that, it makes me realise how ineffective either method is.

I'm pretty sure it is 'just to prove they can' tbh.
It's all about being cleverer than everyone else.
Proving you are superior.
'You think you're security is faultless so I'm going to find a fault' type of thing.

It's basically your average pissing contest.

Lots of governments and big security outfits actually 'employ' them. The really good ones are seriously useful, very highly skilled and driven.

I don't think this is anything new.

I've been using MN since 2003 and it has always had the odd time where we have more odd threads than normal. They are usually around the time of school holidays and/or public holidays. I guess when these people have far more spare time on their hands.

Seriously, just report and then ignore. The worst thing you can do is keep engaging in the threads if you really believe them to be troll threads.

It is a public forum for anyone who wants to use it. You have to treat it as that and remember that every single on of us could not be telling the truth at any time. Unless you have actually met and know the other person it is impossible to really know.

Me neither IfPigs I always thought it was just to prove they could IYKWIM.

Fucked if I know sparkling I don't know that much about it to be fair. I'd never understand all the hacking stuff.

Oh right IfPigs I understand. So what are they looking to gain?