Trolls

[misssunshine4040]

Following on from the thread that was just deleted where a troll posted their 15 year old DS died.
How do mumsnet verify that a story definitely isn't true? I posted a message of support on that post and then saw that mumsnet posted the story is false.
How do they know for sure?

Posting history I guess. Where stories don’t add up.

I was suspicious immediately I’m afraid. No one whose child has died asks for other peoples ‘stories’. But when I Advance searched the OP they had been posting or commenting about their ‘family’ for quite some time - the ages etc sort of added up so I just ignored it but yeah, not surprised. I didn’t go back to it so I guess their trolling posting style ramped up and quickly escalated did it?

I saw that in active. Quite relieved it’s a troll.

It’s a need to make connections with people I suppose - very sad and strange.

I don't think they commented on the post again.
It just seems such a sensitive topic and think how can they be so sure it's outright not true in such a short space of time.
Revolting that people make up this stuff though.

maybe it was a pbp

I'm always suspicious of posts like that.
I've lost a child in tragic circumstances. There was NO way I could have been physically or mentally able to start a thread about it on MN at the time. I stayed in my bed for weeks with the duvet over my head.

You need to be a sick bastard to make up threads about losing your child.

I haven't seen the thread, but if the topic was very sensitive and HQ deleted as troll thread, they must have good reason to believe so.

Maybe by looking through their posting history/if they’re a pbp

How terrible to make up something like that. That post was on my mind all morning as I have a similar age DC who has been struggling abit lately. Just awful.

I'm not sure. I've had a couple of threads deleted "while Mumsnet checks behind the scenes" but have never been contacted by Mumsnet and actually asked anything 🤷🏻