To not believe a single bloody thread on here any more?

[Hullygully]

Or am I just too old

It's really surprising who is telling the truth and who isn't, and I've found myself TOTALLY WRONG on more than one occasion when I was utterly convinced someone was fabricating stuff.

I now think how fucking sad that makes me to care that much, AND be wrong.

And having been suspected of being a troll on more than one occasion, it is fucking shit when people tell you you're writing in a 'suspicious' manner and they don't believe a word of it, talk about you to everyone by pM and fb and all sorts of juvenile crap and you're actulally not making up one single sentence.

I've gone from fairly prolific troll hunter a few years ago to not reporting anything much, and certainly never saying what I suspect on a thread. Yes some of the stuff on here is bollocks, but most of it's got to be real so shall we just concentrate on the laws of probability and walk away if we're not entirely sure we want to commit.

That were a bit serious I know but it's getting on my nerves at the moment. It's too much.

Ditto, posting stuff about other people isn't good form either .

there are plenty of outrageous stories that I have believed unequivocally. and a few longterm posters that Ive suggested of trolling. its not the content, its the posts.

Where's the mens allowed thread gone?

Well if we can't post about sardines can you talk about the weather

AIBU to complain about the sudden influx of of big bollocky bastardy bastards coming from a easterly direction?

adamschic Thu 01-Mar-12 16:44:17
I'm sure that many people's lives are very raunchy and interesting. Mine is, but I wouldn't post about it all over the internet on an open forum for the whole world to see.

People feel 'safe' to do so on the internets tho. You only have to look at stuff people put in their own name on twitter and fb to see that. Never mind anonymously.

And curtain twitching and busybodying have been sports indulged in by many for centuries. Which is what a lot of people use MN for.

These threads have been keeping me amused all day. SAD FACE!!!!!

What i have posted about twice that people don't believe isn't a jeremy kyle situation. It is that I was shocked to fnd out that at a uni a friend works at organises trips for freshers week where staff have to accompany students and check they all get back to the dropping off point okay. My friend has to accompany these trips to places like gigs and concerts.

And the idea behind it is that some of the students are so overprotected that they need this level of looking after in freshers week.

It is actually true, but both times lots of mns didn't believe me.

There's a lot of bullshit on here at the moment. I bet it is all the same person too.

Well if I was one of them Lissie, you were wrong though I'm probably not one of them...I just hate the way people think they know someone's being dodgy and actually, they don't know jack all, especially if there's no conflict between one set of posts and another, no glaring mistakes, nothing to suggest it's not true apart from a style of writing that frankly can be possessed by anyone at all, however lovely and sane and honest.

I thought one person was absolutely deluded and posting very bizarrely, and apparently others did too but then I checked them out by something they had posted, not pertaining to the story, and found them clear as day and they were totally, totally genuine.

I was so ashamed; I thought I was quite clever before that, but I could have been wrong many times. Luckily I haven't posted on someone's thread expressing doubt for a very long time before that.

Something can sound dodgy as feck without being dodgy.

Plus you are all discounting the fact that

THE INTERNET IS FULL OF NUTTERS

Who may normally seem sane, but put them behind a keyboard and they turn into raving loonies as they have no where else to act themselves.

Ahem.

Yes. MN has more than its fair share of these.

THE INTERNET IS FULL OF NUTTERS

You called? I'm here.

betty, it is a tough one. and, tbh, Im sure that Ive been suspected of trolling once or twice myself. however, certain trolls have a style. you can spot them a mile off. and one troll even admitted that he/she uses the MN relationship boards to try out idea for short stories.

lots of mners (myself included) have been badly hurt by trolling, that makes you overcautious and overly suspicious. I was so trusting 6y ago. now I hit report most days.

Aw bloody hell don't say that, I've just started posting more and an thoroughly enjoying reading all the shit on here about everyone's exciting and dramatic lives.

crashdoll the 'mens allowed' thread has been moved into relationships but I think he is on the dadsnet section now.

This

and this

I know Liss. I don't think I've ever been hurt badly, though I have shared stuff on threads I thought were real because, well, like you do, you want to do your best to be helpful. And it seemed a shame the threads got deleted so the advice was lost as a communal resource.

That's all really.
I don't tend to do much IRL for folk though if there's a desperate thread like you sometimes get - people who pile in and start giving the person loads of money etc, well I keep out of all that. If I offer help in terms of advice etc it's because I want to, and it makes me feel useful, and I don't really care too much if the person wasn't real, then, because I've lost nothing much.

Even sharing painful experiences helps other genuine people who read it.
I'd say don't get involved with anyone off board unless you are 100% sure they're real and you aren't giving anything you will regret losing if they're not.

I actually left around New year because people thought I was, well I don't know what, something that got on their nerves. I never found out exactly what they thought because they only told each other, not me. It was very very painful after being here for 5 years.

I didn't come back till about a week ago because I felt horribly unwelcome. You see hardly anyone stood up for me. It made me think everyone thought the same. I'm here now again but I'm not sure why, I suppose what I got out of it before, but without sharing a lot this time.

I wouldn't wish that feeling on anyone tbh

One word. MEH.
Once more with feeling MEH.

Apropos nothing in particular I thought this was an interesting article

Trills, is that Wogan's actual penis, or a tube-ish bollock? (Inside his trousers, don't get all vomity.)

Ah yes, the typical troll profile.

Male

Young-ish

Shite

tah dah

I didn't understand what Paraguay was doing on that thread and I dont know how to recognise a troll unless it pops out and shouts 'I'm a troll...troll-de-roll'. I did get suckedinto a thread on the Pregnancy board and feel really really foolish about it now.

Re interesting article.
I would think most people are immune to alot of stuff online now.
Posting jokes on memorial websites is nasty but there are nutters in real life so will be online too.

Here, who cares if a thread's OP's post is fantasy-it's still interesting to read the responses.