AIBU to think that the full moon is partly to blame for the high number of troll threads today?

[ChilliAndMint]

Just that really. I'm becoming disillusioned by Mumsnet.

I think it was in aibu 'a load of nonsense' something or other was the title.

It's perfectly acceptable to change identifying details that are really irrelevant to the thread but constructing fantasy families and scenarios for the sole purpose of posting about it is completely different and trolls sometimes put an enormous amount of effort into spinning elaborate tales. It's just attention seeking.

Wow, she's 17 with a good job, home and a partner, I might be able to get rid of the kids 10 years earlier than planned and start the high life !

I don't want to detract from the OPs original post...But if you were to be a troll what would you post? FYI I would never do it because I am stupidly honest.

What is a penis beaker? been a blonde day today. Hey I had a better job than i have now and a kid when I was 17. Just never learned to stop at one

I really need to brush off my troll radar...I haven't spotted one yet.....((ashamed of self for lack of troll identifying prowess!))

I really don't want to be told off for hijacking a thread but that was quite good sproketmx

Elephant if I was a troll I'd probably make up a silly story about a petty pet hate of mine (dog shit on buggy wheels or something) and then start to get apoplectic because half the posters would say yabu and dog shit is fine, actually helpful on wheels and only there because I was an idiot to roll through it.

I wish to acknowledge your fantastic reply reni2 but alas I think I am running the gauntlet of a thread within a thread. We may convine outside.

I have had times when multiple things are going wrong, but I wouldn't post here, as I know I would be accused of being a troll.

We used to have a moon watch, but it broke one day and they never fixed it :( It was great. It came with a little warning from MNHQ to watch out for "odd posts" around the full moon.

Honest, troooooly there was.

My trolling would involve triplets and triumphing over adversity. I would do the long slow build up to avoid suspicion - because lots of posters think long term posters can't be trolls. I would accept cash tributes and use a complex system of coloured post it notes to keep track. I would also have a 'team' of long-term sock puppets (using different IP addresses) to claim they had met me and provide breathless updates when I was 'unable to post'.

I think I might involve the witness protection scheme so I can panic about strange noises/vehicles and one of my sock puppets could do a mercy dash. I would be a troll to go down in mumsnet legend.

Ahem I have taken this out of this thread because it is not fair. See Chat

What about those as-it-happens-threads, are they ever real, they can feel a bit invented?

Something like my sister came and threatened me and now she has run off with my husband and taken the dog, I'm so worried; lots of updates until 4am about the husband texting and a friend spotting the dog.. and everybody says call 110 but the poster flaps and doesn't.

There are as-it-happens threads that do seem clear troll threads. I remember one about being trapped in the loft after the ladder fell. If this happened, why would you post on MN, before using your phone to contact someone to let you out? Although it was a fairly harmless troll thread.

The word "lunacy" comes from the fact that humans would act crazuse than usual round about full moon. It may date from a time when they needed it's light though.

Years and several name changes ago I posted something about quite a trivial but amusing thing that happened and was accused by one loon of being a troll. It wasn't controversial and people had replied with similar stories and it was jogging along nicely until a frothing at the mouth person appeared.

Her/his shit was deleted but it was a bit unsettling because s/he followed me around on other threads.

I think their is something in the moon affecting people's behaviour. I work in an organisation the receives a high volume of correspondence from the public over a number of issues and the lady who manages it tracked volume/craziness against the phases of the moon there was a very obvious correlation.

Nobody answered my question. .. Wtf is a PENIS BEAKER?????

Penis beakers are for, errm, dunking.

Omfg!!! no I most certainly do not. I'm one of the breathing unwashed till morning

Penis Beaker is the least funny thread on MN ever. And IMO made up. But people thought it was hilarious.

I think the ability to easily namechange does make trolling really easy on here.

There are some crackers on that classic section. I never knew it was there. Jeez I must be sheltered with some of the things on there

They are all dead threads. I prefer them alive.

Whenever someone claims to be a name changer, then mentions penis beaker, I immediately think 'troll'.

I also never click on anything involving poo. I mean, seriously, if you have problems with your bowels why on earth would you go onto the internet to discuss the matter with randoms? Surely, the NHS website and your GP would be more helpful.