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to want people to put a bit of effort into trolling?

143 replies

PaulAnkaTheDog · 08/05/2016 21:23

Stick to the story, make it believable and don't be a prat?

I know it's shitty to troll and I hate it but at least make it a decent attempt when you do so!

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Doinmummy · 08/05/2016 21:24

Is there a troll ? What thread - I'm hopeless at spotting them

PaulAnkaTheDog · 08/05/2016 21:27

It's not a taat. Influenced by a recent one but it's what I've been thinking for a while.

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ErrieErika · 08/05/2016 21:30

I didn't know there was an obvious one?

Mamabear1980 · 08/05/2016 21:30

Think they can be fun, in a sense when they bring out other posters stories but tend to agree with you.

acasualobserver · 08/05/2016 21:38

Condemning trolls is an essential activity on any internet forum. How else can the regulars signal their virtue?

Sparklingbrook · 08/05/2016 21:44

What's that supposed to mean ascasualobserver?

PaulAnkaTheDog · 08/05/2016 21:47

Oh acasualobserver just wheesht.

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Vardyparty · 08/05/2016 21:48

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EatShitDerek · 08/05/2016 21:48

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Sparklingbrook · 08/05/2016 21:50

I think we need a Wedding AIBU topic because I am sick of it already.

PaulAnkaTheDog · 08/05/2016 21:50

Olive groves and Maui Coconutty!

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ollieplimsoles · 08/05/2016 21:50

I love troll hunting on here... Bad I know but I cant help myself :D

Sparklingbrook · 08/05/2016 21:51

It's more spotting than hunting. there's little or no hunting to be done.

PaulAnkaTheDog · 08/05/2016 21:51

I concur Sparkling. There seems to have been something in the air the past few days.

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UterusUterusGhali · 08/05/2016 21:52

I remember Showy & BoF's pomander thread.

That was good ole fashioned trolling.

Not like the goady & emotional stuff of today.

PaulAnkaTheDog · 08/05/2016 21:56

Did you catch the wedding one as well Sparkling? It would usually have been run if the mill but I recognised the username and remembered the olive grove and tindr. Not even a name change! A prime example of making an effort.

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Sparklingbrook · 08/05/2016 21:56

I want DanSnowBoss back.

acasualobserver · 08/05/2016 21:56

Internet forum cliché #1: the trolls ain't what they used to be.

Sparklingbrook · 08/05/2016 21:56

Is that all internet forums?

Vardyparty · 08/05/2016 21:57

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PaulAnkaTheDog · 08/05/2016 21:57

Offended on a personal level acasualobserver?

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Cutecat78 · 08/05/2016 21:59

The dead baby name and the sister one? I thought that was iffy so didn't post.

It's a bit fucking sick tbh.

PaulAnkaTheDog · 08/05/2016 22:00

I didn't see them cutecat. I was just meaning the daft thread really.

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LadyAntonella · 08/05/2016 22:05

Holy shit I can't believe the baby name one was a hoax?! If that's true it is utterly revolting. People were posting on it about their real losses. Christ.