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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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Sparklingbrook · 08/05/2016 22:07

I have ten topics not hidden and I still see loads of trolls. Sad I will have to have a further hiding spree.

Coconutty · 08/05/2016 22:08

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Tiggywinkler · 08/05/2016 22:17

I love me some troll huntin'.

Not publicly, you understand, and I only click the report button, follows the rules, me but I do get a certain frisson when I spot a live one.

It's a shame they're not better though, sometimes - think of the fun we could have with the Daily Fail!

MaryPoppinsPenguins · 08/05/2016 22:22

Was Balonz a troll? Because that was Amazing...

CharlieSierra · 08/05/2016 22:22

Glad it's not just my suspicious mind, I've been feeling like I must be suffering from an overactive trolldar lately.

acasualobserver · 08/05/2016 22:25

Offended on a personal level acasualobserver?

No, disagreeing with your views doesn't make me a troll. What a pathetic line of attack.

Pipbin · 08/05/2016 22:25

I was on a different forum a while ago and they had troll corner.
Any threads that they thought or knew were trolls were stuck in the troll topic so people could still read them.

Tiggywinkler · 08/05/2016 22:34

That'd be more popular than classics, Pipbin!

Sparklingbrook · 08/05/2016 22:35

You do seem cross acasualobserver.

PaulAnkaTheDog · 08/05/2016 22:38

That's not what I said acasualobserver. However you seem rather keen to defend troll posts. Walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and all that chat...

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acasualobserver · 08/05/2016 22:39

You do seem cross acasualobserver

Equally pathetic (and goady) comment. Shame on you.

katemiddletonsnudeheels · 08/05/2016 22:39

Gosh, I didn't read acasualobservers post like that.

Sparklingbrook · 08/05/2016 22:40

It's not pathetic or goady. Just a casual observation.Smile

Queenbean · 08/05/2016 22:40

I agree, I wish they'd do a bit more than post once then F off in to the ether

Y'know, a believable story, a bit of posting history, all the stuff that would lead us against the troll. Posting for the first time "AIBU to think that children over 4 shouldn't be in a buggy" gets everyone's T-dar tingling

acasualobserver · 08/05/2016 22:41

That's not what I said acasualobserver

It is exactly what you implied. What a disingenuous person you are.

FannyFerknackerpan · 08/05/2016 22:42

Was the cheque thread not real?!

Sparklingbrook · 08/05/2016 22:43

I have seen lots of TAATs about the cheque thread. Presuming another wedding debacle?

PaulAnkaTheDog · 08/05/2016 22:44

Do you want to put your point forward? Explain the defending of trolls?

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BillyDaveysDaughter · 08/05/2016 22:47

I'm rubbish at troll spotting.

ImNotThatGirl · 08/05/2016 22:48

I assume that most of what people say is bullshit and I am pleasantly surprised when proved wrong.

EatShitDerek · 08/05/2016 22:48

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PaulAnkaTheDog · 08/05/2016 22:54

Derek Grin

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Arfarfanarf · 08/05/2016 23:13

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Champagneformyrealfriends · 08/05/2016 23:26

I knew that baby name one www dodgy. What is wrong with some people?!

Derek Grin that made me chuckle

RortyCrankle · 08/05/2016 23:40

I hate trolls but if they insist on trolling don't be lazy about it, if an advanced search can give them away. It's so pathetic for example to read in March they are a single mother, in April they have a DH and went on Tindr dates the same month. Couldn't even be bothered to nc.

And most of all, if they really must troll make it interesting!