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Original poster

To feel annoyed at being called a troll!

63 replies

MotherChristmas2OliverJames · 29/12/2008 11:08

Playing iSketch yesterday someone came on from MN but not with their MN name a basically called me a troll, even suggested i was CVQ.

All because of the things going on in my life ATM! and because i was upset yesterday and had gone on to iSketch and tbh had pretty much forgotten about XP, she obv thought i should have been moping aroound still.

I am not a troll, i am a very real person with a very real life, even if it is a bit up in the air atm.

And tbh, i have had stuff happen to me which i wouldn't dream of putting on here, mostly because it is all very unlucky and i would rathe forget about it, but if i had wanted to i would have definately been called a troll.

So AIBU in thinking that if someone wants to accuse me of being a troll they should not do it annonomously with snide coments like 'you have certainly cheered up now', 'goodnight CVQ' and saying something about to look out for people who basically have lots of stuff going on in their lives(can't remember exactly what she said?).

This has made me feel really sad because MN is my only outlet really, i have no adult company at home and i have come to quite rely on you guys for support, i don't want to feel hounded out.

If anyone has doubts about me can you please get it out of your system now, i would rather talk about this now than it come out in snide comments later on...

OP posts:
compo · 29/12/2008 11:09

yanbu!

CharCharGaboriaInExcelsisDeo · 29/12/2008 11:09

yanbu m2oj, but I would just forget about it tbh

Divineintervention · 29/12/2008 11:10

Just ignore it. It's a bit shitty but says more about the insecurity of the accuser than it does about you. Perhaps they were a troll victim???

LiffeyeRamhairAnois · 29/12/2008 11:11

ah that happens to us all I think! I was arguing passionately about something I believed strongly in, wasting my time really, and somebody, a mregular accused me of being a troll.

I looked down and saw finger, a pair of legs and some feet. I didn't look like a troll. I thought I was a human being actually.

at least 40% are accused of it at some point. The correct answer is no, you're a troll, you're a bigger troll than me, i'm only a middling size troll, you're a size 18 troll.

TheChristmasArmadillo · 29/12/2008 11:12

YANBU and I think that is a rather shitty way for them to behave. Any suspicions of trolling should be reported to MNHQ and then ignore the person.

This troll calling seems to have slowed down/stopped on here. Horrible to see that it is carrying on elsewhere. Bullying behaviour.

LiffeyeRamhairAnois · 29/12/2008 11:13

oh. Right. Loads of history here that flew over my head. Are you the wilted Rose, I saw her back for the first time in ages last night.

TheTwelveDAISYofChristmas · 29/12/2008 11:13

YANBU, but given all the stuff going on here at the minute and over the last few months, the levels of paranoia/suspicion are reaching silly proportions.

On the other hand, hiding behind a namechange or an alternative name on another forum and calling someone a troll is a bit of a shitty, cowardly, and bullying thing to do imo.

I'd try and find out who it was and out them if I were you!

nickytinseltimes · 29/12/2008 11:14

yanbu.
That was rotten for you.

ThatAngelsGotATreeUpHerArse · 29/12/2008 11:15

Excuse the ignorance - what's CVQ?

Quattrocento · 29/12/2008 11:15

Sorry to hear this - not nice.

FWIW, I was accused of being a troll on my first day here. Rather nastily in fact. An entire thread was started about me. Farking nasty behaviour. I was really quite, you know, upset.

There've been fewer accusations of trollery recently on MN, which is good.

Original poster
MotherChristmas2OliverJames · 29/12/2008 11:16

No, i am just M2OJ, i had another name whilst i was pregnant (obv because i didnt know DS would be called OJ )

But i cant remember what it was Mum2b or something like that, i was accused of being a troll then too because i asked for advice about leaving my violent relationship i stopped posting shortly after that but don't want to feel scard off again.

OP posts:
bellavita · 29/12/2008 11:17

ThatAngel - CvQ was a poster who had been through an awful lot or so we thought, turned out she was not all she claimed to be....

Made a lot of people who invested time and sympathy in her look very silly.

Original poster
MotherChristmas2OliverJames · 29/12/2008 11:17

CVQ was a troll who hurt some people by messing around with their emoticons.

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ThePregnantHedgeWitch · 29/12/2008 11:17

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MrsWeasleyStrokesSantasSack · 29/12/2008 11:19

I'm shocked that you managed a convo whilst Isketching. It takes all my skills to type answers quickly and in the right box!

Ignore them. You know the truth.

cornsilk · 29/12/2008 11:19

Ignore them - someone who gets their kicks from upsetting other people clearly.

ThatAngelsGotATreeUpHerArse · 29/12/2008 11:27

Ah I see - I haven't been on here too long

MumofBaby · 29/12/2008 11:27

YANBU. I HATE it when people accuse other people of being trolls. You shouldn't have to justify yourself on MN, it's supposed to be here to help.

Even if someone puts something on that isn't true, if it's a realistic situation, someone else might be going through that and might read it, and it will help them!

The majority of us only put on real situations, and we often get called trolls. Particularly if we dare to change our name once in a while.

needmorecoffee · 29/12/2008 11:41

what?! CVQ wasn't real?
I can't keep up.
Its not nice being called a troll so best to ignore it. I got called one once by some idiot who couldn't believe that I could be disabled and have a disabled dd. Luckily lots of MN who have met me weighed on it but it gave a yucky feeling all inside.
so have a unmumsnetty hug

LiffeyeRamhairAnois · 29/12/2008 11:52

If somebody types the odd hypothetical situation or a lie/red herring to protect their identity then imo that's harmless. Fgs their are people out their designing bombs and so on!!

cornsilk · 29/12/2008 11:55

I don't understand i-sketch at all. I went there once and sat in the corner.

TinselCoveredWILKIE · 29/12/2008 11:56

Do you know, I just don't understand why people feel the need to 'out' suspected trolls. Who gives a damn? IMO I treat everyone as genuine (unless very clearly NOT) because many people out there feel hurt if they are accused and they are genuine posters.

Just ignore,it will have entertained them for a while with their sad little lives and their 'troll spray' photos they link to...!

Bumperslucious · 29/12/2008 12:05

I didn't know that about CVQ! When was that? I completely missed it?

That's shit for you btw M2OJ. Things will settle down here soon

ScottishMummy · 29/12/2008 12:06

oh ignore the troll patrol bunch of junior missy marple sniffing around jubilant if they find a troll

frankly if someone is trolling they usually trip themselves with some lie

but it can be bitty hysterical with cries of toll and holding dem glistening pitchforks high as the troll patrol prowl

TheTwelveDAISYofChristmas · 29/12/2008 12:11

Do I know you?

I knew there were aspertions cast at CVQ. I don't think she was an out and out troll (ie she wasn't just making it all up), but I think she was a deeply troubled soul.