to not give a flying feck about troll but to find the troll spotters irratating

[chevre]

all this 'interesting first post 66mumtodaisy?' followed by the obligatory ghastly eyebrow emoticon. is driving me fecking nuts.

Can you think of a better way to handle the current influx?

I can't, I must admit. it's really tricky.

it has alway been like this. jesus, basically if i name change and ask for some advice on lemon drizzle cake there will be some freakoid questioning my motives.

ignore a thread if you doubt the op.

I still think a proper registration process would counter a lot of the crap.

maybe i like the crap

The bottom line is it's the fault of the bloody trolls.
However I can see a day when someone upset and in desperate need of support is accused of trollery out of the box. I do think sometimes people need to hold back and not always post an accusation. In some cases a thread can offer interesting support for others even if the OP may have in fact been fishy.

I agree chevre, I've just seen one on a totally innocous post. As if just because someone hasn't posted under a particular name before they must be trolling.

it is like a competition with the troll spotters, who can be the first one to spot it and then all smug when they actually do get one.

Also, all this "nice first post OP" crap must seem really strange and offputting to someone new to mumsnet. I got it when I first joined and didn't even know what trolling was.

I just thought it meant new members weren't welcome

at liking the crap. are you new?

yes yes i am a fecking troll here is your prize

Oh thankyou.

Just been on a thread where there was someone having a competition with themself to spot a non-existant troll- boring. I cannot understand why someone would get a sense of satifaction at realising that some twunt is being deceptive. I think it's horrible.

shootfromthehip you have toinclude with all your posts on this thread

Chevre are you or are you not a male goat?

Oh sorry there you go

i am not male

Then you ought really to be Biquette.

Totally agree. I can't see why people can't

a) ignore it if they don't think it's real

b) post any advice they might have that could be useful either to the op or to anyone else reading that could benefit. And be done with it. DON'T share too much personal info if you are not sure but that's probably a pretty safe rule of thumb when on the internet anyway.

I have often wanted to post for advice about something I cannot talk about in RL and yet is exactly the kind of thing I would get called a troll for. helpful

but is just a name! i am not a goat either.

On another site I go on (don't know about mumsnet} there has been some trolling about people with horrible family and medical circumstances. People have become emotionally involved, even organised collections.Trolling is not harmless.

Oh I suppose so

OTHER SITE [looks away in horror]

Some trolls have caused real damage on her in the past Chevre.

There was a particuarly nasty one about abuse. The troll was pretending to be Rose West.