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103 replies

rollercoaster · 24/11/2003 21:19

I have been "treading the boards" for a while now .... forgive me if I am wrong and PLEASE don't think that I am insensitive .... but there are a couple of posts which I have recently read that TBH don't ring true .....
Anyone out there smella rat / troll ???

IF I am wrong - then I am sorry

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WSM · 26/11/2003 12:22

Have thought of meanings for the letters in TROLL

T - Tedious
R - Revolting
O - 'Orrible
L - Low
L - Life
S - Scum

God, I have too much time on my hands......

WSM · 26/11/2003 12:22

Oop, added the s on for effect

popsycal · 26/11/2003 13:05

something has justcome back to me
ages ago when ss started his thread i said that i knew someone in a very similar situation and he could email if he wanted but he didnt want to incase i knew him
i said that was very unlikeley and he didnt make anymore reference to it again....

Chameleon · 26/11/2003 13:16

Rollercoaster

I have just logged back on after my post on Monday night at me sisters and am absolutely gutted that you are suggesting my post is a fantasy. This is even more upsetting because it's taken me five years to be able to open up (albeit) to a bunch of faceless strangers and some of the comments I received have begun to help me deal with my past (which I'm not proud of).

I am a regular mumsnetter under another name (this is not the sort of thing I felt able to use my normal name for). I'm sure that are some people who feel it necessary to create stories in order to get attention and they are obviously in need of support of some sort and I would never openly accuse anyone of lying as you have done. I am not one of these.

Most of my posts have been in response to other people's questions rather than asking for advice or help myself and I plan (under my proper user name) to continue to help where I can).

My thread is genuine and I would have thought (having just re-read it now), that you could tell that immediately from the style and way in which it was written. Loads of spelling mistakes and obviously written from the heart, not pre-planned and drafted in Word for example!

I'm sorry that you felt it necesary to question my integrity but if you don't think someone is genuine, why don't you just ignore them and not give them "the benfit of your wisdom" as I'm sure they wouldn't welcome it.

I would just add that in between posting on my thread on Monday, I saw the troll thread and the comment "However I am rather concerned that the post a few days back ... and one more recently MIGHT be taking the pi$$". I did get a bit paranoid but dismissed it. It seems sadly I was wrong.

Hope you never have someone calling you a liar and thanks for knocking me down again.

M2T · 26/11/2003 13:20

Chameleon - Please don't get upset. It was just a misunderstanding and a whole lot of Paranoia! The vast majority have stated that your post was genuine.

popsycal · 26/11/2003 13:22

they do, chameleon....

M2T · 26/11/2003 13:24

Hey folks if we are all in this frame of mind.... doesn't anyone think it's strange that ROLLERCOASTERS first post is about TROLLS???? No advice asked for...... no advice given.... just straight into the "I think so and so is a troll".

Hmm.... can't believe no-one picked up on that!

And he'she posted on the 21st then the 24th and hasn't posted since!

Clarinet60 · 26/11/2003 13:25

I feel sorry for chameleon and never questioned her post, but I must say I'm sick of being called paranoid just for voicing a doubt.

WSM · 26/11/2003 13:28

Hmmmmm, good point M2T. Reluctant to leap on the 'Heck it's Troll' band-waggon though.

I think M2T is right Chameleon, the majority of MNers are here to support you, please don;t be put off by a small minority.

WSM · 26/11/2003 13:28

Hmmmmm, good point M2T. Reluctant to leap on the 'Heck it's Troll' band-waggon though.

I think M2T is right Chameleon, the majority of MNers are here to support you, please don't be put off by a small minority.

Northerner · 26/11/2003 13:30

Hmmmm M2T, that's very perceptive of you. Are you saying this whole thread about trolls could have been started by a troll!

ks · 26/11/2003 13:30

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M2T · 26/11/2003 13:30

Calm Droile... don't remember naming you! i was trying to make Chameleon feel better!! FFS! Oh dear.

Yes WSM... She only posted on 2 threads.... one on SimpleSimons and then she started this one. Which it seems has got a few backs up!

Rollercoasters mission achieved perhaps?

Blu · 26/11/2003 14:52

I had a feeling that Tomboy was a MN-ers teenage son who found MN in favourites or history in his Mum's computer and decided to have a little mischief.

bossykate · 26/11/2003 15:00

chin up, chameleon, don't let the comments here distract you from the support you've received. unfortunately, we are plagued by trolls sometimes, which makes people get defensive. but there are plenty of people here willing to offer what support they can.

aloha · 26/11/2003 15:01

I assumed chameleon had changed her name - I assumed that's what the name actually meant. However, I still say some Trolls aren't harmless. The ones who posted about restraining children and encouraged posters to talk about how they restrained their children and got off on it sexually, I thought was repulsive and, yes, upsetting. They (I think it was the same person but it may have been another one) also posted about children of mixed sex being naked together. Lots of people thought they were genuine and talked about their own kids being naked. I do think it pays to be alert to them. I don't like giving sexual pleasure to perverts.I'm not including SS in those comments as his posts were entirely different.

aloha · 26/11/2003 15:02

I posted that to say why the mere thought that someone could be a troll makes me defensive.

Twinkie · 26/11/2003 15:11

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tinyfeet · 26/11/2003 15:26

Chameleon, I must say that I thought your post was very well-written, detailed, and of course brutally honest, which may have led others to think that you're a troll. I didn't think so. I also read SimpleSimon's and didn't think he was a troll either. But I have been called naive, so maybe I'm wrong. I just don't see how this type of post would get either of you off. I think the trolls get off on their false posts - there was that one who intentionally mis-spelled everything and was trying to provoke a response from what he (I believe it was definitely a man) believed were a bunch of uptight SAHMs. Clearly a troll. I don't see that happening in Chameleon's or SS's.

crystaltips · 26/11/2003 16:20

Chameleon - you obviously have had an awful time and I applaud you for having the courage to open up to us MNrs. I hope that you continue to get as much support from us as you can and PLEASE ignore the trolls .... whoever they may be {{{{{}}}}}

Chameleon · 26/11/2003 16:32

Thank you all.

Aloha, you're right about the user name and I thought it was pretty good actually!

I've calmed down now about R'C's thoughts and you're right that I've received lots of supportive comments and advice for which I'm so grateful. I suppose it just hurt to think someone could think I was lying - but then that's the risk you take when you are communicating like this because anyone who knows me in person would tell you that's not what I'm about.

I have decided to speak to a counsellor and then talk to my dh about my experience.

Thanks again for all your support.

harman · 26/11/2003 16:34

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M2T · 26/11/2003 16:41

Harman - Oops I didn't search that far back. She posted ltos in June then none until November.... I only searched back a couple of months.

harman · 26/11/2003 17:24

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Angeliz · 26/11/2003 17:51

glad to see you're still posting Chameleon

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