mn hq, can we have an explanation - jess - and maybe re other trolls in future?

[wannaBe]

I am aware that you can't divulge the means by which you determine whether or not a poster is genuine, predominantly because if you make that common knowledge then posters will know how to avoid being detected in the future.

but jess (long ongoing eleven weeks abortion threads) threads have now been deleted for being a troll, and I was wondering if, given it's the site users who usually report these things, we could perhaps have a bit more by way of explanation?

e.g. when sassysusan was banned, mn hq confirmed that she had previously posted as washwithcare, and users were able to identify.

There has been some speculation that jess was dizzymare, and I wondered whether this was the case?

Also, these threads have been ongoing for over a month now. How is it that it takes quite this long to determine that someone isn't actually all they seem?

no no Kew, I only meant it in ref to the harmless ones.

Oh and is mumsnet moderated now?

FWIW Hully - I've been more upset (rarely I should add, in case you have visions on me behind the screen sobbing as we speak) by posters who are deemed not to be trolls than those who were.

Southwest I'd like to know too! Was just thinking about her the other day, wondering how she was getting on

In which case I think I need to report my own posts - to avoid being call a troll hunter (which I'm so not - not organised enough!)

yy i think she was

i believed her - it was a great story!

SouthWest the Zee thread is still in Legal Matters and was bumped about a week ago, you might find your answers there, I don't know.

Ahhh
I do remember someone saying you should write a novel and make a film On the thread.

I'm trying to think whether I have ever had an email from the towers...........

I got burned by SS - she linked the MN nickname I was using at the time to my real name (I had contacted her via facebook, hence her knowing it), on her blog - which really upset and scared me at the time. MNHQ were wonderful and supportive when I reported it. Thankfully it all died down, and nothing came of it, but I learned my lesson.

SDTG - that is really scary

I think that, for me, is the worry of it - well it's two fold really, that lovely genuine posters invest time and energy into supporting someone by sharing their own experiences, offering a listening ear and then it all turns out to be a load of bollocks

But the other worry for me is when it starts tipping into real life with meet ups, money changing hands, other offers of help.

I do think some of the trolls must be emotionally in a very bad place and unstable to make up some of the shit they do iyswim

SDTG= as she lands on the floor by the Baffled and Dim Bench?!!

And I bet my arse is ampler (and probably more baffled) than yours, hathor!

Lol can I join you?
I'm well covered as it happens too

Well-covered - I like that phrase. Actually, I am in very good shape, physically - round IS a shape!!

How did you do the cool wee "TM" SDTG?

tbh, I am far more horrified at some of the physical support people offer than the emotional.

I can totally see how one might be drawn to someone on the basis of shared experience, and how that might lead one to offer extensive emotional support/involvement.

But sometimes I see offers on threads, people giving money, offering a place to stay - to a complete stranger and I want to say to them "are you f'ing insane?"

And I know that people are well-meaning, but tbh it does horrify me to think of the physical risks people are prepared to take e.g. offering a bed for the night to someone you know only by a username on a website.

Ah, I thought so.

I've been talking to other mumsnetters about her probably being a troll for awhile, but I always feel it's important to be nice just in case.

So glad there's not young woman/advance staged fetus in that situation, though!

Hold down the Alt key, and type 0153 on the separate number pad on the keyboard (it doesn't work with the numbers above the letters, iyswim), and the ? will appear when you release the Alt key.

Coo! didn't realise it didn't work with the numbers above the letters - what do you do if your lappie doesn't have a separate numberpad though? (mine does, just interested)

thumb there is a way to turn those numbers into a keypad. Ive done it as my newest laptop doesnt have a number pad either. Cant remember how and it was a right PITA, but its do-able.

I used to know how to do the copyright symbol too - you do it the same way, but I can't remember the numbers. And I don't think you can do it if you don't have the separate number pad. v

A-ha, thanks 2ombie! :)

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