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

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wannaBe · 20/02/2012 13:40

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?

OP posts:
Thumbwitch · 21/02/2012 13:21

® as well, alt 169

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 21/02/2012 13:23

Grrrr - I can't make those ones work.

‼ - that was alt 169 Confused

Pinot · 21/02/2012 13:30

What's the R one signify? S'not 169 on my lappy, that makes ©

Pinot · 21/02/2012 13:30

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 21/02/2012 13:32

Alt 0169 on my 'puter makes bugger all at the moment, Pinot. And alt 169 gives the gobbledegook, as demonstrated above.

OhChristFenton · 21/02/2012 13:32

Pinot, there you are. There's a lovely

sorry for hijack. Wink

Thumbwitch · 21/02/2012 13:32

ooo! how odd! Shock
??? this is alt 0149 - useful for pretend bullets here :)

OhChristFenton · 21/02/2012 13:33

I get ® with alt R, - on a Mac.

Pinot · 21/02/2012 13:34
Thumbwitch · 21/02/2012 13:35

® = registered name or something, a bit like ? but not the same.
here you are

OhChristFenton · 21/02/2012 13:36

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hathorinareddress · 21/02/2012 13:37

OMG look what I started

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 21/02/2012 13:38

Alt 0149 just took me back to Threads I'm On (my previous page). Confused

Thumbwitch · 21/02/2012 13:40

Awwww to that link OhChrist! so cute...

Thumbwitch · 21/02/2012 13:41

Well, either your lappy is weird, or mine is. Dunno which! Mine is more useful though Wink :P

2ombie5layer · 21/02/2012 13:47

©

2ombie5layer · 21/02/2012 13:51

I can only seem to do © with no number pad

¿ õ No it would appear I can do others :)

2ombie5layer · 21/02/2012 13:51

↨ → ▲ Wow this is cool

2ombie5layer · 21/02/2012 13:52

AAAGGGGHHHHH the above comment had proper arrows grrrrr

Thumbwitch · 21/02/2012 13:56

SDTG - if you really need a ©, you can always do it in Word and C&P it here, it does work. But you need to have your auto-something or other turned on in Word for (C) to turn into ©. HTH! Wink

2ombie5layer · 21/02/2012 13:58

I found here that I had to press Fn then Alt then the numbers in order. Be carefull when trying to do some of the symbols on the link as they dont all work

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 21/02/2012 13:59

I'm on my desktop 'puter, not a lappy, Thumb - and it is in severe danger of a Darned Good Thrashing if it doesn't start behaving Right Now!

Zombie - I had that too - a symbol appeared in the box where you type your post, but it was gobbledegook when I posted it.

I will go back to copying and pasting and kicking the pc.

Thumbwitch · 21/02/2012 14:03
Grin When I was going through the numbers in order, some of them just didn't show up as anything - perhaps they're the ones coming out as #numbers on your posts? Puters are funny things sometimes...
SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 21/02/2012 14:07

Ahhh - it seems to work if I have Num Lock on - © ®

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 21/02/2012 14:07

YAY!!!