Can I ask about trolls?

[LadyMountbatten]

Not all "ooh they must be flayed alive " I find them highly entertaining most if the time.
I want to ask how you know they are. Are they mostly men or women? Are they site users having a laugh?

Obv some are pervs but others who post rather tragic stories is it just for attention? Or novelists trying out a new story?!

Do you get repeat offenders?
Tell all

[whosiwhatsit]

The saddest and most upsetting by far are those who get attention by claiming their children or they themselves are seriously, often terminally ill. Kaycee Nicole was a famous one. It's called Munchausen by Internet and it seems to be pretty common.

[waterlego6064]

Yes, there have been quite a lot of those whosiwhatsit. It's certainly not uncommon :(

[whosiwhatsit]

Waterlego, yes i can think of others as well. what I find really sad about it is that now when people post on the Internet desperately in need of help they often won't be believed. We're all so understandably reluctant to give our hearts away when we've been foled before .