is it ok to ask "are you a troll"?

[ZingTheGreat]

just that. when we suspect that something is fishy I don't want to have to report a thread.
that's not troll hunting IMO, it's troll interviewing.
that should be allowed.

Every now and then I want to ask the OP if they are a troll.
we could do this 1 time per thread. if OP says no then we believe them,
if no answer it's a troll.
easy peasy

how about that?

I'm fed up with fucking trolls and I just want to ask this question on the thread.

magi

that's the spirit

Chipping

I see. hmm. where do you get the impression my boys conform?! have you seen them done it? when???

I vote for TIT!

You lot are so mean and don't understand that I have a really complex situation with every single person I know and that the only way I have of getting any help is by telling you all about it through the power of progressive name changing.

And I never have any money for food either and I'm sitting in the dark with no internet and the only way I can post here is by using a lightbulb and sticking plaster.

Zing, sweetheart, you do realise that;

For once, we have nothing to add.

As you were.

DOESN'T translate as;

"Here is your licence to quiz.

Do what you like."

Don't you?

will some more gin help gin?

Arsenic

Zing your boys are angels compared to DD at least :)

Caulk. Unless you want intense therapy for life, do not start spying on MNers and their state of dress! There are something you cannot unsee.

But if MNHQ have nothing to add it's not a no is it? We can all be TITs!

If we posted TIT on a suspicious thread, could we find some techy way for it to call the MN troll interviewing royalty to the thread?

more gin ALWAYS helps.

I love it when a plan comes together (A Team theme playing in the background).

SB

I'm imagining MNers standing up one by one declaring "I'm a TIT"
a la Spartacus

That's it Zing...from now on we post 'I'm a TIT' when suspicious.
I bow before you...

Maybe just ( o ) if they won't give us a badge/emoticon.

Emoticon with deer stalker hat on? (thought one with a gun would be too much...)

that looks like one TIT anyway

( o )

TIT

ROFL

Just to be clear - it is a big fat NO to troll hunting, as ever.

This is from our Troll Policy:

If you're concerned that someone is trolling, do please let us at MNHQ know all about them by pressing the Report button or mailing us at [email protected]. We will always reply to your report or mail, and we promise take your concerns seriously and closely monitor any potential troublemakers.

But do, please, resist the urge to 'trollhunt' on the boards: in our experience, trolls thrive on attention – the more dramatically other posters react, the more likely they are to stick around and cause mayhem. Ignore their posts and, usually, they'll go away.

We are conscious that most Mumsnetters have enough stresses in their lives without finding more on here. But, on the bright side, considering the number of users and discussions, disturbances are mercifully few and far between not least because you, the members, use the Report post function to police the boards extremely effectively and with a good deal of common sense.

And we will know if you start "TIT" ting all over the place

Rebecca

would asking "are you a troll?" be considered as troll hunting?
I genuinely want to know this, all tittery aside

Oh no. MNHQ know our code now. no TITting after all.

We can all be TITs!

I'm pretty sure we can all still be tits Sparklng

If we want.

I'm . All fun ruined....and I was just about to kidnap the neighbours cat to stroke....

Hurrah!

@ZingTheGreat

Rebecca

would asking "are you a troll?" be considered as troll hunting?
I genuinely want to know this, all tittery aside

Yes it would. Report and ignore, let us have a look.

By all means say "I thought you said you lived in Bristol with your DH and DSS who is 8, but you've just said that you live in Timbuktu with you MIL and an elephant, could you clarify please OP?" and then report.

oh I see.

that's that plan gone TITs up then

thanks for clarifying.