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Word of advice to MNHQ #2

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BackieJerkhart · 25/08/2017 18:29

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ParkheadParadise · 27/08/2017 12:18

ClashCityRocker totally agree
I was taken in by a troll on here. My dd died in the same upsetting circumstances as she described her ds had died. It really upset me. After the dodgy D fiasco Sadly now I don't really believe anything I read on here.

Rufustherenegadereindeer1 · 27/08/2017 12:43

Oooh just seen the more individual deletion messages

Is that new?

Much better

BunnyNeeded · 27/08/2017 13:45

parkhead Flowers. How dreadful, I'm so sorry.

It was dreadful on the D thread, that soa y people were reliving their losses.

BunnyNeeded · 27/08/2017 13:46
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IfYouGoDownToTheWoodsToday · 27/08/2017 14:21

Park I'm so sorry about your DD and can understand why you feel as you do.

I too have just received a personal reply after reporting a troll. It is so much better to be responded to. (And it was a troll and was deleted)

Christinayangstwistedsista · 27/08/2017 14:32

Park I'm so sorry

PandorasXbox · 27/08/2017 14:47

I'm so sorry Park, how awful for you. That's the very worst effect a troll can have - getting someone who has lost a child to participate in a thread, giving their own terrible experience when they're at their most vulnerable, to find out the poster is a troll is extremely hurtful.

Take care Flowers

ClashCityRocker · 27/08/2017 16:07

Im so sorry park.

Looks like there's been another of the sick bastards on today - which seems to have been dealt with by MNHQ so that seems a positive step.

Fucking emotional vampires.

DamnFineCherryPie · 27/08/2017 16:11

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ClashCityRocker · 27/08/2017 16:17

Actually, MNHQ have seemed really on the ball today - I'm glad about that, and hope they keep it up!

ParkheadParadise · 27/08/2017 16:48

I've had great SUPPORT from poster's in the past when I needed it.

It's sad that now, I wouldn't comment on what could be a genuine Poster looking for support for fear of finding out its a troll.

Anyone who trolls about a bereavement is sick in the head.

ThumbWitchesAbroad · 27/08/2017 16:54

Yep - there was another one a few hours ago. Awful thing to troll about.

So sorry about your DD, Park

IfYouGoDownToTheWoodsToday · 27/08/2017 17:27

Yes, they are indeed sick in the head Park.
I always imagine them to be nasty little people with no friends or family.

BunnyNeeded · 27/08/2017 21:11

They are people with mental health problems. That's why MN need to spend some of that hefty profit on asking experts to help them identify posters what are either trolls, or are unstable and are not going to benefit from posting here because it is not a replacement for proper psychological intervention.

I have had this discussion with them before, so am frustrated that this David thing happened. I previously had such a high opinion of Justine/MN, but when this keeps happening, it is hard to keep positive.

derxa · 27/08/2017 21:21

Anyone who trolls about a bereavement is sick in the head. Yes to this. But I believe there is a general sickness in SM. All these people who make death/rape threats online. What is in their heads? 'Comedians' like Frankie Boyle suggesting that Harvey Price would rape his mother.

QueenMortificado · 27/08/2017 21:49

They are people with mental health problems. That's why MN need to spend some of that hefty profit on asking experts to help them identify posters what are either trolls, or are unstable and are not going to benefit from posting here because it is not a replacement for proper psychological intervention.

I think that's being very generous to trolls who are mentally fine but just out for kicks. And very unfair to people with mental health issues who manage to not do this sort of shit.

derxa · 27/08/2017 21:52

I think that's being very generous to trolls who are mentally fine but just out for kicks. And very unfair to people with mental health issues who manage to not do this sort of shit. That's a fair point but I think that the ones out for kicks aren't that well balanced either.

ParkheadParadise · 27/08/2017 22:19

I'm sure there is lots of people with MH issues who wouldn't dream of trolling.

The sick bastard who took my dd's life actually managed to set up a Facebook page from PRISON to protest his innocence. The first we knew about it was when our FLO told us.
He was judged to be of sound mind.

BunnyNeeded · 27/08/2017 22:38

Oh for goodness sake. I didn't say all people with mental health issues are capable of or likely to troll. Obviously the person sick enough to troll about bereavement has issues.

The term 'mental health' encompasses a huge range of things. My point was that I think MNHQ could buy in more expert advice than I suspect they do - in order to identify trolls and protect the innocent

BunnyNeeded · 27/08/2017 22:53

Sorry park xpost - didn't refresh Blush. That's awful.

sobeyondthehills · 27/08/2017 23:00

I think it tends to be how you define mental health. I personally think trolling is more for attention and you get that once and you keep going with it, and everytime its harder and harder to get that hit.

If you view addiction as a mental health then you might say that it is a mental health problem.

I view all trolls as dangerous, people invest time and energy into a post, you are told not to invest more than you can spare which is wise advice but sometimes you do get sucked in.

2017SoFarSoGood · 27/08/2017 23:07

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Rufustherenegadereindeer1 · 27/08/2017 23:30

What?

BunnyNeeded · 27/08/2017 23:35

sobey I was using it in its broadest sense. The definition I just googled:. Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices.

Someone who gets off on causing stress from trolling doesn't meet a definition of good mental health in that sense. I in no way meant to compare it to a huge variety of other mental health issues.

sobeyondthehills · 27/08/2017 23:41

Bunny, I think like a large amount of things you have trolls which are cunts, trolls which are mentally ill and trolls who are just bored its difficult to tell them apart on an anon forum, however if you take the attitude that all of them are bad, that actually the fun ones at anytime could up their trolling because they don't feel like they are getting enough attention. Because you don't know which are cunt's, which are mentally ill and which are just bored