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every internet site gets trolls

208 replies

southeastastra · 01/10/2008 22:36

we are just too loving and caring

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southeastastra · 01/10/2008 22:37

aw big teletub hug

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BoysAreLikeDogs · 01/10/2008 22:38

Yes and some people get caught out.

Someone caught me, only for a fiver and a birthday card mind you, never again.

littlelapin · 01/10/2008 22:39

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BCNS · 01/10/2008 22:45

is it safe in here??

I am in need of a namechange.. and I flipping daren't do it now!

Helga80 · 01/10/2008 22:48

This is one of 3 sites I go on (sad I know - I do have a life honest!!) and all of them suffer with trolls. It's a fact of life, be it RL or web forums, people get perverse pleasure out of winding other people up.

It's a hard fact and sometimes it's something we've just got to accept.

Bloody annoying all the same

BoysAreLikeDogs · 01/10/2008 22:49

BCNS - are you ok ?

[concerned]

BCNS · 01/10/2008 22:51

oh I'm fine.. I just have a follower again

hunkermunker · 01/10/2008 22:51

BALD, was TWR a troll then? [misses everything]

BoysAreLikeDogs · 01/10/2008 22:51

Oh crikey

BCNS · 01/10/2008 22:53

I'll wave at you when I have one and you'll know it's me LOL.. all cloak and dagger !!

BoysAreLikeDogs · 01/10/2008 22:54

Not exactly a troll, hunker, just took it all a bit far, then a friend, also on MN, got in on the act and arranged a 'surprise' for TWR's 'birthday' - via email/CAT. Some money went TWR's way - then TWR needed money for rent or summat and loads of MNers contributed. Alllegedly she paid back the money.

Sigh

BoysAreLikeDogs · 01/10/2008 22:55

BCNS - wave at me, give me A Sign

littlelapin · 01/10/2008 22:56

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hunkermunker · 01/10/2008 22:58

I wish MNers would send me money - well, maybe not MNers. Camelot.

Did you see those care workers who won the share of the Euro Millions aren't going to let it change their lives? Not leaving their jobs? WHY DID THEY FUCKING WELL PLAY IT THEN?!!

BoysAreLikeDogs · 01/10/2008 22:59

Ahh

My mistake

marmadukescarlet · 01/10/2008 23:00

I sent her £50 once as she seemed to be having such a hard time, not part of an organised scam collection but because I'm nice.

Then I realised she was always having a hard time! I did then contact mnhq to say that I was concerned that many individuals may do as I had done...I wonder how much she made?

Saturn74 · 01/10/2008 23:04

marmaduke

littlelapin · 01/10/2008 23:05

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thumbwitch · 01/10/2008 23:05

Just so you know, CvQ feels at the moment that she is unlikely to come back to MN now thanks to this. Thank God that other thread has been pulled at last.

SleepIsForTheWeak · 01/10/2008 23:06

I wish Mumsnet had never participated in that newspaper article saying what a kind, generous lot we were. I wonder if the site will be able to sustain itself longterm? Too many people getting fed up and even conned

FAQ · 01/10/2008 23:07

I'm pretty sure that TWR did pay everyone back (don't know for sure though)

I spent 45 minutes reading that thread - only had 3 pages left and when I clicked "next page" it had gone WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

Oh well it kept me from having to sort my kitchen out

marmadukescarlet · 01/10/2008 23:08

Well I didn't get my money back, maybe because I wasn't part of the collection - just plain stupid generous.

ZakuroFujiwara · 01/10/2008 23:08

Marmaduke - am so glad you posted that - I also sent her £50 last christmas when she first appeared and was feeling a right muppet.... sorry that you got sucked in too - but I feel better that someone else did, if that makes sense

DisasterArea · 01/10/2008 23:09

TWD did indeed pay back.
tis hard to be nice and not get the peess taken though.

piratecat · 01/10/2008 23:10

did cvq get to read that other thread then, i am guessing? By the time i got to the top, which took half an hour, it had been pulled.

the placeis going mad, i was accused of troll like behaviour yesterday becuase i asked what sort of toys/games other mums' 6 yr olds were into. I was using my real name too!!!!

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