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Note: This topic is primarily for users to flag spam and glaringly obvious trolls to the Night Watch team. If there's a poster who's really worrying you, please do report it to MNHQ in the usual way.

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Troll - really nasty posts

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PeasOnEarth · 06/12/2015 05:13

I've reported the two posts I've seen by yourusername12345678910 in Parenting and Relationships. Both on threads where the OP is somewhat vulnerable and emotional. There might be more. Anything else that can be done?

OP posts:

UnGoogleable · 06/12/2015 11:51

I can't believe MNHQ were so slow to deal with that - did those posts stay up overnight? Surely with such an obviously prolific troll, the deletion should be pretty quick once the reports come flooding in?

Looking at one of the threads, it does look like the respondents on the thread fed the troll by replying and engaging with them. Bit foolish IMO.

When that happens, those engaging with the troll are as responsible for the derailment as the troll is, with the poor OP being forgotten about! Just ignore the troll and engage with the OP FFS!

merrymouse · 06/12/2015 11:59

What is the correct protocol for this kind of thing? I can see why MN don't like trollhunting, but it was a very obvious troll targeting vulnerable posters and it took a long time for the posts to be removed (realise it was the early hours of Sunday morning).

I think most posters engaging with the troll were just trying to support the OP.

usual · 06/12/2015 12:03

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UnGoogleable · 06/12/2015 13:01

Fair enough - I didn't see it happen, I just followed the link posted above and read the first one I came to, which seemed to have posters arguing with the troll with the occasional post to the poor OP.

In an ideal world, troll posts would go completely unremarked upon, with lots of reporting in the background, while posters would continue to support the OP. But I realize it's never that simple, and human nature makes people want to jump in and defend or attack.

Looks like they've gone for now anyway. Do people really have nothing better to do?

NaughtToThreeSadOnions · 06/12/2015 13:11

The thing is with this one partiacally there was things that a bitter teenager, or quite honestly a bitter 30 something would say. It wasn't until we'd engaged and the posts got more rediclous, like I have 56 kids which became well I don't have any but just being near children is the same as parenting. That I went ok genuine troll.

Rather than genuine person who doesn't understand and won't listen and trust me I've encountered that kind of person in real life!

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