Troll Bait

The only bad press...

is no press.

If everyone would just ignore the trolls/idiots/"spoons" they would go away out of boredom. That is unless they are truly placed far down on the wit totem pole. It is like the KKK putting up a cross on Fountain Square every Christmas. They know exactly what response it will get (rabid protests resulting in destruction of the offending cross) and they sit back and smile when it happens. Why do we feed the trolls? They thrive on the attention. Try this one time...ignore them...no matter how despicable the comment...we can't control what they say. We can control how it affects us and how we respond.

That said....I have occasionally used an alias....but only for an obvious bit of humor. Never to be mean.

Meanness to me is a characteristic of a bully and bullies are morons and cowards. I have yet to meet one who wasn't.

Censoring or restricting access to protect our sensitivities is not the answer. All speech should be protected...no matter how inane or offensive.

Dixon...that bears repeating...;)
 
Yes, but more for exposing the person who thinks anonymity allows him/her to behave in a way he/she shouldn´t.
 
I have some problems with this whole "expose" concept and that has to do with the fact that ol' Debs there has appointed herself Judge, Jury, and is now asking to be Executioner.

First of all, if she does expose this troll, I'll take it with a grain of salt. I firmly believe in that guilty until proven innocent thing, niggling though it is.

Secondly, she can make allegations until the cows come home, but in cyberspace she cannot back it up with evidence that is more than circumstantial. Emails can be manufactured and inferring things from strings of previous posts and threads is nothing more than inconclusive.

Just because Deborah says Poster X is the troll doesn't mean that Poster X is the troll. Deborah is a known head hunter and is rather vicious. Prior incidents of revealings have been backed up by nothing more than innuendo disguised as voting numbers, email inferences, and a list of threads. This isn't proof and it isn't conclusive.

So, if she wants to reveal the troll, fine. But she had better have some real evidence, not circumstantial evidence or innuendo. Otherwise, as far as I can see, she is simply trolling someone else again. I refer you to the Dillinger Debacle where she had "proof" that Dillinger was committing "voter fraud." I am ashamed to say that I swallowed her rantings hook, line, and sinker.

At least Deborah has the huevos to troll under her own name and damned the torpedoes. Gotta give her points for that.
 
Well, I think you should let the beans out the bag and spill the cat, Dvora. I feel like we've been gathered together in the library for weeks waiting for Mr Poirot to show.
 
Dixon, I essentially agree with what you said. I could care less about most of the trolling. But some of the things pycho-bitch has done and is doing I simply cannot igore.

I'm not sure what good "exposing" her will do either, she has so many registered identities and the capability to create more, as Madame Pandora said.

"Ignoring" some of this trolling is not a realistic option as the latest incident demonstrates once again. And Morgoth here goes over and plays whoop ass on that thread. Like Problem Child said, you sound more foolish than the trolls.

What I have done in the past I have done for one reason, to let her know at least a few people have her "act" figured out in the hope she will knock it off. Doesn't work. She is sick. This is a compulsion. If she didn't quit before I doubt anything I might say now will do much good either.

KillerMuffin, you bring up points I already addressed on the "Who else is sick of Deborah's bullshit?" thread. Where you said, "Actually, Deb, I don't think Patryn has much to say around here anymore." That statement sums up your credibility with me.
 
Deb...

I admit I'm either not following or not agreeing with your reasoning. In addition, I've not been here long enough to know all the background you refer to, although I have read many old threads and know some of what's there to be read.

But what I'm not getting is this:

OK, we have trolls at Lit. So what?

A troll didn't cause NSW's miscarriage. If you believe it did, than I have no choice but to opine that perhaps, if she's that sensitive, she should have stopped reading.

A troll didn't call Chey fat, she did. Nor did the troll make her feel badly about it; she already did that, all on her own.

Obnoxious people are a fact of life. The line between someone posting inflammatory material under their Lit name vs someone posting it on a guest account is surely not that significant. As MP pointed out to me one day, her name isn't really Madame Pandora, shocking as that fact may be. Your name may not be Deb. DCL most likely isn't Dixon Carter Lee.

So who cares if someone posts crap as TheirLitName or as AnotherGuestAccount?

Someone says something nasty about me, fine. I can still respond to AnotherGuestAccount, exactly the same way I can respond to DCL or Madame Pandora or you.

I understand that cowardice is not admirable, but people allow themselves to be victimised by it instead of looking logically at the real difference made between a troll under a guest name and a troll under a registered name. It really makes little difference.
 
I don't really care what you think about me. As for your own credibility, you ought to watch where it is at. You do tend to sound like a raving conspiracist at times. Reason and rationale don't appear to play a part with you at times.

Not that I'm in any position to cast stones, having a nice glass house myself. However, you could do with a good dose of watching out for your own hypocrasy. You troll just as surely as Patryn does. You just do it under your own name.

Witch hunt away, no skin off my nose, just don't expect us to be all incensed and astounded because you reveal yet another conspiracy by Patryn that never pans out.
 
What would be the purpose of registering a 'guest name'? Whether they register or post as a guest, you still don't know who the offending party is.. It just seems pointless to me.
 
Well, Deborah, I'm just waiting for you to say it was me, since you've been hinting at that on just about every other thread that I post on. I'm also waiting for you to say I've posted as someone else before. So go ahead and do it. I seem to have the Mark of Deborah on me, and you won't be satisfied until you try to run me off the boards, so take your best shot. FYI I don't care. I'm not the troll and I only post as me, except a few times for the sake of humor.

You're the one all wrapped up in this, no one else really seems to give a damn unless they've either been trolled themselves or they are just curious. I think the only one losing credibility here is you, Deborah, not KillerMuffin like you said.
 
Oh great, Dixon. I don't have my e-mail readily available, thanks for giving Deborah some more fuel. :)
 
Pish. Bunk. Hoo-hockey.

I agree and disagree with some of the above.

There is a difference between people who post under their own handles and those who play games. PERIOD. You all sound like a bunch of scientists explaining how a round peg theoretically COULD fit in a square hole. Reality is more than theory.

You know something – yes, I think trolls should be ignored except for the “fun” element they provide. I think, often, what pisses people off is when the trolls strike a nerve. They often “speak the truth.” I also happen to think the guest feature should remain intact. It serves an important, and often, entertaining purpose.

But don’t confuse the issue. We’re not talking about some poor soul who REALLY wants to express themselves and just doesn’t have the gumdrops. We’re talking about a certified NUTCASE. A little fruit loop who targets the people who DON’T ignore the fights and who DON’T shake it off. And, if for no other reason than it might get her to lie low for a month, I’ll all for it.

You can all rail against Deb as much as you like. Circumstantial evidence, witch hunting, conspiracy theories, etc. I have not always agreed with the comments she makes or the assumptions she makes. And yes, there is no 100%. THERE RARELY IS IN LINE, let alone online. But if it smells like a dog, walks like a dog, looks like a dog, and barks like a dog, then USUALLY IT’S A FUCKING DOG.

Oh – and, while you up straight and recite manners and talk about how the trolls can’t really do much harm – why not REMIND YOURSELVES THE SAME IS TRUE FOR DEB’S THEORIES. A troll only has as much power as you give it. Yep. So does Deb or I or ANYONE ELSE for that matter. She’s not going to wave a magic want and make someone go away, or cover them with a scarlet “T.”

Defend trolls and ridicule Deb all you like. Sure, I believe we all hold our own to a higher standard. But, if you’re going to call Deb a “troll” then give her the same courtesy you offer a troll. Ignore her and disregard what she presents.

I don’t know why I’m inclined to defend her as much as I am. She certainly doesn’t need my help. But when the bullshit piles up to a certain point, I have to speak up. It’s just me.

Yes – our handles are aliases, but many of you know my real name and associate this alias with me. If I were to act the ass under this name, the people I converse with WOULD hold me accountable for it. And it makes me consider consequences before posting. Sure, if I act like Kid Rock1, Mistress will still snuggle me, but would you still want to speak with me, Bri?

And KM – I still say that someone manipulated the voting on Dillinger’s stories. No, I don’t think it was him, but we all have psycho fans out there. And you cannot look at the numbers and NOT see manipulation. And, Dillinger’s HERE because of that thread, he began speaking to some of us because of that thread. So, you know, bash the showboating all you like, but not everything that comes from Deb’s posting is bad. At the very least, it fosters DISCUSSION.

Deb isn’t appointing herself anything. She is offering to present information as she sees it. And maybe – JUST MAYBE by presenting it this way, she’s trying to make people THINK about IF they want to know and WHY they want to know it.

Get your scraps of disapproval in, fine. But be clear what you are and are not defending.

By all means, let’s defend the troll’s right to “free speech” and blast Deb for posting her theories and opinions…

Of course, that’s a consequence of posting under her own handle. Hmmmm……

Oh, and BTW, Iris. Nice try. Well done.

MP
 
Futility?

Why don't we just raise the bridge...

lowering the river seems a tad difficult.

Are trolls that influential?

Who cares?

Now if you'll excuse me...I gotta move that pile of dirt back to the other side if the yard...

*grabbing shovel*
 
Ah I see we are feeding off of each other instead of the trolls again.

:p
 
Yo

MP, you've got yer knickers in a twist.

Personally, here's what I think about what you said:

1. I didn't attack Deb. I was investigating my understanding of her position. I am genuinely curious about why she thinks so differently than I do over this topic. I've never attacked Deb. She scares the bejeezus out of me. And I find her unattractvely vicious, though I admire her to an extent. Our paths have never crossed proir to this thread.

2. I actually like KidRock. He occassionaly asks an interesting question, and I ignore the other "babble" threads that happen when he's off his meds. I think of him as the local errant teenager. He's hardly harmful.

3. If you turned out to be a Troll under another name, it honestly wouldn't bother me. I swear to God. This is not a kiss-ass ode to our friendship. If you trolled Lil Brandy, I don't give a shit. You are who you are, I enjoy your brain, and the fact that you might have an anonymous, "outside" opinion, doesn't bother me.

4. I'm not standing on the tired Free Speech platform. I'm saying if you don't like the heat, get the fuck out of the kitchen and stop whining. It's more boring than the bloody trolls.
 
Some people don't get it. That's OK, not meant to be. Some others don't really give a shit. Some others get it but they are too embarrassed to say because they have been hoodwinked or have some other reason for remaining silent. Deja vu.
 
Siren - To me, dicussing things – even strongly isn’t “feeding off each other.” I mostly argue and debate with the people I like. No one else is worth the time. If it gives the trolls the shivers to see me debate, let ‘em wank at it.

Bri, you should know my knickers rarely enter into things. I express myself boldly. Often it has nothing to do with my frame of mind.

1. I never said you attacked Deb. You posted your response with her name in the title line and expressed a differing opinion. Not everything in my post addressed you directly. The parts which did included your name.

2. Enjoy Kid Rock1. He’s all yours ;). LOL

3. It WOULD matter to me if you were trolling under another name. It would matter to me if you were using another identity to garner information from others to use in a vindictive manner. I’m not saying it would negate the positive things I have found in you, but it would alter my perception of you and change the manner in which I deal with you.

4. You post: “I'm saying if you don't like the heat, get the fuck out of the kitchen and stop whining. It's more boring than the bloody trolls.” You and CB have different definitions of whining than I do. That’s fine. As for it being boring, like the SHeeP say – don’t read it. I quite agree, the cyber kitchen is no place for those who don’t want to be “in” it. The exits are clearly marked by an “X” in the upper right hand corner, and whatever “back” button your particular browser features. Please refrain from smoking during the course of our flight and keep your seatbelt fastened until the pilot has turned off the “fasten seatbelt” sign.


MP ;)
 
Come on, Deborah...

...the suspense is killing me!

Last time, when you were going to do the Big Revelation at 6 pm, I waited and waited. 6 pm came and went, but I kept checking back, thinking you were in some funky time zone.

Come on and tell us. Right, wrong, whatever, I'm sure it will be interesting!
 
Ok Deb I'm asking you once again (4th time I think so far)
to give us proof that you "know" who the troll is, not to just name some poor SOB but to prove beyond a doubt that you know and have evidence who the troll is.
In this matter I agree totaly with Killermuffin and DarlingBri that you must provide incotrovertible evidence not just hearsay, personaly I have no idea how you could do that but you seem to feel you can, so by all means acuse away.
 
Cliche, the report and live interviews followed at 6:08 PM just like I said. Did you miss it?

OUTSIDER, it is rather obvious you suffer from a severe case of premature ejaculation. Some good things are worth waiting for.

"Just Wondering" Iris - I don't understand the apparent discrepancy between your statements on these threads ...

"What the Hell is WRONG With You People?"
http://www.literotica.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=25115

where you raise holy hell about the trolling of Lil-Brandi and demand "What I would like to know where is the CONTROL on the board?" and ...

"Who trolled Lil-Brandi?"
http://www.literotica.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=27245

where, in response to revealing the identity of the troll, you say, "Nope, not a bit interested. Sounds like an attempt to stir shit to me." Just Wondering. Hey, that's a troll's name!
 
Deborah said:
Cliche, the report and live interviews followed at 6:08 PM just like I said. Did you miss it?

OUTSIDER, it is rather obvious you suffer from a severe case of premature ejaculation. Some good things are worth waiting for.

"Just Wondering" Iris - I don't understand the apparent discrepancy between your statements on these threads ...

"What the Hell is WRONG With You People?"
http://www.literotica.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=25115

where you raise holy hell about the trolling of Lil-Brandi and demand "What I would like to know where is the CONTROL on the board?" and ...

"Who trolled Lil-Brandi?"
http://www.literotica.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=27245

where, in response to revealing the identity of the troll, you say, "Nope, not a bit interested. Sounds like an attempt to stir shit to me." Just Wondering. Hey, that's a troll's name!



That ain't proof, you couldn't produce it then and I don't believe you can produce it now, just more hearsay and hot air.
BTW......HOW LONG DO YOU NEED TO PRODUCE THIS PROOF YOU "SAY" YOU HAVE......we've been waiting an awful long time for it judgeing by some off the old threads you've dragged up......?
 
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