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Leif

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Alright, but this guy is looking at this stuff. He's thriving on the attention. It's like F'en miracle grow for the guy. Plus he has more views and replies than me on my Newbie thread and I'm jealous. Seriously... Play with fire......you guys know the rest. Why piss him off?
 

FlakeNoir

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Alright, but this guy is looking at this stuff. He's thriving on the attention. It's like F'en miracle grow for the guy. Plus he has more views and replies than me on my Newbie thread and I'm jealous. Seriously... Play with fire......you guys know the rest. Why piss him off?
It isn't about him at all. :)

And, we're following the advice of our Admin.
 

not_nadine

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FlakeNoir

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We'll just have to watch out for his next cunning disguise on here - oh no let the paranoia creep in ...it's 'pod people' all over again.

I reckon He's one of us already ... Start the finger pointing....
That's not going to happen.

Re: the reason this thread is still live. It is situated in the Newbies section, so hopefully it will deter those (new) users from signing up just to use this place purely for trolling. They will see that it isn't tolerated and perhaps not bother.
 

SHEEMIEE

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That's not going to happen.

Re: the reason this thread is still live. It is situated in the Newbies section, so hopefully it will deter those (new) users from signing up just to use this place purely for trolling. They will see that it isn't tolerated and perhaps not bother.


Hear ya.

True story:

When I moved from uk to Oz I joined a sited for expats to ask questions and get to know what was happening around australia .
Some very helpful people gave great advice / schools/ benefits/ jargon/ best areas/ worst areas- that kinda thing .

One guy 'Aussie jon' was king of the helpdesk- Site Mod , all round good guy. And he took a load of abuse from trolls - one in particular .

Anyhoo, after a week or so my work colleagues and I began spending a bit too much time on the site bagging the troll with our own brand of humour, which caused us to be branded trolls also. Now Aussie Jon (site Mod) warned us repeatedly not to get involved with said troll- and everybody sympathised with Aussie Jon.

But here's the thing - we worked out that Aussie Jon was the Troll!
He was abusing himself for the sympathy vote!!

The MOD was the TROLL !!! Honest

We found this hilarious as we had worked it out several days before the big argument began begun. He got into an argument with us, first siding with us as Troll / then talking us down- as Aussie Jon !! This went on for several hours-

only on one of the posts - just as we deduced - he swapped personas by accident in the heated debate.

He quickly deleted it - along with the pair of us and the conversation -

It was hilarious. He went quiet for three days.


We threatened to out him if he didn't reinstate us - and he had to reinstate the conversation.

He did with a full confession - citing stress. A MOD trolling his own site!!!

Funniest thing I have seen.

....Flake?????

;)
 

FlakeNoir

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Hear ya.

True story:

When I moved from uk to Oz I joined a sited for expats to ask questions and get to know what was happening around australia .
Some very helpful people gave great advice / schools/ benefits/ jargon/ best areas/ worst areas- that kinda thing .

One guy 'Aussie jon' was king of the helpdesk- Site Mod , all round good guy. And he took a load of abuse from trolls - one in particular .

Anyhoo, after a week or so my work colleagues and I began spending a bit too much time on the site bagging the troll with our own brand of humour, which caused us to be branded trolls also. Now Aussie Jon (site Mod) warned us repeatedly not to get involved with said troll- and everybody sympathised with Aussie Jon.

But here's the thing - we worked out that Aussie Jon was the Troll!
He was abusing himself for the sympathy vote!!

The MOD was the TROLL !!! Honest

We found this hilarious as we had worked it out several days before the big argument began begun. He got into an argument with us, first siding with us as Troll / then talking us down- as Aussie Jon !! This went on for several hours-

only on one of the posts - just as we deduced - he swapped personas by accident in the heated debate.

He quickly deleted it - along with the pair of us and the conversation -

It was hilarious. He went quiet for three days.


We threatened to out him if he didn't reinstate us - and he had to reinstate the conversation.

He did with a full confession - citing stress. A MOD trolling his own site!!!

Funniest thing I have seen.

....Flake?????

;)
:rofl: What a di@k!
...Kinda sad really. :O_O:
(& no btw... :biggrin2: )
 

SHEEMIEE

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Nov 15, 2010
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He pm'd me - saying it was the best laugh he'd had in ages on the site - he was just getting bored with the same old same old - and was amazed nobody had clicked sooner .

He was actually a funny guy .

Site took a while to return to normal - lots of " I can't believe you done that to us Aussie Jon"
 

Sigmund

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In your mirror.
I think the OP was a little over board in countless ways. I agree but if he had not been poked in the eye with a sharp stick, he might MIGHT have been salvageable. He was a newbie. Doesn't have the experience of a nice board. I will cut him some slack. However, the long time members should know not to correct him if he needs correcting. The Mods can take care of a troll.

It just seems to me, we have newbies who come on board and they are slammed and kicked about and ...they leave...never to be heard from again. And we all sit back and say, "See! S/He was a troll!" Maybe, just maybe, if we had let the Mods take care of it they might have stayed.
 

Dana Jean

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Apr 11, 2006
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I think the OP was a little over board in countless ways. I agree but if he had not been poked in the eye with a sharp stick, he might MIGHT have been salvageable. He was a newbie. Doesn't have the experience of a nice board. I will cut him some slack. However, the long time members should know not to correct him if he needs correcting. The Mods can take care of a troll.

It just seems to me, we have newbies who come on board and they are slammed and kicked about and ...they leave...never to be heard from again. And we all sit back and say, "See! S/He was a troll!" Maybe, just maybe, if we had let the Mods take care of it they might have stayed.
no comment.
 

Sigmund

Waiting in Uber.
Jan 3, 2010
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In your mirror.
no comment.

Hey, Dana Jean.

Did I miss something?

The OP was all kinds of grody, disrespectful and out of control to Flakess AFTER a long time member corrected him. And, yes the OP continued to be an ass hat after Ms. Flakes tried to steer him in the right direction. My point: If a newbie comes in guns blazing (like I did) maybe long time members who maybe, kinda , should know better, should let you, Flakes or Ms. Mod handle them. Or not. Just my opinion.
 

PatInTheHat

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I think the OP was a little over board in countless ways. I agree but if he had not been poked in the eye with a sharp stick, he might MIGHT have been salvageable. He was a newbie. Doesn't have the experience of a nice board. I will cut him some slack. However, the long time members should know not to correct him if he needs correcting. The Mods can take care of a troll.

It just seems to me, we have newbies who come on board and they are slammed and kicked about and ...they leave...never to be heard from again. And we all sit back and say, "See! S/He was a troll!" Maybe, just maybe, if we had let the Mods take care of it they might have stayed.
Tasty food for thought..hmm, nah I believe I prefer the taste of troll, tangy yet sweet, with just a hint of smoked, yummy:drool:...hey ya know for all intents and purposes, I are my very self a troll...Trollidioiticis Maximus , in 'the Latin', doncha know:eagerness:.
Personaly I think if your gonna dish it some out, it's probably best to be able to take some back, and with something that resembles humor, at least at some point..said the master of the, for some cheap yucks, chuckles and giggles cheap shot...don't know 'the Latin', ain't somebody can help a fella out:biggrin2:?
 
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