Originally Posted By mawnck I mentioned this in my most recent epistle to the mods, but I wanted to share it with the public at large. We frequently have posters popping up in WE whose SOLE purpose for being here is to stir things up in WE. They don't post in any other section, and we're usually able to identify them pretty quickly as banned posters, back with new accounts for the sole purpose of stirring up trouble. Since the original purpose of WE was to steer the political controversies away from other sections where DISNEY was being discussed (this being a Disney discussion board and all …), perhaps it would be a good idea to institute a rule that a newbie's first 30 posts (or so) can't be in WE or Play Pen. This would be a barrier to entry for professional trolls. If they can't think of 30 things to say about Disney, they probably aren't good candidates for the LP community anyway. Of course the best solution would be to just not feed the trolls, but WE obviously doesn't have enough self-control for that. ;-) Just a suggestion.
Originally Posted By hopemax Don't think it would work, because current said troll is posting in other Disney forums as well as his WE trolling. Both the worst Disney animation thread and the WDW prices thread, that I've seen. Granny used to always post poetry in the DL and Community sections, I think too. We have the unfortunate pleasure of our trolls actually being Disney fans, so that participation shouldn't be too much of a concern. I reported to moderator, which I think is the most effective solution, but requires actual moderation. Of course, I would like to point out that your posts about Dabob responding all the time can also quickly outnumber other posts. In the past I've called it "2nd derivative trolling."
Originally Posted By mawnck >>Of course, I would like to point out that your posts about Dabob responding all the time can also quickly outnumber other posts. In the past I've called it "2nd derivative trolling."<< i think of it as the internet equivalent of chemotherapy ...
Originally Posted By RoadTrip The worst stuff gets removed by Admin. Those that manage to stay just this side of the red line eventually get bored and go away. All a part of the interwebs.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh Maybe the liberals who dominate WE should stop being jerks to anyone that disagrees with them and the trolls wouldn't feel the need to troll as much. Or the moderators could do a better job of reigning in the liberals when they break community standards, instead of letting certain of them do it with impugnity.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance I think it's adorable how Dabob posts DFTT right away and then posts 3 pages full of stuff directed at the troll. LOL Poor guy, really can't help himself.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance But I agree about the annoying DFTT police posting you do mawnck. Sheesh! Have you gone off your chill pills again???
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance And so far, this new troll while very annoyingly anti-against anything I believe in, hasn't really done much except disagree with others, has he? He hasn't been posting racist or gay slurs like Granny does at any rate. Unless I've just missed them, because I'm not really reading much of what he posts.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance I also find it interesting that trolls almost never respond to me or comment on anything I say. It's good, but interesting.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder No Constance, there's a lot of flat-out hate speech type posts right now, some rather stark ones from mrkthompson who feels rather embolden by another coward in the room, and then the primary idiot as well.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Hell, they don't need to be emboldened by anyone here. They are emboldened on a daily basis by national politicians.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance I love how mkjohnson or whatever his name is starts posting his tripe when someone else does.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip No, his name is Thompson. He probably posts because of concerns about his Johnson... so I guess your confusion is understandable.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh That's funny. It must be nice to be one of the cool kids, and mock those outside the circle, and laugh when your friends bully them. I don't understand why anyone would "troll" WE with such nice posters there.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Get a life Douglas. One of the "cool kids"? About 5 years ago I was skewered here about as badly as I've ever seen happen to anyone on LP. I got over it. MK (and you ) will get over this very minor slight too. It is just the interwebs... doesn't mean much anyway. Besides... calling a penis a "Johnson" is ALWAYS fun.
Originally Posted By mawnck I don't understand where the mods went. Are we officially "anything goes" now? Because I've seen posts in the last week or so I can't BELIEVE have stayed up this long. And the trolls suddenly have the run of the place.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh <Get a life Douglas.> I'm pretty happy with the one I have thanks. <About 5 years ago I was skewered here about as badly as I've ever seen happen to anyone on LP. I got over it. MK (and you ) will get over this very minor slight too.> I am already over it. But the people complaining about WE being "trolled" might want to look at the environment being created there and make some changes. Why not try being a little nicer to people you disagree with?
Originally Posted By mawnck >>But the people complaining about WE being "trolled" might want to look at the environment being created there and make some changes. Why not try being a little nicer to people you disagree with?<< Because the people we disagree with are the American Taliban, not rational humans that will (or can) hold a rational discussion. I will not be especially nice to someone who is ACTIVELY advocating taking rights away from my fellow Americans - and in the name of religion! Just for the record, the troll isn't the only one posting things that should be admin'd. If I ran the circus, a couple posts on this very page would be gone. But I do not blame RT, since the new WE tone was set in stone when this page went unmoderated (and I guarantee you it was reported!): <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://mb.laughingplace.com/MsgBoard-T-127812-P-15.asp">http://mb.laughingplace.com/Ms...P-15.asp</a>
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh <Because the people we disagree with are the American Taliban, not rational humans that will (or can) hold a rational discussion.> In your opinion. I think you are being irrational, but I wouldnt stoop to calling you Taliban. That's just crazy. And probably why you get "trolled". <the new WE tone was set in stone when this page went unmoderated (and I guarantee you it was reported!)> I doubt you reported STPP or Doombuggy's posts, even though they are clearly over the line. Liberals have been breaking community standards on WE for years with little consequence.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox <<Liberals have been breaking community standards on WE for years with little consequence.>> Total BS. I got temporarily banned a few years ago for getting into an online grudge match with one of the trolls. Come to think of it, it might have been Beau. Probably was. And I've received emails from Doobie, telling me to tone it down or get permanently banned. So you are dead wrong about liberals getting away with CS violations in WE. Simply not true at all.
