# An open letter to the current infestation of trolls and socks **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 16, 2001, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-the-current-infestation-of-trolls-and-socks/82005 "2001-09-16T19:38:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-the-current-infestation-of-trolls-and-socks/82005/21 "2001-09-17T23:31:01Z")
Y34, s0 tr00, 1 h8 th0z3 tr0LLz 2… No but seriously, they are just trying to get a rise out of people, don’t respond to them and they will fall apart. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-the-current-infestation-of-trolls-and-socks/82005/22 "2001-09-18T00:15:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TwistofFate \* > \*\*They’re the messageboard ( and intellectual ) equivalent of toe cheese. \*\* [Homer Simpson] “Mmmmmmmmm…toe cheese…” [/Homer Simpson] What!? ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-the-current-infestation-of-trolls-and-socks/82005/23 "2001-09-18T03:15:55Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Francesca_ > Trolls always make me think of 14-year-olds, stuck in their room and whining about their oppressive fascist parents who just won’t let them do anything man and it’s, like, so unfair and oppressive and no-one understands. Trolling is like messing up the room just to piss off the parents - it’s childish and obvious and laughable to everyone else. I agree. But what really gets me mad about trolls is that they give other teens on the SDMB who want to be good posters a bad name. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-the-current-infestation-of-trolls-and-socks/82005/24 "2001-09-18T23:46:39Z")
> [@](#): > > But what really gets me mad about trolls is that they give other teens on the SDMB who want to be good posters a bad name. No they don’t. Aside from the occasional lip-curler, the overwhelming number of posters on this MB don’t categorize teens one way or another. Periodically a younger person will display great naiveté or the absolute confidence of TRUTH that are each hallmarks of a lack of experience. Occasionally someone will gently tell them to come back with some experience. (Or a lip-curler will snidely tell them off and be immediately jumped on by other posters.) _In general_, we don’t have a lot of age-related prejudices on this MB and no teen need worry that they are going to be branded an idiot because a different teen acted like an idiot. We know the differences between youth and stupidity. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-the-current-infestation-of-trolls-and-socks/82005/25 "2001-09-19T00:08:01Z")
We need to develop a Cosmo quiz for these people. Robin [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-the-current-infestation-of-trolls-and-socks/82005.md?page=1)