Is it me, or has there beem a huge influx lately? If yes, has the board been written up any place. I did see that The National Review (I think) did mention The Straight Dope. But I think that would only send a wave of opinionated people into GD and, lord knows, we’re used to that.
So, more trolls than usual? Any reason why this should be?
Not more than usual, really. Bear in mind that a lot of “newbies” are actually returning, known idiots.
Not to worry. It doesn’t look like our link is up at http://www.trollhq.com just yet.
One other question. I’m trying to keep which troll is which straight.
Madhatter=dimbulb who creates tons of names and makes annoying posts, but has no personality, other than the fact that he hates the mods?
Serlin=Weirdo with a “no-fat-chicks” fixation?
Dippymonger=? I can’t figure out which he is. Or is he one of Madhatter’s?
Sorry to ask this, but I’m curious.
Fenris
That link above is broken.
Here’s a better one.
[Edited by TubaDiva on 12-13-2000 at 04:58 PM]
Not more than usual, you say. My respect and admiration for the mods and admins just reached a new high.
Is that site real?
Yes
Serlin . . . I hate to even give him this much credit.
Serlin had a propensity to do two things: be a jerk and have multiple screen names for his various personalities. He was banned for having the multiple SNs, IIRC. Then he came back as various other names I won’t dignify by listing (email a mod and you might get a list of them, but the outings have been kinda obvious).
Dippymonger I don’t know about. He might have been a concrete reincarnation.
ITF, guys, re: trolls it’s much better to just email mods. That’s what they’re here for.
Madhatter IS DippyMonger. He is not related to concrete. The MO and pattern are completely different.
–Tim
This is not a troll outing thread. Just a general question.
Right, but it’s still a thread talking about trolls, which still counts (to them) as feeding. They can exist on the tiniest morsel of public outcry, the smallest crumb of “my name in lights!” E-mailing a mod with your question about trolls performs the message board equivalent of sweeping crumbs off the table into a dustpan instead of onto the floor.
In the past, I have found TubaDiva to be an excellent dustpan. 
Thanks for the advice DDG, I’ve still got a couple of troll questions, but I’ll e-mail TubaDiva, rather than post 'em here.
Everyone: Please disregard my previous question.
Fenris
I know that U.S. News & World Report did a mention. Is that the periodical you were thinking about? I didn’t think NR did anything.
That one is here:
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=51023 US News & World Report listed the SD site?
It’s winter. They are locked inside with nothing better to do.