# Bumping glitch? Or more trollery? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 26, 2000, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumping-glitch-or-more-trollery/23594 "2000-06-26T17:07:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2000, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumping-glitch-or-more-trollery/23594/1 "2000-06-26T17:07:50Z")
In MPSIMS, there’s a thread about trolls close to the top with its last post on 3-20-2000. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=19772](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=19772) Not sure if it’s a legitimate glitch, or if the trolls have figured out how to bump threads without posting to them–the subject matter seems to be a bit coincidental… ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2000, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumping-glitch-or-more-trollery/23594/2 "2000-06-26T17:13:24Z")
Here’s another one. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=25809](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=25809) Last post 5-29. Topic also trollery. Currently on first page of MPSIMS. I think we have a problem. Gonna try e-mailing this thread to some mods. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2000, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumping-glitch-or-more-trollery/23594/3 "2000-06-26T17:28:44Z")
On the first page of MPSIMS. Last post listed at 5-14. Again, topic is trolling. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=24500](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=24500) Apparently, troll3 was reviving Troll threads in the Pit, but in those, he actually posted. Is this the work of someone completely deleting troll3’s posts in MPSIMS? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2000, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumping-glitch-or-more-trollery/23594/4 "2000-06-26T19:00:56Z")
His posts must have been removed. Since we just banned troll3, it’s not surprising that he may have posted something too stupid to live. When a post is removed in an old thread like that, the thread stays in the queue as per the newer date and shows the “last post” even though that last post was removed. Sorry if this has inconvenienced anyone. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2000, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumping-glitch-or-more-trollery/23594/5 "2000-06-26T19:24:47Z")
I did it: Here’s what happened. A since-banned troll, “Troll3,” posted in those threads and seeing no responses to him, I merely deleted the offending post without comment. Apparently the software records thread activity and that is why they remain near the top of the thread list. In one of the threads, it’s locked now, you’ll probably come across a post by Troll3 that was replaced entirely by myself. It may help explain things. I’ve deleted posts without comment before and while I think this might be a reasonable policy, it seems to create a bit of confusion. I don’t know how to let everyone know what I’ve done without giving the trolls the satisfaction of a response to them. ---
**Author:** ![\_Troll3\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/f04885/32.png) [@\_Troll3\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Troll3_3)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumping-glitch-or-more-trollery/23594/7 "2000-06-27T22:53:28Z")
Don’t buy it BeerNuts. It’s that glitch thing. ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumping-glitch-or-more-trollery/23594/8 "2000-06-27T23:04:26Z")
It’s baaaaack ! And still to stupid to be allowed to live. Can I watch you kill it, can I huh, please ? ---
**Author:** ![\_android209](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/a9a28c/32.png) [@\_android209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_android209)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumping-glitch-or-more-trollery/23594/9 "2000-06-27T23:13:59Z")
UncleBeer has had enough and deleted the content of this post by an obvious impostor. I also turned of the e-mail notification to Coldfire. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumping-glitch-or-more-trollery/23594/10 "2000-06-27T23:16:59Z")
I’m here to authenticate the content of the post above me. ---
**Author:** ![\_android209](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/a9a28c/32.png) [@\_android209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_android209)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumping-glitch-or-more-trollery/23594/11 "2000-06-27T23:18:37Z")
UncleBeer has had enough and deleted the content of this post by an obvious impostor. I also turned of the e-mail notification to Coldfire. One more time!