Confessions of an Ex-Troll

The BBQ Pit
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Obviously I am Lurker 007.

I make no claim to be some secret agent super hero as the other trolls like to pretend.

I came here with the express intent to be disruptive and get banned. My motivation was the anger I felt towards the group here that was playing around with the LB board.

I can honestly say that the Lurker posts were not the highlight or the norm of my net life. I am posting this to disassociate myself the recent flood of moronic trolls who have attacthed themselves to this board.

When spammed the board I was angry. I didn’t think. It was stupid.

I would like to offer an apology to DavidB and everyone else who put up with it.

After spamming the board, I then read through some of the posts and started to change my mind.

I have been posting here under another name since then, with a 100% no troll policy.

There are two reasons I am posting this. One, to offer an apology. You tend to do some stupid things when you are upset. Two, because not even I like being asociated with Phaedrus and his little bunch.

I too think they are one poster, probably 14 or 15 years old, with a serious deficeincy in dealing with real life people.

The only online proof I can offer that this screen name is not another one of the Phaedrus junkies, is that I will post this and then let it die. I will not respond to any posts. I will troll no more!!

If any poster who registered in Jan/Feb comes on in defense of me, please ignore them as they are the trolls I have learned to detest as much as you.

I will not try to justify my spam trolling, and I once again offer my apologies.
This is the first and last post for this screen name.

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::standing up and applauding::

Congratulations, sir – it takes a big man to admit he’s done something wrong and make a non-weasly apology for it.

Welcome to TSD, whoever your alter ego is. Sounds like you are/will be a great poster to have around.

-Melin

Siamese attack puppet – California

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I applaud you, too. I was a member of the SDMB Counter-Intelligence Team (as I privately called us) and I’m sorry for some of the things I said behind the Pounders’ backs. I was too smug and superior. And creating “Darwin” as my sig line was, indeed, an attempt to provoke a response as well as letting everyone know at a glance whose side I was on in the “creation vs. evolution” debates. I’m keeping “Darwin” here, though.

Losing him would be like cutting off my own tail.

>< DARWIN >
__L___L

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what Melin said.

Sue from El Paso
Siamese Attack Puppet - Texas

Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted.

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Lurker: Thank you for your apology.

I would like to ask you a question, though. Could you tell us who you have been posting as since then? I, for one, would be interested. (Also, there is a rule now that says only one sign-in per user, so you’re not supposed to be using a second one anyway.) If you’d prefer to do so privately, please feel free to e-mail me with the knowledge that, if you don’t want me to reveal it, I won’t.

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Thanks for your apology.

Please get with me so we can work this extra screen name deal out. Just drop me email and tell me which one of these names goes.

All we want is folks to play by our rules. (Also having fun, it’s supposed to be fun.) If you can do that (and being here and not being a jerk is proof of that), then we have no problem.

your humble TubaDiva
Administrator
The Straight Dope

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An apology from a troll is rare. Regrettably, it has been my experience that once a troll, always a troll. A black heart can never be cleansed.

“Lurker 007 through 009” (or whatever ID you are sneaking in under the radar with now), please report to your nearest resettlement facility for gassing and incineration. We thank you for your cooperation.

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No shit! We’ve been waiting for yours for months now!

Krispy Original – The original SDMB bad boy

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“We” being your long list of former, banned, and current (oops - “allegedly”) screen names, I suppose …

*flicking C#3 as a child flicks a booger

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Of course, C#3/KO did make an apology, on this very board. That puts him a step or two ahead.

-Melin

Siamese attack puppet – California

Still neglecting and overprotecting my children

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While apologies are admirable, I’m afraid anonymous apologies are quite ineffective. Hiding behind one mask in order to disrupt and hiding behind a second mask in order to avoid responsiblility for what, even you admit to be reprehensible action. I afraid I can’t afford you the same honor the others have. A truly respectable person would step up publicly and take the consequences.

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thats true beer…but one should also respect the privacy cause public knowledge of former actions can cause predudice towards, in this case lurker. while of course as he accurately points out, those actions werent “good” the apologie is…and it is a good apology, one that should be accepted. looks to me like everybody has…just wanted to comment…

bj0rn

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I think bjorn has a point. If this “Lurker” person wants to apologize, I am happy to accept his apology. I will not begrudge him having a new username, and starting out with a “clean slate”. I have seen how forgiveness is not as forthcoming as some might think it should be here. I can understand why this former Troll wouldn’t want to have their new, clean persona tainted with that old, nasty business forever. I can see why they chose this anonymous tactic.

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Very cool, Douglips. Man, I’ve got to learn how to use this thing.

“I should not take bribes and Minister Bal Bahadur KC should not do so either. But if clerks take a bribe of Rs 50-60 after a hard day’s work, it is not an issue.” ----Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Current Prime Minister of Nepal

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So let’s see, Melin & I can split some Laphroaig.

Bj0rn can watch…

Sue from El Paso
Siamese Attack Puppet - Texas

Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted.

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Yeah, well some people might think it’s cool for a jerk to apologize.

I would think it’s cool too, if he\she had the guts to stand up and admit to it.

I’m with UncleBeer. An anonymous apology isn’t worth a bucket of warm spit. If you don’t have the the courage to admit who you are, your apology is worthless.

Lurker 009, you can shove your apology where it’s dark, because it doesn’t mean a damn thing.

Have a nice day.
Putz.

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curiosity finished the beer…

bj0rn - cat…why?