# Defamation etc.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defamation-etc/743754>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [January 21, 2016, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defamation-etc/743754 "2016-01-21T03:33:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defamation-etc/743754/81 "2016-01-21T20:33:35Z")

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> [@hajario](#):
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> One way to detect trolls is that they attempt to do something idiosyncratic in the way that they type to make them appear to be unique. Of course they often screw up and forget on occasion. If i were to troll, i would just type in my normal way. Less obvious.

Actually, i noticed the same thing. Keyboard DNA.

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**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defamation-etc/743754/82 "2016-01-21T20:34:54Z")

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> [@madsircool](#):
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> U dont think that there is a small chance that the guy with 1 post might have been the troll?

Nooooooo. That guy is totes legit. I mean, no one in the history of bridge dwelling has ever done such a thing, have they?

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**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defamation-etc/743754/83 "2016-01-21T20:52:58Z")

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Legit all the way! Why, he just happened to come across this post on this message board randomly today while researching all of the Internet about escorts!

Oh, and he also read another thread a few years back on our very same message board about some dude who was going to escorts and brothels.

Random!

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**Author:** ![Emiliana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@Emiliana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emiliana)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defamation-etc/743754/84 "2016-01-21T21:20:13Z")

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Wait, explain this, random internet searcher: “Fourth, who the fuck would be an escort if not a 5th grade model who has a face of a interstate stripper.”

Must. have. image. of. same.

ETA: I first read that as “a face of an interstate trooper” which was also promising.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defamation-etc/743754/85 "2016-01-21T21:36:12Z")

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**Moderator Action**

The user in question here has been banned, and the thread has been closed. The board issues seem to be resolved and we’re straying outside of ATMB territory, so I am going go close this.

If anyone has a compelling and board related reason to re-open it, feel free to PM me and we’ll discuss it.

A lot of these other comments (discussions of trolling, for example) are borderline Pit material. If you really want to discuss this further, I recommend opening a Pit thread, where you aren’t constraint by ATMB rules and can make full out accusations of trolling if you want.

Thread closed.

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