Why can trolls register under the EXACT mane of someone else, like poor AYESHA today. They used her exact name! Not AyeSha, or another variant.
When I first registered, I tried to use 'Kelli" but it was taken - but these wackos have no problem using a name already in use.
I dont get it. Cant anything be done? maybe this was going on all along when I was gone, I dont know, but MAN is this irritating! They flood the board with useless old dead threads, and then the hot new topics dissapear to page two, never to be seen again. (Which is obviously their intent)
Is there anything we can do?
Change our passwords?
Get a secret handshake?
Anything?
Unfortunately, at this point, the vBB software recognizes " Ayesha" (that is, “[SPACE]Ayesha”) as being different from “Ayesha”… but when " Ayesha" posts, her name looks just the same as “Ayesha”. I’m pretty sure the same thing can be done with following spaces- that is, "Ayesha " and "Ayesha " can be registered as independent names, even though both will just look like “Ayesha”.
At this point, the only thing that can be done is changing the software, and we’ve been told that this is one of the current top priorities of our techs.
Actually, the other thing that can be done is just general vigilance- watching the post counts and registration dates for posters who seem to be acting strangely, or taking a quick look at the “Welcome out new member…” display at the main menu- and alerting Tuba and the other mods ASAP.
The key thing is just not to insult strangers.
The “trolls” are not a separate group, but part of us.
They post as normal until someone makes them mad by spouting off about thaings that are just BS.
Then they figure the jerks have been asking for it.
Like “poor Ayesha”. Didn’t you notice that over 1/4 of her posts are about “discovering” trolls, many who aren’t, but simply had low post counts or didn’t fit her limited view of “what people here believe”. Like any group of people thinks alike. Hint: Not even Iran, even in the government, do all people think alike, or even pretend to.
I thought about that, John, but that’s an address that I can’t access from the where I am right now. No worries though, I’ve sent a message to the Gods with burnt offerings and requested that they make this little creature go away.
This is the second time this idiot has done that. It also likes to post as ahseyA. I don’t worry about it too much now. As long as it’s after me, someone else is getting a rest. This troll seems to have a thing for me, what it doesn’t realize is that if it didn’t do everything it could to call it’s self to my attention, I would most likely ignore it.
The leak will be fixed soon. Till then check post counts.