# I want to be a troll-hunter - I have a hat! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 8, 2000, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-be-a-troll-hunter-i-have-a-hat/44676 "2000-12-08T20:09:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-be-a-troll-hunter-i-have-a-hat/44676/1 "2000-12-08T20:09:10Z")
Can I get some opinions on [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=49805)? Normally, I don’t dissect every post looking for an ulterior motive, but this person seems quite self- **Righteous** , if you know what I mean. In any case, I’ve got to hand it to the mods. I bet you guys wish you had a nickel for every time this happened: Mod: Please read the rules regarding where to post. Thanks. Also, it is easier to read your posts if you use paragraphs, capitalization, and periods. This will probably save you a lot of grief. Poster: YOU BASTARD!!! where do these mods get off they think they rule the world! whatever happened to the first amendment, you overpaid jerk! ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-be-a-troll-hunter-i-have-a-hat/44676/2 "2000-12-08T21:01:21Z")
I like posting in threads about to be locked. People read your stuff more often. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-be-a-troll-hunter-i-have-a-hat/44676/3 "2000-12-08T21:12:51Z")
Oh, but since you asked, I think whimsy is quite funny. Crack babies make the best trolls. ---
**Author:** ![c\_goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@c\_goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_goat)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-be-a-troll-hunter-i-have-a-hat/44676/4 "2000-12-08T21:54:54Z")
I’ll kiss some ass and save the mods the trouble so they can just close this thread. They say this all the time: If you suspect someone is a troll… email them. Do not post it on the message boards. Thank you I think trolls are funny though. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@The\_Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tim)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-be-a-troll-hunter-i-have-a-hat/44676/5 "2000-12-08T22:19:58Z")
I used to have a big collection of trolls. I lined them up onto sides and had wars with them. The prisoners of war were used as slaves by the winners and tortured by hair burnings. One time during a war between the Misshi clan and the Ovvon clan my cat came in and started stalking my trolls. Ripped the hair thingie strait out of a few and batted around the rest. Upon realizing that they weren’t going to run or scream in terror the cat got bored and went away. It was funny as hell to see though. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-be-a-troll-hunter-i-have-a-hat/44676/6 "2000-12-08T23:41:45Z")
Eh, **Aeryn,** I think we are semi-officially not “outing” trolls anymore. If you think you’ve spotted one, we are requested to send an e-mail to a mod or admin. It keeps things a little calmer, overall. Some of them, it’s just what they want, to have somebody peer under the bridge at them and shout, “troll!” So. [shrug] But hey, it’s your life… 😃 I’ll be happy to stand here and hold your jacket for you, if you want. ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-be-a-troll-hunter-i-have-a-hat/44676/7 "2000-12-09T00:47:31Z")
Can I ask about a couple people that have been banned? Puh-leeeeeeze? The curiosity is killing me (so to speak). I know it’s none of my business, I just… I just like gossip! The last thread I saw Serendipity28 post in was his incest thread. Then he was gone without a posted warning from the mods. Was he a sock puppet? Was GTO1967 really Serlin? Did he put that in his profile or did the mod who banned him? Was Serendipity28 Serlin, too? I’m just burning with curiosity, but if it’s none of my business, I’ll live with it. _Sniff__Whimper_ \ ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-be-a-troll-hunter-i-have-a-hat/44676/8 "2000-12-09T01:31:28Z")
I went to a lot of trouble to collect a bnch of stuff from ‘wimsysysysys’ and bold it and comment on it and wrap it up in a pretty bow and send it to TUBDIVA. Then, after dinner I come here and see this … this … abomination… :::: sheesh :::::::::: I’ll need three tummy tablets tonight… DON’T ever do this to me again!!! ---
**Author:** ![\_hijack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/c0e974/32.png) [@\_hijack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_hijack)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-be-a-troll-hunter-i-have-a-hat/44676/9 "2000-12-09T02:37:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by c\_goat \* > \*\*If you suspect someone is a troll… email them. \*\* 😕I’m assuming they have phoney email addresses. Oh, you meant email _the mods_. Yeah, that would work. ---
**Author:** ![Gaspode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gaspode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaspode)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-be-a-troll-hunter-i-have-a-hat/44676/10 "2000-12-09T03:43:52Z")
(In best Elmer Fudd voice) Be vewy quite, I think I see one now! ---
**Author:** ![Daerlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Daerlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daerlyn)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-be-a-troll-hunter-i-have-a-hat/44676/11 "2000-12-09T04:48:33Z")
This may sound foolish . . . I am indeed uninformed, and my resident SDMB decoder isn’t home right now. What does the term ‘troll’ denote? ---
**Author:** ![Gaspode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gaspode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaspode)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-be-a-troll-hunter-i-have-a-hat/44676/12 "2000-12-09T04:55:19Z")
[http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mtroll.html](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mtroll.html) ---
**Author:** ![Alphagene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Alphagene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alphagene)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-be-a-troll-hunter-i-have-a-hat/44676/13 "2000-12-09T07:24:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duck Duck Goose \* > **Eh, Aeryn, I think we are semi-officially not “outing” trolls anymore.** There’s nothing “semi” about it. It’s now official SDMB policy as noted by Ed Zotti himself in [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=44538) thread: > [@](#): > > Please do not start threads accusing so-and-so of being a troll. This does nothing except encourage the troll (if in fact that’s what they are, which is no sure thing). Notify a mod or admin by e-mail. We really do appreciate the emails we get warning us about troublemakers and we have squashed many troublemakers early on due to the eagle-eyes of the TM, but please keep it to email. As such, I’m closing this thread.