The last time the board was this slow there was a huge amount of trolling.
This was around the middle of May and certain posters cropped up who seemed to dissappear have resurfaced again.
Old threads were pointlessly revived and it has happened again.
We all are aware of what happened to Bratman and it looks like he was comprehensively attacked by a troll.
Last time it was Notthemama
Is there a link here like some school holiday or whatever.
I do not make direct accusations but note that Krispy Original was around both times and those anti-soccer posts come close to the edge of trollery and I also note that I saw a post by tshirts both times with similar tone.
Those last two named may just be around at the same time as our troll group because their circumstances are similar.
I put this here rather than in the pit because I would prefer rational evaluation but if someone wants to invite me to the pit then feel free.
In case someone does then it looks like I struck too close for comfort eh?
By the way where did ** Duck Duck Goose** dissappear to, haven’t seen him round for some time now. Hope he’s not left us.I have two theories but it might not be appropriate to air them - hope everything is fine.
I’ll not invite you to the Pit, casdave, but I thik it’s highly inappropriate to make accusations, however (lightly) veiled without evidence. When you do so, you appear no better than the sockpuppets.
Further, your linking of the Boards’ speed and a preponderance of trolls is odd. If you can clarify that, go for it, but it seems just plain silly. We know quite well why response times are high, and it’s being worked on.
And finally, if you’re not going to mention any scurrilous theories about posters, it’s a good idea to simply not bring the subject up in the first place.
IMO, you owe an apology to all three posters you mentioned by name. However much you may dislike them personally, they are, and should be held, innocent until they are proven guilty.
Casdave - I’m sorry if you don’t understand why I don’t like soccer, but my nephew suffered a concussion and nearly died. I can’t remember commenting on it though, as I don’t talk sports much at all. My only sports were long distance running and swimming, and years ago. I had bikes but they were stolen and I gave up on using one in the city. I am just not into spectator sports.
If you start dredging up Notthemama references, remember that any made by me have been popped up lately and are pre-banning and un-banning. I don’t have the dates, but I’m sure you’ll look them up. Early June, something like that.
Duck Duck Goose is apparently on vacation. Clicking on his profile shows "Last Post: 07-01-2000 02:29 PM Okay, we’re OUTTA here! See you in 3 weeks! "
He’s right. I consider this MY home of sorts. I have just added my son to the roster (and yes I informed TubaDiva when I did).
His screen name here is Tees (because he also worked on the site for my tshirt client). My daughter is here, too. :D.
Keep me out of your speculations. I won’t have it. Find a new hobby. Lord knows there is so much else here to talk about. Leave that pit for a week and find something real to discuss for a while. The change of scenery will do you good.
We’re having problems right now in the wake of the system upgrade.
The upgrade to the software fixed a lot of our little bugs . . . but apparently at the cost of system functionality; the server is having to work very hard to produce very little.
This is a serious bug, an ongoing problem . . . vB is aware of it and is working with us on finding a solution.
It has nothing to do with sock puppets or trolls, unless our problem children are on staff at vB.
Well I looked at this thread in the light of day and wonder what the hell I was thinking of.I won’t try to make excuses, it was stupid.
Look twice post once I reckon .
I don’t reckon I post much in the pit, mostly in GQ’S, MPSIMs and IMHO.GD is usually too specialised and I do not think I can often usefully contribute.(above my head)
The enquiry about DDG was no more than that. I did wonder if he’d seen what was going on and decided that he’d had enough until the fuss died down.
As for KO yes an apology is offered.
And **Tshirt[b/] having looked, I see that he was a victim of the earlier activity rather than a perp so again apologies are in order too.
Nice attempt to redirect TubaDiva’s thunder, UncleBeer. We all read through the lines and realized that when she said “problem children on the staff” she was looking at you.