# Pitting Jim\_B

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-jim-b/963958>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 4, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-jim-b/963958 "2022-05-04T18:23:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-jim-b/963958/215 "2022-07-29T19:24:37Z")

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Here is one:

> [@Trolls R Us redux \[Now the argument clinic\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1837):
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> Why don’t you share your racist ramblings with ATMB, as you apparently have a disagreement with moderation? We try to keep things civilized down here.

“Racist ramblings” from a flash-in-the-pan poster described as a troll. Posted one thread in support of scientific racism, then protested its closure and vanished.

[https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections/950518/1991](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections/950518/1991)

Another person described as a troll, rambling about Trump. They were blocked as a trock (troll/sock). So an actual blocked troll who was rambling.

> [@How hard exactly is it for a moderator to zap a message?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-exactly-is-it-for-a-moderator-to-zap-a-message/1334):
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> Ed Zotti is really depressed about all the fighting and filler on this site. This is understandable. How hard exactly is it for a moderator to zap a message? On most boards, when things get rowdy or X-rated, or troll-rambled to death, the moderator just starts dropping messages like swatting flies. Swat, swat, swat. No notice, no explanation, no handwringing or scolding. Just swat, swat, swat. If the trailing messages are lost as well, it’s no big deal- there’s more where they came from. Th…

A real oldie going back to 2000 when this board was new, back then the idea of a “rambling troll” was already old news.

I could go on and on, but there are PAGES of this. I was not kidding when I said it is one of the most common ways to troll people. Peruse this at your leisure. It’s lengthy.

[https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=Rambling%20troll](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=Rambling%20troll)

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