# Report all MB troll spotting in this thread, please. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 7, 2000, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-all-mb-troll-spotting-in-this-thread-please/18848 "2000-05-07T18:58:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![annalamerino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@annalamerino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/annalamerino)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2000, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-all-mb-troll-spotting-in-this-thread-please/18848/1 "2000-05-07T18:58:36Z")
Serious thread. \*\*Report all MB troll/sockpuppet spotting in this thread, please. \*\* If you have proof, email directly to a moderator, also. No need to clutter up lots of threads to get someone to see your latest “find”. It just makes regular threads harder to read. I’ll start. Since someone (who shall remain nameless) has stated I’m not a Troll, people should watch **anna/lamerino** to be sure. Ok, who else has one? ---
**Author:** ![tshirtz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@tshirtz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tshirtz)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2000, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-all-mb-troll-spotting-in-this-thread-please/18848/2 "2000-05-08T22:40:56Z")
Troll spotters: Check this out. Go away for a few days and find that Cecil has given you a personal welcome 🙂 \*\* [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=23611](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=23611) \*\* > [@](#): > > \*\*Cecil Adams: > > > [@](#): > > > > I personally think aha has just as good of a chance of getting welcomed by Cecil as I do. > > Hi, Amy. Welcome to the Straight Dope. Let’s see, who else is here … Shayna! Grace! So nice to have you. Yes, I **am** busy, but I thought I’d take a quick break. Veb, Odie, pepper! Don’t be shy, glad you could make it! I see squirrel, B\_Line, june, dave and David, Cristi, inky, ultress, tshirtz–that name rings a bell somehow–Nixon, apple … my, crowded here tonight, isn’t it? Oops, almost forgot Samurai, Iswote … did I miss anybody? ::: peers into murk::: > > Nah. > > Jiminy, look at the time, I have to run! :::waves::: Goodbye! > > \*\* Now I’m glad I registered my opinion as an undying fan before _The Troubles_. Troll spotters: don’t bother looking for me in the Pit. I gave it up for Lent, and it seems calmer that way. * * * **Cecil- Noblesse Oblige personified** ---
**Author:** ![Soupy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Soupy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soupy)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2000, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-all-mb-troll-spotting-in-this-thread-please/18848/3 "2000-05-09T15:27:34Z")
**Dusy** _says_ she has left the building, but all the Junior Crimestoppers know she’ll resurface, showing her old tricks (I forget what they were supposed to be, but I know you Junior Crimestoppers never forget, never forgive, and never give up). It’s almost a challenge, a dare from her to leave her in peace. The nerve! [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=23802](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=23802) > [@](#): > > \*\*Dusy > > * * * > > Be ignored by Satan! > > * * * > > **Peace at last.** Thank you Satan, you are a gentleman and a scholar. > > Don’t look for me either. **Dusy has left the building.** I asked Manhattan for a new screen name so I can shed my fight with Satan. And if you “sniff” me out, I’ll do a Satan and not respond, maybe even change my screen name again until you go away. > No more endless, pointless debates for this girl. > \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Boogarrheal\_Catastrophe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Boogarrheal\_Catastrophe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boogarrheal_Catastrophe)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2000, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-all-mb-troll-spotting-in-this-thread-please/18848/4 "2000-05-10T09:41:01Z")
From [http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mtroll.html](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mtroll.html) > [@](#): > > “Trolling aims to elicit an emotional reaction from those with a hair-trigger on the reply key. A really subtle troll makes some people lose their minds.” Now, can anyone explain to me why Satan was never widely considered a troll? Until his recent transformation into something approaching a human being, Satan constantly acted like a troll. One classic example: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=21860](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=21860) This thread of his sparked many offspring in the Pit. And it’s only one of many threads that seemed to stem solely from Satan’s appetite to ‘be confrontational or to raise hackles.’ The fact that Satan was never branded as a troll tells you something about what the term ‘troll’ really means around here. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2000, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-all-mb-troll-spotting-in-this-thread-please/18848/5 "2000-05-10T09:57:39Z")
Yes, it does because a troll is one who tends to start controversial topics and then either does not stick around to support his/her claims OR cannot defend his/her claims because the sole intent was to irritate people. Satan is a very intelligent poster and an accomplished debater. It’s not like he posts controversial topics and them comes back just to say, “See, I knew that would make people mad!!” He can (and does) actively defend most of his controversial views. ---
**Author:** ![Boogarrheal\_Catastrophe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Boogarrheal\_Catastrophe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boogarrheal_Catastrophe)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2000, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-all-mb-troll-spotting-in-this-thread-please/18848/6 "2000-05-10T10:10:42Z")
Oh, I see. So Phaedrus was not a troll. And bj0rn is not a troll. It’s all crystal clear now. ---
**Author:** ![annalamerino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@annalamerino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/annalamerino)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2000, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-all-mb-troll-spotting-in-this-thread-please/18848/7 "2000-05-10T13:21:55Z")
Actually, this thread was supposed to be ironic, because I was always being linked to trolls by the Troll Patrol. They seem to have gotten off my case lately, but I’m sure they will return and I wanted to make tham agree with me if they did. The Troll Patrol hates to agree with people, and if you disagree with them, you’re in a list that looks like this: **chiungtung/water/tshirts**. When you see things like that, you know a Troll Buster is talking. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2000, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-all-mb-troll-spotting-in-this-thread-please/18848/8 "2000-05-10T13:24:02Z")
> [@](#): > > What game are YOU playing? Wasn’t this .sig used by another user… another user who was a troll… another user who was banned? Sounds _awfully_ familiar… Esprix ---
**Author:** ![tshirts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tshirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tshirts)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2000, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-all-mb-troll-spotting-in-this-thread-please/18848/9 "2000-05-12T21:53:51Z")
Troll Spotters: I’m back. TubaDiva’s notice: \*\* [Tshirts has returned and it’s okay.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=24334) \*\* **tshirtz** has “retired” (OK, stays banned. Sounds better the other way, is all.). So you don’t have to say **tshirtz/tshirts** any more. (Technically, tshirtz was never a troll, but might be fairly described as a stand-in. I had my son sign up with his email account, but I “influenced” the posts. That’s what families do, share. Still, it’s best to leave tshirtz unused from now on. My son doesn’t have any remaining interest in the message boards; prefers Cecil in the newspaper and books. Likes the smell of paper with his reading material. Kids today.) See you on the forums. ---
**Author:** ![langour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19b73/32.png) [@langour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/langour)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2000, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-all-mb-troll-spotting-in-this-thread-please/18848/10 "2000-05-13T06:50:44Z")
Puppet? Technically, **myrmidon**.