Trolls R Us redux [Now the argument clinic]

[BigT]

@LSLGuy

Have you reported this theory to the mod(s) of the relevant category(ies)? I’ve done that a time or two and they seem happy to get the early warning to actively monitor so-and-so.

Of course. If I genuinely think someone might be a sock or troll (by message board rules, not just personal opinion), I always report them. But I also sometimes post here to see if I’m just completely off base. I assumed people who actually encountered them would know who I was talking about.

I’m not sure I’ve actually brought up anyone since the software change who I didn’t also report. Maybe YWTF, because I wasn’t (yet) calling her a troll. And my track record in them later getting modded is pretty good.

[Enjoy_Slurm]

@BigT

I assumed people who actually encountered them would know who I was talking about

Who you talkin’ 'bout Willis?

[John_DiFool]

Death by Slurm-Slurm.

[Dewey_Finn]

@BigT

I strongly suspect that a poster with a Futurama-based drink name is a sock. I also suspect they would search for their name.

I must spend too much time here, because I knew at once who you were referring to.

[BippityBoppityBoo]

@Dewey_Finn

I must spend too much time here, because I knew at once who you were referring to.

The really scary thing is, I did.

[Spice_Weasel]

@Dewey_Finn

@BigT

I strongly suspect that a poster with a Futurama-based drink name is a sock. I also suspect they would search for their name.

I must spend too much time here, because I knew at once who you were referring to.

Same. But of course any Futurama reference would stand out in my head.

[BigT]

@Spice_Weasel

Same. But of course any Futurama reference would stand out in my head.

That’s funny because what made them stand out to me was the can icon, and I had to go back and look to remember it was a fictional drink and not Surge.

Also, didn’t we have a poster long ago whose name was a reference to the HypnoToad?

[kaylasdad99]

That would have been hypno toad. But Discourse makes it difficult to search for the handle, rather than the alien.

[The_Other_Waldo_Pepper]

You can, as it were, search for @Hypno-Toad.

[Colibri]

@BigT

Also, didn’t we have a poster long ago whose name was a reference to the HypnoToad?

Long ago? He last posted just a week ago. But it’s punctuated Hypno-Toad.

[Skywatcher]

That azhat just got a (second, IIRC) warning for trolling the P&E thread about Trump’s call to Georgia.

[BigT]

@Colibri

@BigT

Also, didn’t we have a poster long ago whose name was a reference to the HypnoToad?

Long ago? He last posted just a week ago. But it’s punctuated Hypno-Toad.

Huh. Haven’t noticed him around for some reason. Looking at his profile (after you told me the correct spelling), it’s probably the generic H avatar. I could have sworn he went with an actual Hypnotoad avatar.

Now that everyone has them, I notice avatars more than usernames. I already had a habit of glossing over who wrote a post unless I replied to them. Same reason the can stood out to me more than the name for the other guy.

[Skywatcher]

@Skywatcher

That azhat just got a (second, IIRC) warning for trolling the P&E thread about Trump’s call to Georgia.

Now there’s definitely a second.

[ASL_v2.0]

So… would that make this the third?

Trump Pressured Georgia Official to ‘Find’ Enough Votes to Overturn Election

And you believe that this is what Trump meant when he said And there’s nothing wrong with say saying, you know, um, that you’ve recalculated. Not to mention his repeated demand to “find” 11,780 votes. I have to consider this a troll. This is an official warning, the second you’ve received in this thread.

They ought to just order a topic ban and put them out of their misery.

ETA: Nope, as Hari says, that is indeed only the second. Still…

ETA2: And now they’re disputing the moderation in the thread itself! Number 3 may be on its way…

https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pressured-georgia-official-to-find-enough-votes-to-overturn-election/929592/237?u=asl_v2.0

[Skywatcher]

@ASL_v2.0

Nope, as Hari says, that is indeed only the second. Still…

If I do remember correctly, the third was elsewhere a few months earlier and not necessarily for trolling.

[Skywatcher]

Hi, azhat!

[agzem]

Saying anything that offends liberals or debunks liberals is “trolling”. I’m too effective. I understand that as a conservative I am held to a different standard here and have to pull my punches so as to not upset people too much.

[ASL_v2.0]

You weren’t “debunking.” You were setting up a straw man and tearing it down. Real pwnage.

ETA: azhat

[running_coach]

@agzem

Saying anything that offends liberals or debunks liberals is “trolling”. I’m too effective. I understand that as a conservative I am held to a different standard here and have to pull my punches so as to not upset people too much. -

You’re sounding like a involuntarily departed senile turtle.

[Skywatcher]

@Skywatcher

If I do remember correctly, the third was elsewhere a few months earlier and not necessarily for trolling.

Make that fourth.