# Trolls R Us Resurrections (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 11, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518 "2021-09-11T17:26:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 121
**Author:** ![discobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/discobot/32/570_2.png) [@discobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/discobot)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6880 "2022-08-05T21:50:28Z")
> šŸ”® As I see it, yes ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6881 "2022-08-05T21:51:17Z")
Thanks, discobot, for being honest. Unlike the trolls around here. ---
**Author:** ![discobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/discobot/32/570_2.png) [@discobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/discobot)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6882 "2022-08-05T21:51:18Z")
Hi! To find out what I can do, say `@discobot display help`. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6883 "2022-08-05T21:51:28Z")
See what I mean!?!? No more likes, just an offer of the free gift of salvation through His help. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6884 "2022-08-06T01:12:34Z")
Could @discobot be the new Og? ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6885 "2022-08-06T01:15:19Z")
What was the old Og? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6886 "2022-08-06T01:16:36Z")
OG Og of course. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6887 "2022-08-06T01:29:35Z")
I actually wouldnā€™t mind having likes in general. The issue is that, if I understand correctly, Discourse will use the likes as part of determining which threads to recommend (or, at least, which order to recommend them), just like Facebook or Reddit. And that seems a bad idea for this type of forum. Quickly being able to post that you appreciated a post? That seems useful. As might a sympathy button. Iā€™d unfortunately not include a laughing button, though: Facebook shows that gets quickly repurposed into an insult. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6888 "2022-08-06T01:35:58Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Iā€™d unfortunately not include a laughing button, though: Facebook shows that gets quickly repurposed into an insult. I promise Iā€™d only laugh _with_ you. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6889 "2022-08-06T01:38:56Z")
The main thing Iā€™m talking about is how it gets used on basically any post talking about the pandemic and its aftermathā€“including people literally posting the statistics of people dying. Or anyone talking about Trump being bad. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6890 "2022-08-06T01:49:31Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > What was the old Og? You have your profile hidden and I donā€™t recall your join date so, [just in case](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beginners-guide-to-glossary-of-terms-on-straight-dope-message-boards/307442): > **Og** Variants include **Og smash!** and similar ā€“ One of the SDMB board deities. Og first surfaced as the result of a typo, from a former board contributor who misspelled the word ā€œofā€ and typed ā€œJesus is the Son og God.ā€ Hilarity ensued. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6891 "2022-08-06T01:50:44Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > You have your profile hidden I wasnā€™t aware of that. Is that the default setting? ETA: I canā€™t find any setting under account preferences that says anything about my profile being hidden / visible. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6892 "2022-08-06T01:57:21Z")
Damfino. Itā€™s a checkbox under Preferences / Interface / Other. Took me a while to find it. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6893 "2022-08-06T02:00:42Z")
Jeez, thatā€™s well hidden in a totally counterintuitive place. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6894 "2022-08-06T02:56:08Z")
Yet you found it. Time for the Discourse Redesign Team to rectify that! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2022, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6895 "2022-08-07T02:44:31Z")
[I often find myself suspecting that Zach Wienersmith posts on the Dope, or at least lurksā€¦](https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/comment) ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2022, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6896 "2022-08-07T12:17:12Z")
That would be so cool if he posted here. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6897 "2022-08-07T13:09:54Z")
That pretty much exemplifies why I make such extensive use of the ignore feature on this board: I want to avoid just such behavior (being drawn into long, exhausting exchanges with bad faith bad actors and the willfully ignorant), at least outside of the pit (not referring to you personally with that last qualification, btw, just saying Iā€™m more willing to engage trolls in the pit than elsewhere). ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2022, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6898 "2022-08-07T17:59:42Z")
I have yet to put anyone on Ignore. One of the ā€˜newā€™ features I like are the avatars. When I see one for a poster I find tedious appearing at the bottom of the page ā€“ especially the long-winded ones ā€“ I start scrolling until I get to the next post. I rely on the replies of those unable to stop feeding the troll to let me know the jist of what they were saying. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/6899 "2022-08-09T01:07:28Z")
**EDOK9trainer** should get an official Threadshit Badge for his tireless efforts (see the still-open Anne Heche thread where he got a warning then a thread ban for his trouble). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=120) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=122)