# 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:** 166
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/7780 "2022-10-15T19:12:41Z")
I was one of the one’s in the ‘patient’ camp. I do think something is up with that poster the last 24-72 hours that has a bee in their bonnet. Their posts in the rezzed Jesus/Turin thread were also super snippy - but to me, none of it says troll. It feels like they are pissed about _something_ IRL (NK even possibly) and that they’re frustrated and are taking it out on everybody. Nothing beyond the scope of the board’s behavior, but one that if it were a close coworker doing it, I’d say “Is there something up? You’ve been on edge all day.” and maybe suggest they take a mental health day / 3 day weekend if possible. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/7781 "2022-10-26T15:38:47Z")
So, binge poster **a\_dude’s\_thought\_s** has created a new thread about “men’s responsibility to protect women” … and I’m of many thoughts. Going by said poster’s patterns, they blow in, post a lot for a short while and blow out. They have put up weak ‘put upon threads’ as well, but nothing I’d consider traditional trolling. But the whole pattern feels off. They may just be an attention hog, as they blow in, stir up some interest, and then leave for weeks/months, but seems a lot of effort for such little return, especially with just a few hours total read time for a multi-year account. ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/7782 "2022-10-26T15:45:53Z")
Yeah, definitely smells trollish. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2022, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/7783 "2022-10-26T16:01:08Z")
I was somewhat tempted to post in that thread but couldn’t see any good coming from it. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/7784 "2022-10-26T16:20:44Z")
Yeah, my trolldar went off when I read that thread about responsibility to protect. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2022, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/7785 "2022-10-26T21:05:22Z")
Recall we had someone called **A\_Dodgy\_Dude** awhile back, who got banned… ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/7786 "2022-10-27T00:54:15Z")
We also had dude\_roberts, who posted about flashlights and about what would beat what in a fight. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2022, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/7787 "2022-10-28T12:35:48Z")
Seems we have a new alphabetic friend who came out as anti-vax, at least in regards to the COVID vax. They’re in the motorcycle helmet lawyer thread in MPSMIS. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/7788 "2022-10-28T17:03:06Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > new alphabetic friend Has anyone ever been banned from an entire forum, say, TQZ? We might be about to see . . . HISTORY! ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/7789 "2022-10-28T17:43:14Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > > [@Skywatcher](#): > > > > new alphabetic friend > > Has anyone ever been banned from an entire forum, say, TQZ? Easier, I think, to use a topic ban. Don’t post about vaccines. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/7790 "2022-10-28T17:45:01Z")
We’ve had some bans from GD and/or P&E I believe. But they were months and not forever. Before my time as a mod. Verified: [Thread and Topic Bans for Great Debates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-and-topic-bans-for-great-debates/847725) ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2022, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/7791 "2022-10-29T03:08:00Z")
D’Anconia drops a veiled turd into the breaking news thread about the attack on Paul Pelosi. Points out how strong Pelosi is because Pelosi recently survived an accident which totalled two cars (in case we forgot that Pelosi was intoxicated at the time). ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/7792 "2022-10-31T12:33:35Z")
There’s also his delightful “Those armed masked men weren’t intimidating anyone” argument in the voting thread. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/7793 "2022-10-31T13:56:33Z")
I’m torn on [this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-this-thread-is-closed/974031). I mean, I agree with the premise of the OP. However, I’m also generally a fan of anything that pisses off @UltraVires. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/7794 "2022-10-31T14:19:56Z")
You can have both. The thread probably shouldn’t have been closed, but the pearl-clutching about “oh woe is me where has the board of yesteryear gone?” was outsized. It was closed for a bit, now it’s open again. ---
**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:** [October 31, 2022, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/7795 "2022-10-31T14:42:49Z")
When a thread veers into the territory of conversations that are against the rules, _(and it was the OP that pretty much took it there)_, closing it while sorting out the mess was a reasonable option. Leaving a Men’s Rights conversation going was not something I thought should be done but I didn’t have time to sort it all out and was the only GD mod online at the time. The other GD mods didn’t both get back to me after I actually went to sleep. Weekends are funny that way, Mods have lives too, even me. It took some work this morning to handle the posts that were in violation. Closing a thread for a day should not have drawn such an over the top response. ---
**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:** [October 31, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/7796 "2022-10-31T14:47:00Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Closing a thread for a day should not have drawn such an over the top response. No, no it should not have. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/7797 "2022-10-31T14:59:10Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Leaving a Men’s Rights conversation going was not something I thought should be done but I didn’t have time to sort it all out and was the only GD mod online at the time. I may not have come to the same ultimate conclusion as you,\* but I think your reasoning was perfectly sound. And I continue to appreciate the level of transparency that you and the rest of the current crop of mods show. Per usual, a good chunk of that thread was an excuse to complain about moderation in general and not that decision specifically. \*and I’ll never have to, because I would have to be offered a living wage before **ever** going back to moderating any kind of online community. ---
**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:** [October 31, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/7798 "2022-10-31T15:09:26Z")
Thanks, appreciated. > [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > Per usual, a good chunk of that thread was an excuse to complain about moderation in general and not that decision specifically. Indeed. It gets annoying. Lots of other garbage brought up unrelated to the actions taken. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/7799 "2022-10-31T16:44:43Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > When a thread veers into the territory of conversations that are against the rules, _(and it was the OP that pretty much took it there)_, closing it while sorting out the mess was a reasonable option. Leaving a Men’s Rights conversation going was not something I thought should be done but I didn’t have time to sort it all out and was the only GD mod online at the time. The other GD mods didn’t both get back to me after I actually went to sleep. > > Weekends are funny that way, Mods have lives too, even me. > > It took some work this morning to handle the posts that were in violation. Closing a thread for a day should not have drawn such an over the top response. See that’s… Now you’ve… But wait… Nice bully pulpit you have here in the Pit, since I’m not allowed to tell you what I think. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=165) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=167)