# 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:** 421
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12924 "2024-11-27T23:21:50Z")
And, thread closed. ---
**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:** [December 20, 2024, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12925 "2024-12-20T14:40:16Z")
Split this topic on December 20, 2024, 2:40pm UTC 2 posts were merged into an existing topic: [Goodkitty Posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodkitty-posts/1011921/2) ---
**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:** [November 28, 2024, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12926 "2024-11-28T04:31:18Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Any other questions? No, thank you for the run down. I’d have been happy with just the name. On that note, I’m almost glad goodkitty was mistakenly summoned to the thread because, there again, I’d have had no fucking clue who this was supposed to be in reference to: > [@Mighty\_Mouse](#): > > A certain virtuous feline is sounding very much like one of our banned regulars of yesteryear. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12928 "2024-11-29T20:45:02Z")
Looks like **goodkitty** just now started a thread and – in an instant – **What\_Exit** finished it. Bing, Banned, Boom!! ETA: ``` https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-criminal-court-putin-versus-netanyahu-arrest-warrants/1010946/2 ``` ---
**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:** [November 29, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12929 "2024-11-29T20:46:36Z")
They must have got bored, pure trock thread. Was already in modloop. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12930 "2024-11-29T20:49:57Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > Looks like **goodkitty** just now started a thread and – in an instant – **What\_Exit** finished it. > > Bing, Banned, Boom!! Reading it, they were one of those sorts who picks fights with the moderators; they seldom last long. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12931 "2024-11-29T21:12:51Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Reading it, they were one of those sorts who picks fights with the moderators; they seldom last long. Yeah. After they got moderated the other day, they started the ATMB thread, in which their first post sounded like they _might_ have been looking for guidance on “how to not be seen as a jerk.” Nope, they just wanted to complain about double standards, and continue to argue with everyone else. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2024, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12932 "2024-11-29T21:18:15Z")
We almost dumped them a few days ago, but decided to wait a hair longer. Today was the hair. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12933 "2024-11-29T22:12:15Z")
So…goodkitty was shedding. I hate that. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2024, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12934 "2024-11-30T03:44:00Z")
Bad kitty! 😡 ---
**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:** [November 30, 2024, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12935 "2024-11-30T04:20:58Z")
Good(bye)kitty. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2024, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12936 "2024-12-08T06:31:32Z")
Just going to mention **Horrorfan** for watching. Nothing overt in the few of their posts I’ve seen, but they meet our returning poster patterns. I mean per their profile, they’re a 20-something posting on an old fashioned message board with a ton of confidence although they just joined 2/4 days ago (summary info is inconsistent). But I am not at this time making any accusations, because compared to MOST of the people who fit the pattern, they read quite a lot - 6 hours in 4 days, over a thousand posts so far. Not that some of our more obsessive repeats don’t do the same. So it’s an honest suggestion that we all watch, and hope that it’s a false positive. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12937 "2024-12-08T15:50:41Z")
This strikes me as really weird gatekeeping and misguided. You are singling out a new poster who has not done anything and seems totally innocuous as a possible troll _just_ because they are in their 20s? You say you aren’t making any accusations, yet your entire post is nothing but an accusation otherwise why post it? Way to make this board welcoming for new people. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12938 "2024-12-08T16:04:35Z")
Hey, what’s the downside (for the whistle-blower, I mean)? If this poster blows up, they get the credit of having fingered them really early on – win! And if the poster turns out to be a regular poster, no-one will remember this. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2024, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12939 "2024-12-08T19:30:15Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > This strikes me as really weird gatekeeping and misguided. You are singling out a new poster who has not done anything and seems totally innocuous as a possible troll _just_ because they are in their 20s? > > You say you aren’t making any accusations, yet your entire post is nothing but an accusation otherwise why post it? > > Way to make this board welcoming for new people. 🤨 Okay, let’s take a look at this. 1. I’m posting in THE PIT, and even more specifically, the Trolls thread. I don’t think any of us should have an expectation of being 100% fair, and certainly I wouldn’t consider most of us in _this particular_ thread to be lily-white. We’re generally more the anti-hero sort! 2. One of the reasons to post here per the mods that watch this thread, is that sometimes we see patterns that they don’t, because, duh, they’re dealing with countless flags and fights between well established posters that are getting angry with each other. Thus, mentioning that someone _does_ fit those patterns is _useful_ although, again, not _fair_. 3. As mentioned in this and the prior iterations of the thread, we tend to have periodic storms of Trocks/Socks where there will be a statistically large grouping of them all occurring over a short period (roughly) of time. We’ve just had such an event, so right now, I think it’s reasonable to be a little extra careful. 4. “Way to make this board welcoming for new people.” - Have you been _reading_ this thread, and the board in general? I mean… really. 😉 5. I -repeatedly- mentioned that what I was concerned about is how they matched a pattern, and I think it’s reasonable safe to say we’ve had a LOT more trolls/trocks come in than any legitimate new poster in the last year or two. I also pointed out where they DIDN’T match the pattern (long reading times) and that NONE of the posts I’ve seen gave me actual concern. Nor did I ask anyone to pile insults on them, I just suggest we watch them to see if that changed and I quote: > [@ParallelLines](#): > > So it’s an honest suggestion that we all watch, and hope that it’s a false positive. So, in the fine tradition of the Pit, @Eyebrows_0f_Doom [![](https://slm-assets.secondlife.com/assets/9466666/view_large/Monty-Python-and-The-Holy-Grail-monty-python-16538948-845-468.jpg?1396635612) ](https://slm-assets.secondlife.com/assets/9466666/view_large/Monty-Python-and-The-Holy-Grail-monty-python-16538948-845-468.jpg?1396635612) ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2024, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12940 "2024-12-08T23:28:48Z")
Shrug, I might remember them as being weird enough to not only look up the profile of a new poster who hasn’t actually done anything but to dissect the number of hours and posts they’ve looked at in order to try to find a pattern. And then post their negative results AND suggest we all keep an eye on them anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12941 "2024-12-09T00:25:27Z")
I used to welcome all new posters. In my little way of keeping this board active and diverse. I don’t think I helped much. But, you know, I thought I’d try. I don’t do it anymore for fear it’s a troll. Thanks, Dopers for making me the wary, suspicious person I never was before. Yeah, thanks alot. 🤨 (P.S. yeah being called a troll the first weeks you’re here feels very unwelcoming, I promise) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12942 "2024-12-09T00:48:20Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Thanks, Dopers for making me the wary, suspicious person I never was before. > Yeah, thanks alot. 🤨 Welcome to the internet. And the world at large… ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12943 "2024-12-09T01:00:17Z")
I know. I’m so sorry I’m nice. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12944 "2024-12-09T01:04:39Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Thanks, Dopers for making me the wary, suspicious person I never was before. This development has little, if not nothing, to do with the SDMB. If fact, the SDMB is behind the times when it comes to recognizing the existence of trolls, political and otherwise. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=420) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=422)