# 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:** 430
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13108 "2025-01-19T12:40:55Z")
The mods mostly see what you put in the reports. Where there’s no need to be cagey. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2025, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13109 "2025-01-23T04:07:45Z")
I’m looking at **Bluebird54** in the “Have you lost all hope in the Future” thread as a probable trock. 8 year old account with 6 (!) minutes of read time, 2 whole days visited (in said 8 years) and no other posts, who suddenly jumped into the thread with full support for the current administration and descriptions of transgender as horrible child mutilations. Sounds like someone uncloaking a spare account to take a swipe. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2025, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13110 "2025-01-23T07:27:28Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > Sounds like someone uncloaking a spare account to take a swipe. 100% guarantee this is what that is. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2025, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13111 "2025-01-23T08:42:03Z")
1 day suspension for review, my vote will be to ban. Post and 2 replies are moved out. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2025, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13112 "2025-01-23T10:05:37Z")
Hope that was worth burning a sleeper account for. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13113 "2025-01-23T20:34:23Z")
They may have a lot more of them sitting around. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13114 "2025-01-23T20:40:50Z")
Did you start something in the mod loop? If yes, I haven’t seen it. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13115 "2025-01-23T21:52:16Z")
Once I woke up, I realized a 1 post poster is still a new troll. He’s banned. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13116 "2025-01-23T21:53:22Z")
Ah, ok. 🙂 I should’ve checked. Thanks! ---
**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:** [January 26, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13117 "2025-01-26T15:02:25Z")
One post in the “Hope For the Future” thread, and theportchicagowitnes is already on my radar. We shall see. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13118 "2025-01-26T15:40:06Z")
[Samantha\_Campoverde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Samantha_Campoverde) - Human troll, or AI troll? ---
**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:** [January 26, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13119 "2025-01-26T16:01:36Z")
Seems AI-ish to me. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2025, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13120 "2025-01-26T16:02:38Z")
Does AI Use Title Case? ---
**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:** [January 26, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13121 "2025-01-26T16:05:25Z")
Googling that name brings up her Instagram with the same writing style. She’s in high school and probably shouldn’t be using her real full name as her username everywhere too… ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13122 "2025-01-26T16:12:32Z")
AIs have been using online accounts and pretending to be real people for a while now. Grandpa Brian and the like are just the ones we know about. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13123 "2025-01-26T17:20:31Z")
She is like that on Facebook, too, and always has been. I guess she isn’t doing it to troll, so this old fuddy duddy is just going to get used to it. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13124 "2025-01-26T17:41:50Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > 8 year old account with 6 (!) minutes of read time, 2 whole days visited (in said 8 years) and no other posts Do note that those statistics are only tracked since we moved to Discourse. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2025, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13125 "2025-01-26T19:01:41Z")
That’s a fair answer, but despite all you long-term senior members, we’ve been on discourse long enough now to make some judgements! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13126 "2025-01-27T17:38:00Z")
Yep. But what we can truthfully say is it’s a 4-year old (on Discourse) account with 6 (!) minutes of read time, 2 whole days visited (in said 8 years) and no other posts. And with a 4-year history under vBulletin with an indeterminate reading / visiting history that includes no posts. All of which adds up to a long dormant account for reasons fair or foul. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13127 "2025-01-27T19:15:08Z")
I accept your modification of my statement! Related note, @What_Exit was able to ban them as a one-post troll. Did A) he have access to pre-discourse data that confirmed no other posts, B) Consider the 4ish years sans other posts on Discourse sufficient to the day or C) Did Not Care about the distinction and smote the troll mightily? 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=429) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=431)