# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 12939
**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) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518)._