# Trolls R Us Resurrections (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 6, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-2/1030679 "2026-06-06T16:34:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [June 14, 2026, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-2/1030679/81 "2026-06-14T18:06:02Z")
Which is subject to a vanity search. Discourse being a fairly popular platform, doing one isn’t secret arcane SDMB-only knowledge. But yeah, as long as we avoid @-ing the topic of conversation or linking to one of their posts, or better yet any post in any thread we’re discussing here, we’re probably good enough. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2026, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-2/1030679/82 "2026-06-14T18:52:51Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Which is subject to a vanity search. So fucking what? ---
**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:** [June 14, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-2/1030679/83 "2026-06-14T20:54:32Z")
If one wants to be thorough about not inviting the target into the convo, one might take pains to not leave a trail of breadcrumbs for them to find. Or not, as one chooses. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2026, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-2/1030679/84 "2026-06-14T22:39:15Z")
I thought the issue was the callback to the original thread, from a thread that has the word “troll” in the title. In other words, effectively calling the poster a troll in the original thread. Not calling them to this thread was only ever secondary, I think, and only generally undesirable not a rule violation. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2026, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-2/1030679/85 "2026-06-14T22:48:43Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Not calling them to this thread was only ever secondary, I think, and only generally undesirable not a rule violation. That’s about right. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-2/1030679/86 "2026-06-15T00:18:12Z")
Plus which, there really isn’t any way to prevent a troll from reading this thread. And it really isn’t practical to talk about whether somebody’s trolling without making it clear who’s being talked about, whether or not the name’s used. So while it’s possible to avoid having Discourse refer directly to this thread in the thread being discussed, preventing a person being discussed from finding out about it isn’t 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:** [June 15, 2026, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-2/1030679/87 "2026-06-15T01:17:55Z")
A final point - if they really are a trock, _they would likely know about this thread_. Several of the Trockily Departed have come _here_ to make a defense of themselves, without being @'d. So the fact that they aren’t, while not proof by any means, would argue they are just coming to preach their particular beliefs on the subject. Not that I agree with them or anything… For all truth is **obviously** received from the negligent but noodlely appendages of the flying spaghetti monster, though it must be filtered through the colander of disbelief and eyed for possible booze-inspired exaggeration. 😉 ---
**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:** [June 15, 2026, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-2/1030679/88 "2026-06-15T01:29:37Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > Several of the Trockily Departed have come _here_ to make a defense of themselves, without being @'d. So the fact that they aren’t, while not proof by any means, would argue they are just coming to preach their particular beliefs on the subject. Anyone that runs to the **Trolls R Us** thread to defend themselves is a trock. Anyone who doesn’t… is a well-disciplined trock. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-2/1030679/89 "2026-06-15T01:41:46Z")
What exactly _is_ a trock anyway? I must have missed where the word was defined. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2026, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-2/1030679/90 "2026-06-15T02:01:52Z")
Portmanteau word, combining _troll_ and _sock_. (Short for “sock puppet.”) ---
**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:** [June 15, 2026, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-2/1030679/91 "2026-06-15T02:13:26Z")
More so a serial sock and troll. We generally use it for those that keep coming back to troll the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-2/1030679/92 "2026-06-15T13:17:45Z")
I see. Thank you! ---
**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:** [June 20, 2026, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-2/1030679/93 "2026-06-20T00:31:50Z")
So, is _Deamris_ a member of High Duck, a paid promoter of High Duck, or just obsessed with High Duck? ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2026, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-2/1030679/94 "2026-06-20T00:36:28Z")
I’m almost leaning toward Door #2, myself. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2026, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-2/1030679/95 "2026-06-20T00:38:53Z")
They’re clearly a spammer. Almost every post they’ve made is promoting that band. All but the very last one. (Where they’re talking about playing Age of Empires, and no mention of the band at all.) I’m kind of surprised they’ve been around for 4 years now without any mod action. I guess they’re not really doing anything harmful; no links to concert promotions or merchandise. Just showing videos for a band over and over again. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2026, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-2/1030679/96 "2026-06-20T02:36:43Z")
And ponyman50 has joined the board to LARP as an anti-semitic Christian in the _Trump is dying_ thread. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2026, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-2/1030679/97 "2026-06-20T02:56:01Z")
Yup. 100% troll. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2026, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-2/1030679/98 "2026-06-20T05:52:32Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > And ponyman50 has joined the board to LARP as an anti-semitic Christian in the _Trump is dying_ thread. First troll in my thread! It’s kind of an honor. Well, not really, unless it falls into the category of FIFA Peace Prize-type honors. Still, it’s an occasion, hearing that faint but ever-approaching whistling sound of the banhammer swinging. It’s weird though, I would have thought a Trump fan would wander in to defend their king and instead it’s a Jesus fan. The “Jesus is Dying” thread was closed like 2000 years ago! ---
**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:** [June 20, 2026, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-2/1030679/99 "2026-06-20T05:55:14Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > First troll in my thread! It’s kind of an honor. Enjoy it while it lasts, 'cause that one’s ~~days~~ hours are numbered. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2026, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-2/1030679/100 "2026-06-20T05:58:03Z")
That poster just replied to Miller’s warning with a bunch of cussing and outrage, I think the lifespan will be measured in milli-Scaramuccis here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-2/1030679.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-2/1030679.md?page=6)