# Who was the worst troll on this site? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 29, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-worst-troll-on-this-site/785487 "2017-04-29T14:00:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-worst-troll-on-this-site/785487/21 "2017-04-29T20:57:19Z")
> [@femmejean](#): > > Searching up SDMB questions on Google, I see that trolls have been just as massive of a problem in the early 2000s as they are today many of who are banned. > > Since some of you have been here since the beginning of the site, I wonder what’s the worst troll; humorous, threatening, insane etc… Who inspired _your_ trolling? ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-worst-troll-on-this-site/785487/22 "2017-04-29T22:11:18Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Regards, > Shodan … ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2017, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-worst-troll-on-this-site/785487/23 "2017-04-29T22:25:42Z")
I don’t think that lekatt was ever truly trolling but his habit of arguing vagaries and passive-aggressive insults to anyone with a slight bit of rational thought sure seemed like it at times. ---
**Author:** ![Emiliana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@Emiliana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emiliana)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2017, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-worst-troll-on-this-site/785487/24 "2017-04-29T22:44:24Z")
We need to define terms here. Was Umkay one of the best or one of the worst? ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2017, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-worst-troll-on-this-site/785487/25 "2017-04-29T22:46:02Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > I vote for **Kaitlyn/Number Six** , the time-travelling transsexual fundamentalist Christian atheist Jew married to the North Korean escapee supermodel lesbian McDonald’s employee. From Transylvaniaaaaaaa-huh-huh. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-worst-troll-on-this-site/785487/26 "2017-04-29T22:57:27Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > I vote for **Kaitlyn/Number Six** ,… > Regards, > Shodan She never admitted it. You _have_. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-worst-troll-on-this-site/785487/27 "2017-04-29T23:22:56Z")
How about **SmashTheState** Who could forget the classic [Ask the organizer of the Ottawa Panhandlers’ Union](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=526595) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2017, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-worst-troll-on-this-site/785487/28 "2017-04-29T23:36:05Z")
That dude who was in love with the pajama-pants-wearing girl was a hum-dinger. Roped a lot of people in with that yarn. ---
**Author:** ![nani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58956e/32.png) [@nani](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nani)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2017, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-worst-troll-on-this-site/785487/29 "2017-04-29T23:54:27Z")
[“My 15 year plan to become a retail manager and afford a free girl is going great because God provides me with escorts”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=644543) ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2017, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-worst-troll-on-this-site/785487/30 "2017-04-29T23:57:46Z")
Surely it was WallyM7. The bad-tempered plagiarist who faked his own death. Allegedly. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-worst-troll-on-this-site/785487/31 "2017-04-30T02:11:14Z")
Who started that ‘babby’ thread? I think that was another one. My money is still on Umkay, tho. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-worst-troll-on-this-site/785487/32 "2017-04-30T02:18:52Z")
I thought “babby” was a Yahoo Questions thing… ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-worst-troll-on-this-site/785487/33 "2017-04-30T03:14:01Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > I thought “babby” was a Yahoo Questions thing… A lot of posters think that broader internet phenomena originate here. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-worst-troll-on-this-site/785487/34 "2017-04-30T03:32:43Z")
My money is on **umkay** , but I’ve only been here five years. Her three threads really hooked me. High drama, for a while there. Chronologically… 2012-05-18 **Should I date a devoté?** → [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15078961#post15078961](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15078961#post15078961) 2012-05-19 **Ask the Girl in the Wheelchair** → [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15080292#post15080292](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15080292#post15080292) 2012-06-22 **the FUCK?!** → [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15197821#post15197821](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15197821#post15197821) Then on… 2012-06-25 **TubaDiva** reported her banned; **Umkay has been banned.** → [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15205381#post15205381](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15205381#post15205381) Other **umkay** -related threads: 2012-06-22 **Umkay has passed [Not true]** → [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15195883#post15195883](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15195883#post15195883) 2012-06-23 **I Pit NotOkay for convincing the entire board umkay had died!** → [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15198200#post15198200](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15198200#post15198200) 2012-06-24 **How long will it take for umkay to be banned?** → [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15203854#post15203854](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15203854#post15203854) 2012-06-26 **A gift for people mourning over umkay** → [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15208844#post15208844](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15208844#post15208844) 2012-06-27 **Not to beat a dead horse but a curious question about Umkay.** → [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15214870#post15214870](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15214870#post15214870) 2012-07-11 **Another umkay sighting** → [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15263544#post15263544](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15263544#post15263544) 2012-09-02 **Scuba in a wheelchair… umkay** → [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15448767#post15448767](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15448767#post15448767) 2012-10-15 **Ugh…WTH is wrong with people? [paraplegic hoax on Twitter]** → [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15594202#post15594202](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15594202#post15594202) 2012-12-01 **What finally was the proof concerning Umkay?** → [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15752253#post15752253](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15752253#post15752253) 2013-07-15 **Looks like umkay is back, so we may as well get this thread started…** → [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=16475222#post16475222](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=16475222#post16475222) Yeah, she had plenty of us going, that’s for sure. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-worst-troll-on-this-site/785487/35 "2017-04-30T03:56:12Z")
> [@Lord\_Mondegreen](#): > > Surely it was WallyM7. The bad-tempered plagiarist who faked his own death. > > Allegedly. Erm, yeah, maybe. Wally was a construct of his own. Seemed very real until, as I recall, some poster with whom he was sexting got too serious. Then he died. A classic move, and done with some panache. Not a troll until the end, earned him the status of He Who Should Not Be Named for a few years, but haven’t we all played dead when someone pushed too close? No? Not even tempted? ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-worst-troll-on-this-site/785487/36 "2017-04-30T04:38:41Z")
> [@erysichthon](#): > > That’s why I’d nominate **Charlie Wayne** , the good-natured, perpetually confused/libidinous old man. He had a surprisingly long tenure here—almost four years. > > He’s not banned, but never returned after receiving a [warning](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19179731&postcount=30). I think he got spooked when the moderators started sniffing a bit too closely. The jury is still out. By your description he was just a doddering old fool - not really a troll. A belief I think many here have. I on the other hand think he was a determined troll. I didn’t believe any of his bullshit at all. Maybe not the worst troll but he’s up there. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-worst-troll-on-this-site/785487/37 "2017-04-30T04:40:24Z")
> [@Nawth\_Chucka](#): > > From Transylvaniaaaaaaa-huh-huh. Classic. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-worst-troll-on-this-site/785487/38 "2017-04-30T07:09:17Z")
> [@White SIFL](#): > > The jury is still out. By your description he was just a doddering old fool - not really a troll. A belief I think many here have. I on the other hand think he was a determined troll. I didn’t believe any of his bullshit at all. Maybe not the worst troll but he’s up there. For a long time I believed **Charlie Wayne** was who he claimed to be, but I eventually revised my opinion. During his last few weeks here, he started [a thread about the wonders of VPNs](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=786241). That’s what removed all doubt with me. Coming from a guy who [claimed not to know what an iPhone was](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17025571&postcount=19), it was the equivalent of waving an “I AM A TROLL” flag. ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-worst-troll-on-this-site/785487/39 "2017-04-30T09:56:09Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Erm, yeah, maybe. Wally was a construct of his own. Seemed very real until, as I recall, some poster with whom he was sexting got too serious. Then he died. A classic move, and done with some panache. Not a troll until the end, earned him the status of He Who Should Not Be Named for a few years, but haven’t we all played dead when someone pushed too close? No? Not even tempted? Aw damn, we had a [dragonfly](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2129185-female-dragonflies-fake-sudden-death-to-avoid-male-advances/) on the boards and I didn’t know? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-worst-troll-on-this-site/785487/40 "2017-04-30T11:52:46Z")
There was a recent troll whose name I can’t recall, but he/she offered up links to streaming sporting events. Unsure of the provenance of the links, I reported the poster, and they were quickly **banned**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-worst-troll-on-this-site/785487.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-worst-troll-on-this-site/785487.md?page=3)