Trollers or not-pls read

Very good point. I was new here just a month ago...and I would have been heartbroken to be rejected and labelled a troll...for just being new, and a UC idiot.

When I was young a troll was those little plastic dolls with the big eyes and huge head of hair.

It seems as if there is a certain few on here who frequently make derogatory comments to new people who might be looking for alternatives to drugs or surgery. It's this kind of group bullying that makes me less inclined to use this site than I used to be. Had I listened to these types of people on here, I would either be on some horrid drugs with terrible side effects, or be recovering from surgery. Instead I'm able to live normally again, not cured, but able to be free to go out into the world as a normal person.

I'm not stopping to leave my house for fear I might crap my pants or wearing a maxi-pad and taking extra clothes in case I have an accident. I was able to attend family gatherings at X-mas without having to sit on the toilet for an hour listening to everyone else have a fun party while I suffered though waves of D.

I'm not on any drugs now and haven't had to do any FT's since August of last year. Thats HUGE IMO!

It's sad that others with the same issue would be ganging up on individuals who are simply looking to find health in the best possible way for them. I'm glad something has been said but it's more sad that it had to be even mentioned in the first place!

Gary, if you see a questionable post, please email a moderator instead of hitting the yellow exclamation point (that goes straight to admin). Us moderators will then look at the post in question and determine and/or keep an eye on that member. If the situation arises and if the poster is indeed a troller, we will contact the admin.

Trolling is when someone visits various forums and creates one or more identities, making fake posts that aren't even true just to get attention. They do it for the fun of it and it is their way of "playing", watching people respond to their fake posts. They are not here because they have this disease or want to gain knowledge about it. They just visit these various forums for the sole purpose of getting attention because they have nothing more constructive to do with their time. Sometimes trolls purposely try creating fights between members and once they get it going they have a good laugh and then usually move on to a different forum somewhere else. Our troll hasn't done any of that that I know of but this one person has probably created 10 or more different identities. When one of their identities gets discovered they discontinue using that one user name and create another one or two or more to start making fake posts all over again. Sometimes they will "talk to each other" in the same thread, even though it is the same person with two different usernames. They usually start several new threads about stupid stuff because they love seeing what responses they get. They aren't here to contribute or to get knowledge. They are only here to play with unwitting people who don't realize what they are doing.

Thank you for this post sue. Some people are very rude to new forum members. I remember my first visit here, I was making multiple threads, because my situation was urgent, I needed answers, and I'm happy no one turned me away when I was in a tough spot.

This place isn't a cult, or a club and there's no need for others without a Moderator title to jump all over people for not having established themselves on a forum.

John- don't forget the bejewelled belly button!

Thanks for the explanation, Gary.
Honestly never heard of trolling before (outside of fishing).
When I've seen multiple posts from one person asking extremely basic questions, I thought they were just too lazy to google the info and wanted someone else to do the work. So I usually ignore them.

When I notice that some seem to harbor a lot of rage, I've wondered if it is attributable to use of certain meds/drugs like steroids. It never occurred to me that anyone would spend a large part of their life doing the things you describe.
VERY sad that they can't find something productive to do.

I heard an interview on NPR (radio) today where professional female bloggers have experienced "trolls" that threaten to rape or kill them. People get brave/stupid when anonymous.
When the threats were reported to the police, the response was minimal (owing to the fact that the police were not familiar with today's technology).
Now that's serious trolling!
IAS

The cool responses could be because there's been an influx of questionable new members.

Those of us here for eons might wait to respond or reserve commenting.

Some are really good at what they do if they are trolls, but with a mixed bunch of personalities, not all of us care to respond to everyone anyway.

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happyday, the lack of response also could have been due to the speed with which this forum moves. If you posted during a high-traffic time, then your post might have gotten quickly pushed back to the second page, as this forum is sorted such that a post gets pushed to the top when someone responds, not by the order in which the posts were made. I rarely look beyond the first page and my guess is that a lot of others do the same.

hahaha gary -nice….
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