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Post by donavan on May 20, 2016 15:40:57 GMT
Its hard to spot mental illness in real life and on the internet. I now have an internet three stikes rule. If somebody gets "under my skin" 3 times then they are gone! There is no point letting crap into your home - which is what you do with social media. So far 3 people have fallen foul of the 3 strike rule. Not surprisingly Youie was one of them! But he is now back and on remand! Whatever the story of the person though "trolling" really fucks up internet sites. It was lack of trolling that made idea so good.
... until someone trolls you - firstly on the site, then via email, as happened to me in 2005 after the Gathering... I found out who the perpetrator was after offensive mails were sent to my personal mail address. I managed to find out the faked mail address, and they didn't hide their IP address - so tracked it to a location...
I am not going to reveal who it was, other than it someone who was involved in the organisation of that Gathering.
Now that is beyond the pale.
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Post by sticksman1 on May 20, 2016 17:40:47 GMT
... until someone trolls you - firstly on the site, then via email, as happened to me in 2005 after the Gathering... I found out who the perpetrator was after offensive mails were sent to my personal mail address. I managed to find out the faked mail address, and they didn't hide their IP address - so tracked it to a location...
I am not going to reveal who it was, other than it someone who was involved in the organisation of that Gathering.
Now that is beyond the pale. It wasn't the best of times for me at the time
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Post by peggs on May 20, 2016 22:46:06 GMT
Sticksman1, I'm glad you didn't let such a lowlife crap of a person dissuade you from participating in forum activities over the ensuing years.
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Post by sticksman1 on May 22, 2016 22:10:25 GMT
Sticksman1, I'm glad you didn't let such a lowlife crap of a person dissuade you from participating in forum activities over the ensuing years. Thank you Peggs
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Post by bimble on May 23, 2016 4:18:45 GMT
What Peggs said, Tel x
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Post by simpleton01 on May 24, 2016 22:07:09 GMT
HELLO, CRUEL WORLD!
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Post by chrisb on May 24, 2016 22:54:30 GMT
Hey hey it's The Duke! Wearing a jelly mould on his bonce!*bows*
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Post by bimble on May 25, 2016 11:44:58 GMT
Well hello again Simps! Hope you and The Boy are well, and to see you around a bit more. Go for the brewery!
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Post by simpleton01 on May 26, 2016 22:25:46 GMT
Thanks bimble! If I can round up a few friends who have money to invest (and time for fermentation on their hands), I just might pursue the brewery! I am well. The boy is well (as are his siblings). Life is good! And I hope it's good for you!
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Post by Mare on Sept 26, 2016 3:35:28 GMT
Hi, simpleton01! What a pleasant surprise to return and find you, here.
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Post by Mr Tein on Sept 29, 2016 11:09:32 GMT
It's also important not to label someone a troll just because they have different opinions and a different approach. It's all too easy to call someone a troll because they don't quite fit in with the in-crowd. Or you just don't like them. Forums usually suffer when things get a bit too cliquey. I never considered Jack a troll. If you didn't rise to his sometimes volatile approach, he dropped that side of his character. Well he did in my case anyway. By trying to sort him out, you just "fed the beast." A troll is not somebody who states an opinion it is somebody who tries to wind you up irrespective of their opinion and just work for a reaction. Youie for example winds people up but he is not a troll. He defiantly believes what he says. But Jack I think enjoyed getting a reaction and would go out of his way to attack peoples weak points, foibles or beliefs. To me that makes him a troll. On the plus side it is a skill. I could never do what trolls do even if I wanted to. It is a form of holier than thou bullying and brings out the worst in people - and who the fuck wants to do that eh?
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Post by donavan on Sept 29, 2016 11:39:00 GMT
Maybe Jack believed in what he said. We are always going to give someone we know or like a bit more slack. And we'll always try and understand them rather than dismiss them and label them a troll. And Jack had some good humoured fun too. I guess it's an individual thing as to how you remember him.
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Post by donavan on Sept 29, 2016 11:44:20 GMT
Oh and Teiny good to see you popping in here. Has Twitter and Facebook gone down?
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Post by donavan on Nov 19, 2017 9:36:03 GMT
Oh and Teiny good to see you popping in here. Has Twitter and Facebook gone down? No, but his football team is in danger of going down.
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