You know, I've been on the net a long time, and I've been on a lot of forums.
Honestly, I've never seen people so quickly assume someone is a troll,
and so quickly assume it's one of our own!!!
AND so quickly devolve into such nonsense.
I'm sad and ashamed. If the poster is a troll, just ignore it, a troll can't handle being ignored, and will quickly escalate to get attention. Then you'll all know for sure.
If she is a real poster (who just happens to be different than us) and has ANY sense she won't return, lord knows I wouldn't had my welcome been such.
By the way, nothing she has done has been troll like. She didn't post fantastic informtaion, didnt post obviously made up information. Didnt post anything mean. She just posted in gangsta dialect. Is she real? Who knows, is she a troll in the internet sense? I havent seen any evidence.(In fact her profile has changed several times to more closely adhere to the way the other profiles look).
A month or so ago we BRIEFLY had a real troll. We quickly knew it, and we handled it with style and grace. Can we not handle this situation with some grace as well?
PS, there's a difference between a troll and a sockpuppet, which is what is being suggested here, by some.
PPS on another forum I frequent, a tech forum, there's a constant struggle because at least HALF the posters use this dialect, and the other half don't like it much, it's pretty common on some forum.
regardless, this whole thread depresses me. sorry i've gotten so cranky
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