IP bans are nice and all, but I'm going to guess that the troll wouldn't have been back anyways. Its nasty posts stopped fairly early yesterday after it became pretty clear this board was nearly dead. Makes you wonder if the troll retreated to proboards after it got what it wanted.
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Re: Conspiracy theory continued
Holy crap...what the heck happened here? I haven't been on to check in a while and come back to this. I see that people have left. Sorry if this has already been said, but I am shocked...you all were like a family that I could check in with. I'm sad. I hope that whoever was an a**hole gets theres and everyone eventually meanders back to stay here with us.
*sucks when bullies seem to "win"
I think there was a reg that wanted us on proboards" lets move" and a reg that wanted a breakup "variousa-holenames", I don't think they were necessarily the same person, but I think they were both regular posters.
This.
Aw...sads. I really liked the Santa ae.
Why be a reg and want a breakup? That's so flucking lame. I think once the dust settles people, or some, will return.
I think so, too. The troll seems to seize on a post in a thread that you would only read if you were a regular.
I also think trouble seems to follow certain people on the board. Not to accuse anyone.
It just makes me go hmmm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF2ayWcJfxo
(And no, I will not be naming names. If that is one thing I have learned from this board.)
Are you sticking around, Santa?
I think so too. The troll only targeted a small bunch who has left and likely followed them there. Creeeeepy.
Stupid trolls. I'm going to keep up with both public boards. I can't handle the private one. Although, the quick reply box over there might sway me.....
What that biatch said to you was terrible. No one deserves so to be spoken to like that...EVER.
I know it's just the internet and whatever but I hate this stuff. Honestly who has the time to come with such hateful junk. It is totally beyond me.
That's the thing that gets me the most- we are all (fairly) new moms here, and I'm sure the troll is too- is viciously attacking people online really the way you want to spend your free time?! You'd think there would be better things to do?
I knew she was Santa!!
I think Letsmove1234 was a troll and not one of "us" and the ae was created to divide the board. If they were one of us why didn't they reveal themselves???
In geeky's defense, I think she meant more that certain people would get butthurt and then the trolls appearednot that people somehow encouraged trolls.
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I think the troll that makes the moronic polls and threats is a slighted regular on this board. That person is clearly not of sound and sane mind.
I think the one that posted personal info and attacked Tamb is a different person.
Yep, and she was successful unfortunately
I think that the worst thing is that the trolls were successful. I mean really pals and friends HOW on earth did we let a troll win. regarless of who it was or why it was or why they were such a-holes, they divided us up.
we were supposed to be united
What the troll said on here was wildly inappropriate and hurtful.
I don't know why the troll came to our board. Maybe they were a slighted member, or jealous, or just random and psycho or a member and psycho.
I think some people responded in a way that gained the troll's attention. The others seemed to pop up when the dramaz started. I know that no one deserved the attention of the troll.
But the real sucky thing, is we will never know if the troll was one of 'us'. In my head, the worst case scenario is that a regular poster likes to cause hurt to others. Our true colors appear when there is no way to be held accountable. And that person needs help in a big big way.
In the end, I don't really know you. And you don't know me. And not in a metaphorical 'can you ever really know someone' way. In a real 'I could be a 40 year old dude' way.
...Which I am not. Chelsey and JFH can vouch for me.
( I am sorry the troll targeted you and Danielle. )
I've said it several times before the nasty bully one and the letsmove were one in the same.
I also think it was regular poster who wanted to move off the bump and wanted her friends to follow. Since some wouldn't follow without others then that one person decided to go dirty and then letsmove decided to come out when people were all up in arms.
It's shocking how quickly some moved over right away.
I once had a picture until the trolls showed up.
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"If we weren't all crazy we would go insane."
Yeah, it looks like some of them were definitely ready to make the switch.
I agree with all of this. and I am sorry so many people got hurt in the process. I tried to report, ignore and block as many as I could.
This is all ridiculous! Why would someone want to divide the board? Who cares? Why would someone troll their friends to get them to move to proboards. Why not just PM them and say "hey, let's go to proboards and get away from these losers" or whatever you think their motive was?
Look, some *** has been trolling the boards, someone else got fed up at the fact the mods and bump gods weren't doing anything and tried to get everyone to move to a different forum. Some of us did, others are too stubborn. I don't know why it has to be any more complex or convoluted than that.
People create AEs that aren't ill-intentioned. ITBM created Secret Santa. Someone is One Nice Thing. Maybe Let's Move didn't want people NOT to move just because they weren't part of the same clique. lol
Also, Geekychic is not a 40 year old dude.
I still find it hard to believe that letsmove was one of us. I think it was a nasty troll just doing it for $hits and giggles.
Lies.
This is hardly proof. Geeky, I'm gonna need a gif for this.
HAHA! How did I miss this?! No, Geeky is certainly not a 40 year old dude. She is a respectable, classy lassy!
I think calling us stubborn is not fair or accurate. So I didn't follow some random person who is too chickensh*t to admit who they are, to a board that looks like a 5-year-old made it, just because they said so? That board could also have trolls, as everybody knows blocking an IP address doesn't mean anything.
Sorry, but you coming back and defending letsmove every single time makes it look like you are letsmove, or at least know who they are...just saying.