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Old Fezzywig said:
First let me start of by saying for all unaware, I'm not a mod on this site. This is by no means a complete list, and as trolling itself is subjective, so is this list. However for a long time we've had a problem with trolls on this board. This is primarily because of the lax moderation style found here. And I'll be the first to say I love the mods and the job they do. They believe in freedom first and I would rather post here than a more heavily modded board.

I am of the opinion that the only way to combat trolls is to simply starve them. For those who are new to message boards or unfamiliar with trolling, trolling is the act of posting with the sole intent to draw emotional (typically angry) responses and to stop all discussion. You cannot argue, however logically, with a troll. It will only respond to further agitate you and everyone else. So, returning to my first assertion, the only way to beat a troll is to starve it. And the only way to starve it is to completely ignore it. Hence, this list.

EDIT: New users may notice a similarity between the names on this list and other posters on this board. This because our resident troll (known as LEGION to the mods) frequently makes unimpressive parodies of other, non-troll, users here.

The following users have been identified as trolls:
Ass Cancer
Barbra Boxer
Big Gubmint
British Polluter
Charlie Bass
Daxie
Drinki Vermooth
Dumb Yankee
eixiD
El Cabong
El Toro Bravo
Felipe Calderon Hinojose
Glenn Beck
GOD
Harry Reid
Imam Abdul
James Jones
Jayrod
Joe Wilson
John Bull
Kim Jong Il
King of Troles
LEGION TROLL
Legion Troll's Troll
Lowaicue (final determination pending)
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Meat is Murder
Milishah Wannabee
Mister Wonderful
Mojo
Moot the Hopple
Noah Gardner
Old Retired Fella
OppositeGrind
Philadelphia Tax Amesty
President Barack Obama
President Sarah Palin
Pu Pu Oldhoe
Reverend Jones
Reverend Bones
RStrubecci
Smarter Than All Y'all
Snarla
Southern Chicken
Southern Manlove
Southern Woman
Spurtski
Stupidity and Bile
The Bare Buttocked Pundit
TopMonkey
USAFemdom911
USEDTampon911
uthinkilooklikejamielee
wanderingbare
Waterrnark
WhiteAsBirdShit
Wide Stance junior Lawyer
Yappastitsar
Yellow Fellow
Yellow Peril
Yunt
Zurt

This list will be amended as needed. I suggest all new users, and all current users, place this list in their respective ignore lists.
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Thought I'd post this here for new users who might not read the announcements, or for lurkers who are unaware of the trolls.
 
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i appreciate your post, however, since not everyone is going to ignore them, they will never go away

and this board has a relaxed policy about trolls, usmb has a much more strict policy and the likes of legion would be perm banned, but i wouldn't want to change how the board is run, sure, a little more control of the trolls would be nice, then again, that is not really the spirit of this board or its fearless, ever tireless, all knowing, may a thousand suns bless him, leader damocles
 
Yurt said:
i appreciate your post, however, since not everyone is going to ignore them, they will never go away

and this board has a relaxed policy about trolls, usmb has a much more strict policy and the likes of legion would be perm banned, but i wouldn't want to change how the board is run, sure, a little more control of the trolls would be nice, then again, that is not really the spirit of this board or its fearless, ever tireless, all knowing, may a thousand suns bless him, leader damocles
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WTF is usmb? IDK. LOL. TMB.
 
Here is a very well written primer about internet trolling:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1032102

We'll start with the definition of a troll:
---Definition----

An "Internet troll" or "Forum Troll" is a person who posts outrageous message to bait people to answer. Trolls delight in sowing discord on the forums. A troll is someone who inspires flaming rhetoric, someone who is purposely provoking and pulling people into flaming discussion. Flaming discussions usually end with name calling and a flame war.

A classic troll tries to make us believe that he is a skeptic. He is divisive and argumentative with need-to-be-right attitude, "searching for the truth", flaming discussion, and sometimes insulting people or provoking people to insult him. A troll is usually an expert in reusing the same words of its opponents and in turning it against them.

While he tries to present himself as a skeptic looking for truth ... his messages usually sound as if it is the responsibility of other forum members to provide evidence that what forum is all about is legitimate.

]He (and in at least 90% of cases it is he) tries to start arguments and upset people.

Sometimes, he is skeptical, trying to scare people, trying to plant fear in their hearts. Sometimes, Internet troll is trying to spin conflicting information, is questioning in an insincere manner, flaming discussion, insulting people, turning people against each other, harassing forum members, ignoring warnings from forum moderators.

Trolling is a form of harassment that can take over a discussion. Well meaning defenders can create chaos by responding to trolls. The best response is to ignore it, or to report a message to a forum moderator. Ubuntuforums moderators usually move troll messages to the jail and may even ban trolls after a few unheeded warnings. Negative emotions stirred up by trolls leak over into other discussions. Normally affable people can become bitter after reading an angry interchange between a troll and his victims, and this can poison previously friendly interactions between long-time users.

Finally, trolls create a paranoid environment, such that a casual criticism by a new arrival can elicit a ferocious and inappropriate backlash.

When trolls are completely ignored they sometimes step up their attacks, desperately seeking the attention they crave. Their messages become more and more foul, and they post ever more of them. Alternatively, they may protest that their right to free speech is being curtailed. Perhaps the most difficult challenge for a moderator is deciding whether to take steps against a troll that a few people find entertaining. Some trolls do have a creative spark and have chosen to squander it on being disruptive. There is a certain perverse pleasure in watching some of them. Ultimately, though, we have to decide if the troll actually cares about putting on a good show for the regular participants, or is simply playing to an audience of one -- himself. For this reason the staff here often intervene, either with a warning in a thread, jailing one or more posts, sending private messages to offenders, and even banning people--temporarily or permanently--from these forums.
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Mojo said:
Who, or what, is Charlie Bass?
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He's you. You share an IP. Stop playing ignorant. We can see your IPs and you share it with a bunch of other names.

Retard.

"Duh, uh, gee whiz, who, or what is a Charlie Bass? Duh, Hmmmm?"

Fucking idiot. That schtick doesn't fly.
 
Beefy said:
He's you. You share an IP. Stop playing ignorant. We can see your IPs and you share it with a bunch of other names.

Retard.

"Duh, uh, gee whiz, who, or what is a Charlie Bass? Duh, Hmmmm?"

Fucking idiot. That schtick doesn't fly.
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Really?

I don't know how that's possible, although there are several computers on the premises.

Please provide the evidence.
 
Beefy said:
He's you. You share an IP. Stop playing ignorant. We can see your IPs and you share it with a bunch of other names.

Retard.

"Duh, uh, gee whiz, who, or what is a Charlie Bass? Duh, Hmmmm?"

Fucking idiot. That schtick doesn't fly.
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And Beefy burns the troll!
 
Mojo said:
Really?

I don't know how that's possible, although there are several computers on the premises.

Please provide the evidence.
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As moderator, he is not required to provide evidence. Besides, the only way to provide evidence would be to post both IPs, and that is against the rules, my young troll.
 
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