Hello, Troll

Whether it's intentional or nor, the posts are still trolling, taking over massive space on a forum to dominate it.
 
Many people are thinking what I posted, by the way. Nothing new or shocking except I'm bold and stupid enough to open my mouth and actually say what I'm thinking.

That's nothing new either.
 
deafbajagal said:
Many people are thinking what I posted, by the way. Nothing new or shocking except I'm bold and stupid enough to open my mouth and actually say what I'm thinking.

That's nothing new either.
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It is a fact so nothing wrong with you speaking them.
 
I think something odd is going on but I think it's best to wait and find out what his issues actually are. He seems to have a fixiation on certain stuff. I have the feeling he's not an intentional troll.
 
It's harmless, really. Annoying, yes. But harmless. A real troll intentionally causes emotional distress.

But I should be more sensitive because A.S. is not easy to define...it affects each person very differently. I can see why Botts would not appreciate my post, and I didn't mean to offend her. If I did, I apologize.
 
deafbajagal said:
It's harmless, really. Annoying, yes. But harmless. A real troll intentionally causes emotional distress.

But I should be more sensitive because A.S. is not easy to define...it affects each person very differently. I can see why Botts would not appreciate my post, and I didn't mean to offend her. If I did, I apologize.
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Uh oh. I actually have emotions I disguise cleverly and now I am crying. It's nice, but not necessary to apologize.

I understand that not everybody shares my opinions.
 
I don't read his threads. Too lame.

If everyone would stop posting in his threads maybe he would go somewhere else.
 
Glenn said:
If everyone would stop posting in his threads maybe he would go somewhere else.
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That's the key, but 3/4 people aren't going to follow it. I was saying the same thing the other week, if no one replies to his threads it'd stop. Then there's always someone who does eventually and the cycle starts again. Someone who hasn't posted in awhile, or some newcomer.

Instead I am trying to explain that concept to them in the threads they reply for him. Hopefully this works, albeit slowly.
 
Bottesini said:
Does he study the wants of his own dominion?
Or doesn't he care for public opinion
a JOT,
The Akond of Swat?

I don't know why you are crying , or if that is sarcasm, but the quote from the poem is a really good description of anyone an the ASD.
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I have a feeling he has more than just asperger's, maybe something else combined such as OCD like someone mentioned in the thread, but anyway I am not a professional in mental health nor want to attend to that matter..
 
naisho said:
That's the key, but 3/4 people aren't going to follow it. I was saying the same thing the other week, if no one replies to his threads it'd stop. Then there's always someone who does eventually and the cycle starts again. Someone who hasn't posted in awhile, or some newcomer.

Instead I am trying to explain that concept to them in the threads they reply for him. Hopefully this works, albeit slowly.
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People will post in his threads because they don't see him for what he is. They think he will listen or whatever.

That said, I hope what you are doing has some effect.
 
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lanapoo said:
That's funny because I know who he is in real life, apparently we share mutual friends...:ugh: (He's real.) Maybe his brain is just very inconsistent and uses AD to boost his self confidence and ego.
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Trolling is trolling, regardless of what personality disorder, mental disorder and more that one may be affiliated with. This particular member has been doing nothing but trolling from thread to thread on a daily basis. That's why I refrain from posting in most of his threads.
 
Banjo said:
Trolling is trolling, regardless of what personality disorder, mental disorder and more that one may be affiliated with. This particular member has been doing nothing but trolling from thread to thread on a daily basis. That's why I refrain from posting in most of his threads.
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Same here. I am astonished the moderators allow this. His posts somehow make us gibbering baboons.
 
His posts are disruptive to the forum. He needs to take his posts elsewhere. Maybe he will eventually run out of deaf forums to troll on and give up. I can understand a bit if he doesn't have friends in real life, he's lonely and looking for someone to connect to but he lacks social skills to the point that no one is sure of what to do with him. If he is doing this on purpose then karma will return the favor. If it is unintentional, I hope he gets the help he needs to get this under control.

But I am leaning on the fact that this is someone who's fairly intelligent but doesn't realize that we don't want to listen about his obsession on this forum all the time. It's like someone who's obsessed about an EMT posting about EMS-related stuff on a dog forum all the time. It's the wrong forum and they need to be redirected to the appropriate forum. At first it was interesting maybe funny at times but it has been drawn out far too long and the forum as a whole is sick of it. Perhaps we need to redirect him to an appropriate forum or encourage him to build his own forum around his obsession so he can focus it in a healthy direction. If he is obsessed with Ivy League schools then we need to redirect him to a discussion forums that centers around that.

As for me, he's getting old and there's something not right about this dude.
 
lanapoo said:
That's funny because I know who he is in real life, apparently we share mutual friends...:ugh: (He's real.) Maybe his brain is just very inconsistent and uses AD to boost his self confidence and ego.
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If this is the case (which I actually think it is), no one on here is helping him at all when they reply to him. They are just trying to feed some fake dream world in his mind.
 
Too bad this older version of vbulletin doesn't have as much permission options to assign to members on posting access. They could just disable him from creating new topics and pretty much most of the problem would be solved - he'd just post in same threads again and people would eventually stop reading and replying to those.

There are two parts to replying in his threads.. If someone replies in them purposely to give him information or get him to illicit a response, which he never gives one unless you've satisfied his initial thoughts or are in the focus of discussion (ie, not trolling him) then the other part is that he simply doesn't care for your opinion on how to handle his 'situations'. I've noticed people keep replying a day later or something when he's already moved onto the next topic.

Then there are those who reply in his threads not to him, but to others posting in the threads. I am one of those myself.
 
I am still drop jawed at this troll's assumption that my BF & I can't have intelligent conversations cause his IQ is so much greater than mine. SMH I wonder if he assumes the same of all the girls he's gone out with.
 
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