BBC Tracks Down And Confronts An Internet Troll

from the in-case-you're-wondering dept

Thu, Feb 9th 2012 5:20am — Mike Masnick

Lots of people wonder what internet trolls are thinking in trying to get their kicks out of being as obnoxious as possible online... and some folks at the BBC apparently were able to track down and confront an individual who had a reputation for highly obnoxious trolling -- writing mean messages on Facebook tribute pages for people who were murdered. I'm not a huge fan of "confrontation" journalism, which feels pretty manufactured, but there is something amusing about watching the guy try to ignore the issue for a while, before realizing he can't resist and he has to respond. It's kind of a form of reverse trolling, where he fell for it... When asked if he thinks about the people he's hurting online he responds, "Yeah, I think fuck 'em." Then he goes on to talk about how it's nothing illegal, and that Facebook is an open forum so he can say whatever he wants. The BBC points out that some of what he's saying may be illegal (under UK law), and he brushes it off, apparently responding to an earlier point that said someone got nine weeks in jail for similar statements, by saying "nine weeks, what's that?"

It's not the most enlightening of interviews, but given the general interest some people have in trolling, I figured some folks might find it interesting.

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ashley sheridan, 9 Feb 2012 @ 5:29am

I'm not going to be the only one here who sadly thinks this will be used to make a better case for not allowing anonymity online. :(
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Anonymous Coward, 9 Feb 2012 @ 5:41am

Re:
If facebook was anonymous, they couldn't have tracked him down.
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blakey, 9 Feb 2012 @ 5:47am

Don't feed the troll
There are just some rules that take time to sink in: Dont use Internet Explorer for anything, No bank sends you emails, No one is giving you squillions of dollars, don't feed trolls.
You do not need new laws banning anonymity, just a bit, a tiny bit, of sense.
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MAJikMARCer (profile), 9 Feb 2012 @ 5:53am

Re: Don't feed the troll
You don't give the Nanny governments enough credit.
"We have to protect the {stupid} people from doing stuff online that might upset them."

Whatever happened to personal responsibility and having a backbone? If you sent a scammer money, well I hope you learned your lesson. If a troll hurts your feelings, get over it, they don't know you, you don't know them, fuck'm.

We don't need laws protecting peoples feelings and there are already laws in place for the scams. People just need to pay attention to what they are doing.
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Anonymous Coward, 9 Feb 2012 @ 6:03am

Troll Study
I'd be very interested to see a physiological and psychological study on Trolls. I'd like to know what they're social & economic background is, mental state, and general characteristics that make someone say the things they do.

I know some of it is the lower inhibitions that come with being somewhat anonymous and the physical and mental distance one is from the person they speak of. But I wonder if there is a societal aspect to trolling that could be studied if more are identified and confronted.
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Mesonoxian Eve (profile), 9 Feb 2012 @ 6:03am

I was disappointed I didn't see Hagrid falling from the sky whilst riding a motorcycle and carrying a baby (most assuredly illegal).

I don't fault trolls for their behavior. I fault those who can't ignore them. When they get it in their heads the trolls are the ones with the bad behavior, it's amazing there's still room left to get to the bottom of the barrel.
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Violated (profile), 9 Feb 2012 @ 6:10am

Bloody Journalists
I am not surprised by this. Those people mocking the families of the recently deceased, or others on their disabilities, are some of the most vile Internet users around who make an easy journalistic target.

This investigation I know well would be passed on to the Police and forms a first step in what could well be a Court case.

I should also add that some journalists misuse this investigative power to promote their own biased goals. For example they may focus on hammer attacks in one region and notice how some third party mugging website says you can buy really good hammers at such and such a place. Then despite this exact store selling thousands of hammers for a vast array of lawful purposes, and publicly condemning very rare unlawful use, these journalists can still report this store to the Police as the supplier of violent weapons! Not to forget this example journalist did not even talk to said store to get their input.

Oddly enough my exact electronics situation based on that journalistic example, in an 3-page article wrote by Paul Malley, was also something I discussed directly with one BBC journalist who just wrote it off as "old news"

The point to all this off-target rambling is that the Police and the main victim took this news report all too seriously resulting in a raid and seizure of my own company hardware. They were of course wrong in their failed case, once the record could be set straight, but there was still millions in damages done.
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Anonymous Coward, 9 Feb 2012 @ 6:20am

"When asked if he thinks about the people he's hurting online he responds, "Yeah, I think fuck 'em."

You could ask the same question to pirates about ripping off musicians, and you'd get the same answer.

Not a coincidence.
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Makoto (profile), 9 Feb 2012 @ 6:27am

Re:
"When asked if he thinks about the people he's hurting online he responds, "Yeah, I think fuck 'em."

You could ask the same question to music labels about ripping off musicians, and you'd get the same answer.

Not a coincidence.

Fixed that for you.
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Anonymous Coward, 9 Feb 2012 @ 6:32am

Put him in jail for 9 weeks then. He clearly thinks that's nothing.
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The Logician (profile), 9 Feb 2012 @ 6:33am

Re:
And, AC 8, you have just shown yourself to be no better than the troll which this article is about. Attacking those who oppose you merely illustrates your own lack of ethics and your inability to defend what you claim to believe.
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abc gum, 9 Feb 2012 @ 6:34am

Re:
Not even similar.
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Matt, 9 Feb 2012 @ 6:35am

Re: Don't feed the troll
The trouble is that many people these days are lacking in that tiny bit of sense.
Common Sense
Common Courtesy
Common Decency
What's the common theme? None of them are all that common any more!
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Anonymous Coward, 9 Feb 2012 @ 6:36am

Re: Re:
"When asked if he thinks about the people he's hurting online he responds, "Yeah, I think fuck 'em."

You could ask the same question to music labels about ripping off musicians and the rest of the public, and you'd get the same answer.

Not a coincidence.

Fixed it even better for him.
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Michael, 9 Feb 2012 @ 6:44am

This isn't good news
I don't like the idea that a news agency (nor any other) can take it upon itself to track down an internet user for things he said online. Right now they're justifying their actions by going after somebody who said detestable, hateful things (and therefore can play up to the public contempt), but this is setting a precedent to justify more of the same in the future.
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E. Zachary Knight (profile), 9 Feb 2012 @ 6:46am

Re: Troll Study
Penny Arcade has already done that: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19
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E. Zachary Knight (profile), 9 Feb 2012 @ 6:46am

Re: Troll Study
Penny Arcade has already done that: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19
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B, 9 Feb 2012 @ 6:47am

Troll Hunting
good way to get killed. just sayin.
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B, 9 Feb 2012 @ 6:47am

Troll Hunting
good way to get killed. just sayin.
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B, 9 Feb 2012 @ 6:47am

Troll Hunting
good way to get killed. just sayin.
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aguywhoneedstenbucks (profile), 9 Feb 2012 @ 6:48am

Re: Re: Don't feed the troll
Agreed! People get their panties in a wad over stuff that doesn't matter. Sadly, that's what makes trolling so much fun. Watching someone you don't know get all huffy about a few semi-anonymously typed words on the internet is actually kind of funny.

From Half Baked: Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, you're cool, and fuck you, I'm out!
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Anonymous Coward, 9 Feb 2012 @ 6:48am

This shoul be a TV show . Trollbusters.
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xenomancer (profile), 9 Feb 2012 @ 6:49am

They see him trollin', they hatin'...
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Anonymous Coward, 9 Feb 2012 @ 6:49am

Re: Re:
Except, despite Facebook is not meant to used "anonymously", really pseudonymously, he did use "anonymously" and BBC broke thought that so-called "anonymity" and tracked him down anyways.
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ASTROBOI, 9 Feb 2012 @ 6:51am

Congratulations......
You just met a genuine sociopath.

Bear in mind; you could put him in jail or hospital for 9 weeks or 9 decades and he wouldn't change. He can't. It's something we just must deal with. Could be worse. He might have been elected or become a cop.
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davebarnes (profile), 9 Feb 2012 @ 6:56am

And, it is getting worse
"Patent trolling hits new heights"
http://news.techeye.net/internet/patent-trolling-hits-new-heights
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Anonymous Coward, 9 Feb 2012 @ 6:56am

Re:
You seem to have quite the obsession with piracy.
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Michael, 9 Feb 2012 @ 7:06am

Re: And, it is getting worse
Pretty disturbing how much legal abuse is going on with this kind of stuff. Michael Doyle's case represents everything that is wrong with the current system and why it needs to change.
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I-Blz, 9 Feb 2012 @ 7:09am

Re:
If they were to do that, would there not be a "TROOOOOLL in the DUNGEON!!"?
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isaac Kotlicky (profile), 9 Feb 2012 @ 7:14am

Maybe take a lesson from Twitter...
And create a method to "unfollow" or "opt out" of specific individuals comments? That way a troll like this would only be capable of truly insulting you once before you can just decide that you have no interest in what they have to say?

Loosing an audience for your trolling won't stop you entirely, but it DOES limit the overall volume of offensiveness while simultaneously not imposing on anyones right to speak freely.

You can speak, I just have a right to ignore.

On the other hand, this has the potential to exacerbate "echo chamber" issues on the net. Every solution has its unintended consequences, I guess.
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Anonymous Coward, 9 Feb 2012 @ 7:17am

Wow, and all this time I thought Marcus Carab was in Canada.
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Marcus Carab (profile), 9 Feb 2012 @ 7:18am

Re: This isn't good news
But... that's what news agencies do! Track people down, ask questions, get the story. That's the whole point!

We can question their motives in a given situation - and that already happens: trashy papers face a lot of public backlash when their tactics get too dirty - and legal backlash if their tactics break the law. But the simple concept of tracking someone down to get an interview? That's fundamental to journalism.
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isaac Kotlicky (profile), 9 Feb 2012 @ 7:20am

Re: This isn't good news
Silly argument.
A news organization can take it upon itself to investigate whatever it wants. There's no reason to stop them.

If you do something they find newsworthy, then they can report on it. That's their job.

If it isn't newsworthy, then it'd be stupid for them to track you down.
Not really a problem here.

You're afraid that a NEWS AGENCY will try to perform a d0x? The people interesting enough to make the news will either not care, or be smart enough to avoid it. How many hackers work for CNN?
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Anonymous Coward, 9 Feb 2012 @ 7:31am

Re: Troll Study
A society of angry dudes.

That is the background of most trolls.

People who can't accept something and want others to know how they feel about it.
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Pixelation, 9 Feb 2012 @ 7:34am

Re:
Is that you, Nimrod?
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Anonymous Coward, 9 Feb 2012 @ 7:34am

Re:
If anything, this makes a better case why we need it.
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Steve, 9 Feb 2012 @ 7:47am

Grow up!
As someone who has had their fair share of REAL WORLD abuse, I�ll tell you all what my parents told me when I was getting said abuse as a child, you may have heard it before but I think it works.
Sticks and stones may break your bones but words will never harm you. Unless you let them (I added that bit).
If you stand up in front of the world shouting "look at me, look at me!"
Then you need to expect abuse no matter what it is you're exposing to the world, and that includes grieving.
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Anonymous Coward, 9 Feb 2012 @ 7:49am

tl;dr
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Anonymous Coward, 9 Feb 2012 @ 7:51am

Re:
How?

They were able to track him down, without any new laws being made.

That's all that matters, right?

I mean, let's take the case of the guy who's wife came up missing, then 2 years later, after his kids were taken away, he still managed to kill them, and himself, and blow the house up.

You will NEVER stop freaks, you will NEVER stop murder.

The only thing you can do is make sure there is a legit path to tracking them down and making sure justice is done.

Even sometimes, there isn't anything you can do. Adding more laws won't help.

The same can be applied to copyright....
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Steve, 9 Feb 2012 @ 7:52am

Re: Grow up!
You're irony is very much appreciated. ;)
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Michael, 9 Feb 2012 @ 7:59am

Re: Re: This isn't good news
"Silly argument.
A news organization can take it upon itself to investigate whatever it wants. There's no reason to stop them."

That's not the issue. The issue is that they're playing 'thought police' with internet users. If they can do it, who can't? People object whenever private parties go hunting internet users, so why is this ok? The person in question may've been out of line with his comments but that's still not justification because there's nobody drawing a line in the sand. Now, if it were a pedophile or a murderer, that would be different.
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nasch (profile), 9 Feb 2012 @ 8:02am

Re: Re: Don't feed the troll
I was amazed that he said "Some of it's racist, so yes it's illegal." Making racist comments is illegal in the UK?
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nasch (profile), 9 Feb 2012 @ 8:06am

Re: Re: Re: This isn't good news
The issue is that they're playing 'thought police' with internet users. If they can do it, who can't?

As long as the government doesn't do it, and as long as it's not harassment, anyone can do it. To say otherwise is taking away their free speech rights.
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Michael, 9 Feb 2012 @ 8:08am

Re: Re: Re: Re: This isn't good news
Oh really? So now tracking down anonymous internet users is considered 'free speech?' I dispute that.
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Michael, 9 Feb 2012 @ 8:08am

Re: Re: Re: Re: This isn't good news
Oh really? So now tracking down anonymous internet users is considered 'free speech?' I dispute that.
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Anonymous 314159, 9 Feb 2012 @ 8:17am

Re: Grow up!
Obviously, you have never dropped a dictionary on your foot.
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Marcus Carab (profile), 9 Feb 2012 @ 8:24am

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: This isn't good news
Oh really? So now tracking down anonymous internet users is considered 'free speech?' I dispute that.

I don't know about free speech: it's just freedom.

There is no law against tracking someone down. There are laws against plenty of things one might do in the course of tracking someone down (hacking their accounts, for example) and obviously doing any of those things is illegal. But to simply track someone down using whatever legal, publicly available means and information you can find? How is that not right smack dab in the middle of the definition of "freedom"?

Now, if you're motives are bad, then people are going to think you're an asshole even if your methods are sound. And that's good: shame is a powerful social tool. But there's no law against being an asshole. Freedom would be meaningless if you were only free to do nice things that everyone approves of.
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Marcus Carab (profile), 9 Feb 2012 @ 8:25am

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: This isn't good news
ugh hate to grammar nazi my own comments but naturally I meant your not you're - that one embarrasses me :)
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Michael, 9 Feb 2012 @ 8:29am

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: This isn't good news
Some of your arguments are sound. Nevertheless, I don't like the precedent being set here.
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MrWilson, 9 Feb 2012 @ 8:42am

I'd say I'd want to see the trolls on this website tracked down and interviewed, but security probably wouldn't let journalists into the lobbying offices.
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Anonymous Coward, 9 Feb 2012 @ 9:13am

Re: Maybe take a lesson from Twitter...
1) In a situation like what Nimrod did to that kid's funeral, once is more then enough.

2) Unless that list was able to contain the ENTIRE facebook community, it simply wouldn't work. There will always be some new asshat who's wondering if Metroid's gun is attached to his hand or if it's a part of his suit.

You can ignore and try to block out trolls all you like, but I've seen situaions where trolls have posted things in forums or in chats in games, gotten no reaction, and just repost sometime later. At this point they believe the whole world is under their bridge.
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Endtimer (profile), 9 Feb 2012 @ 9:17am

I wonder
If the majority of the community approves of an outrageous and trollish comment, is it still trolling?
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John Fenderson (profile), 9 Feb 2012 @ 9:33am

Re: Re: Don't feed the troll
"If you sent a scammer money, well I hope you learned your lesson."

Wait, are you saying you disagree with the laws against fraud?
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John Fenderson (profile), 9 Feb 2012 @ 9:34am

Re: Troll Study
Trolls are nothing more or less than your plain old bullies with internet access.
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nasch (profile), 9 Feb 2012 @ 9:53am

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: This isn't good news
Nevertheless, I don't like the precedent being set here.

Meaning you don't approve of what was done, or you think it should be illegal to find someone and ask him questions? (I'm just assuming the reporter didn't do anything illegal in finding this guy)
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nasch (profile), 9 Feb 2012 @ 10:03am

Re: Re: Maybe take a lesson from Twitter...
There will always be some new asshat who's wondering if Metroid's gun is attached to his hand or if it's a part of his suit.

How long before someone shouts at you about this one? :-)
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Marcus Carab (profile), 9 Feb 2012 @ 10:41am

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: This isn't good news
That's totally fair - and I think you are responding in the right way: by expressing your personal disapproval.

It's when you start wondering whether they "can" do this or are "free" to do so that I get concerned - because they absolutely can, and absolutely are. But, if you feel they're being jerks about it, then I fully encourage you to do condemn them for their choices, so long as you recognize they had every right to make those choices.
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Anonymous Coward, 9 Feb 2012 @ 10:54am

Re: Re: Maybe take a lesson from Twitter...
Metroid? Don't you mean Samus Aran and her instead of his.
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MrWilson, 9 Feb 2012 @ 11:00am

Re: I wonder
The traditional folk definition for trolling includes that it intentionally goes against the commonly held perspectives of the community at large, so no, it probably wouldn't be trolling. Or at least, if it were intended to be trolling, it would have failed if it gained approval. Trolling is also perceived as being intentionally offensive or adversarial.
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Marcus Carab (profile), 9 Feb 2012 @ 11:23am

Re:
ehhh... 3/10 for being slightly more creative than your average daily attempts to insult me.
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Anonymous Coward, 9 Feb 2012 @ 12:57pm

Re: Re:
"If facebook was anonymous, they couldn't have tracked him down."

Says the anonymous coward.
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nasch (profile), 9 Feb 2012 @ 12:58pm

Re: Re: Maybe take a lesson from Twitter...
Metroid? Don't you mean Samus Aran and her instead of his.

Looks like it took about 100 minutes (though that wasn't really shouting).
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NyukNyukJohn, 9 Feb 2012 @ 1:12pm

oh, the humanity
I feel sorriest for his young child and then for his wife/girlfriend/whatever. That poor baby will have to listen to his hate spewing ignorance and have very little chance of becoming an actual normal human. Mom......take the baby and RUN!
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Anonymous Coward, 9 Feb 2012 @ 1:51pm

Re: Re: Re: Don't feed the troll
"inciting racial violence" is a crime in the UK
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Anonymous Coward, 9 Feb 2012 @ 2:02pm

Re: Re: Re: Don't feed the troll
Personal responsibility is his message.

MAJikMARCer stated "...there are already laws in place for the scams."

PT Barnum - "There's a sucker born every minute."
John Wayne - "Life's hard, its harder when your stupid."
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vancedecker (profile), 9 Feb 2012 @ 3:00pm

What about all the good things trolls do?
As prominent Internet Troll myself, I find this article offensive.

Have we learned nothing from the Wizard of Oz?

If Dorothy had melted Glinda, the Good Witch of the North, then she might never have gotten home.

The BBC, like the Wicked Witch of the West is just dispatching a gang of flying monkeys and hoping one of them will hurl feces at the correct target.

Why even bother explaining to these cyber-hysterics, that, like assholes, in the real world, they come in a variety of off color flavors.
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vancedecker (profile), 9 Feb 2012 @ 3:02pm

Re: Grow up!
Exactly, why are internet trolls any less respectful than real world trolls like Sarah Palin?
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vancedecker (profile), 9 Feb 2012 @ 3:11pm

Re: Re: I wonder
One problem with ceteris paribus based 'folk wisdom' is that it's an oxymoron. If common folks had wisdom then we wouldn't have needed a Constitutional Republic.

The riff raff cannot be expected to understand nuance and ironic humor.

Many look up the word troll on a site most likely authored by one and/or find some simplistic and literalist definition to then enable themselves to troll the internet in a desperate cry for attention.
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Upshot Baker, 9 Feb 2012 @ 3:11pm

Re: Re: Re: Re: Don't feed the troll
John Wayne - "Life's hard, its harder when your stupid."

Nyuk nyuk.
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vancedecker (profile), 9 Feb 2012 @ 3:12pm

The Internet should be sorted by Intelligence.
I've been saying this since the beginning...but my ideas were too dangerous.
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vancedecker (profile), 9 Feb 2012 @ 3:32pm

Re: Re:
so now trolling is like murder?
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Endtimer (profile), 9 Feb 2012 @ 5:58pm

Re: Re: Re: Maybe take a lesson from Twitter...
Nah man, Samus is the princess Zelda saves.
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TtfnJohn (profile), 9 Feb 2012 @ 6:02pm

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: This isn't good news
I don't see a precedent here. The Beeb tracked this guy down from information supplied by a third party and a thumb drive they may have gotten from that third party.

The reality is the someone, somewhere knew who this guy was before they went to the Beeb and the Beeb outed him. Someone in the REAL world.

Those few trolls I've met in the real world are quite proud of what they do and will spill it out to anyone who will listen about how "tough" they are and how they're putting people in their place who need to be put there. I wouldn't say they're all that hard to find by the media or, if necessary, the police.

They lose their anonymity the moment they open their mouth in a bar, pub or coffee shop. I suspect that's what's happened here.
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TtfnJohn (profile), 9 Feb 2012 @ 6:07pm

Re: Re: Grow up!
They're not. but the real world variety are held up to ridicule which often sails a yard or two over their heads. The same thing happens here as trolls often don't get the ridicule aimed at them. It flies a few yards over their skulls.
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The Devil's Coachman (profile), 9 Feb 2012 @ 6:48pm

Re: Re: Re: I wonder
Like someone else we could mention, but won't?
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vancedecker (profile), 9 Feb 2012 @ 7:24pm

Re: Re: Re: Grow up!
Actually I meant to say 'why should Internet trolls be any less respected' than real world trolls like Sarah...

Sarah is making millions, while this guy is being hunted down like he is some sort of child predator...
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G Thompson (profile), 9 Feb 2012 @ 8:56pm

Re: Re: Re:
Short sweet contextual and controversial....

+10000 Trolling points to you Sir
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G Thompson (profile), 9 Feb 2012 @ 9:03pm

Re: Troll Study
John Suler, Ph.D. did one ages ago after studying the Palace, http://users.rider.edu/~suler/psycyber/psycyber.html that has in part 2 all about individual behaviour online.

There have been a lot of others specifically about Trolling though mostly 5-10yrs old now. They are still relevant, though places like Facebook being not as group interactive as older places like "The Palace", Geocities, Biancas, or "The Well" et.al are a lot different for troll-like behaviour since the troll really gets a different style of feedback nowadays
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kurisu7885, 10 Feb 2012 @ 3:13am

You know, i think the main character in Saints Row: The Third said it best

"In real life you're just a bitch with a keyboard."

The only reason they say a quarter of what they is no one has figured out how to punch their noses in through the internet yet.

Get them in real life and they would back off real quick.
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Anonymous Coward, 10 Feb 2012 @ 5:57am

Just lie about it not being you. If a reporter comes up to you and says "Are you blah-blah-blah on Facebook who said yakkity-yakkity" just act surprised, demand to see the "evidence" and scream that your account was cracked. It isn't like there isn't a ton of info on the net on how to do it, and it'd be completely possible.
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Meh, 10 Feb 2012 @ 8:35am

Sounds like a dr.Jackel and mr.Hide personality disorder, he can't stand straight for even two seconds and answer a few simple questions. I don't think he's a troll trolls are most unorganized and spam to put down someone on the spot, he has motives and targets dead people and is thus a complete douche bag.
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Dave, 10 Feb 2012 @ 12:01pm

Thick or what?
Er.....doesn't seem to rate too highly in the intelligence department, does he?
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vancedecker (profile), 10 Feb 2012 @ 2:11pm

Re: Re: Re: Re:
you're welcome.

I'm glad some people still appreciate art when they see it.
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Anonymous, 30 May 2012 @ 3:57pm

Re: Re: Don't feed the troll
Do you have any idea how hypocritical you sound?

I say to hell with free speech if you're going to misuse it. If people aren't careful not to fuck with other people online or offline, they deserve to have their asses ahnded to them.
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Screw trolls, 30 May 2012 @ 4:01pm

Re:
You backstabbing hypocrite. You actually think that trolls can always be ignored? Think again.

There are trolls are who so disruptive that they deserve to be banned. Hell, they spam so much that no one can take it naymore. Therefore, you should be faulting trolls instead of people who can't ignore them.

I mean, suppose there are trolsl who make good on their threats. What if you're one fo thsoe victims who gets antagonized by trolls in real life?

You should be ashamed of what you typed 'cause it sounds like you want to side with trolls. For that, you oughtta get hanged.
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anonymous, 30 May 2012 @ 4:03pm

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: This isn't good news
That sounds self-righteous to me. If you misuse freedom, don't bother having it.

To have freedom, you have to use it responsibly and appropriately.
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anonymous, 30 May 2012 @ 4:07pm

Re: Grow up!
why don't you grow up, you insensitive dickhead. that sticks and stones phrase is a load of crap. accepting abuse if for spineless weaklings.

it seems to me that what you're doing is expecting others to be unemotional and unquestioning robots. well, how woudl you like it other people do that to you?

think about i'm telling you.
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your mother isnt worth touching, 12 Oct 2012 @ 6:49am

Re: Re:
are you inbread?
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guest, 13 Jan 2013 @ 7:44pm

Re: Re: Don't feed the troll
what a hypocrite you must be. trolls don't deserve to be online for all the stupid stuff they put online.

you think that's alright to be a jerk to everyone online? you might get your ass handed to you.

laws deserve to be made and used on people who are dickheads to others. didn't your teach you that if you can't say something nice, you shouldn't say anything at all? it's sad that not many people seem to know that nowadays.

i mean, what i someone's threatening you online? that person deserves to be sent to jail. and the ones who tell trolled victims to grow some balls are the ones who need to grow balls. same thing goes for trolls.

if trolls don't like stuff being said to them, then they shouldn't say it online.
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guest, 13 Jan 2013 @ 7:46pm

Re: Re: Re: Don't feed the troll
you think that trolling's fun? then how about you get the shit beaten outta you in real life for being a dickhead? you won't think that trolling's fun if one, more, or all of your victims find out that you've been sending crap to them online.
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guest, 13 Jan 2013 @ 7:49pm

Re: Troll Hunting
you're a real liar, asshat.
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Tom Forrest, 1 Apr 2013 @ 8:48pm

You are a Troll, let's dissect your sick brain.
Hello Anonymous Coward,

You are one of the worst Internet trolls I have ever seen.
Maybe someday someone will figure out a good way to fix your wagon. Yes like I read you say, you are an asshole, the sick part of it is that you are proud of it.

You think you are so clever, when in fact you are a worthless piece of shit.

Why are you pretending you are not a troll?
Does that make you feel better about your prevented sick existence?

By the way you are wrong about WWII, the Germans were winning and if the USA did not come into WWII we would all be writing in German now.

Trolls like you should learn what they are talking about.

How many people do you think would like to see you in jail?

I bet many hundreds of people wish you were in jail.
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Tom Forrest, 1 Apr 2013 @ 9:16pm

Re: You are a Troll, let's dissect your sick brain.
Hello Anonymous Coward (aka piece of shit troll),

I know it is debatable about WWII and some experts do agree with you that the tide had turned to the Allied Forces, however I talked with people that were in WWII and they said it could have gone either way.
I mean how does one know exactly when you go from losing to winning?
It is not binary, and for sure if the USA did not enter the war many more lives would have been lost and the war would have continued longer. Also what if the nuclear bomb was not developed, then WWII would have lasted much longer, or what if the Axis powers would have developed the nuclear bomb first?

So I want you to see that I even treat sophisticated clever evil trolls like you fairly.

Just because you are full of shit and do not know what you are talking about most of the time, in this case there is merit to your arguments about WWII.
Also it helps me figure out where you may originally be from. I wonder if you are living in America?

I think you were not born in America, maybe you come from the UK?

Please do not misunderstand me, even though you are clever, I still think you are a worthless piece of shit and your threats of what you might do to me just make me laugh at you.

What are you going to do about that AssClown?
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Anon, 24 Apr 2013 @ 12:24pm

Re: You are a Troll, let's dissect your sick brain.
Do u even know what the hell ur talkin' about? U don't sound like a true anti-troll to me. U claimed that ur against trolls when u sound just like one urself. Oh, the irony.
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Anon, 24 Apr 2013 @ 12:28pm

Re: Re:
If u think that freaks an' murder can never be stopped, think again, u deluded and self-righteous asswipe. It sounds to me like u support freaks and murderers enough to let 'em run amok in this world. Well, I'm sick to fuckin' death of them enough to want 'em all gone forever.

If I own this world, I'd get rid of u an' all ur kind. It would fuckin' serve u an' them right, u shit head.
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Anon, 24 Apr 2013 @ 12:29pm

Re: Re: Don't feed the troll
Sadly, that's true. But I refuse to lack those things even though I'm not perfect.
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Anon, 24 Apr 2013 @ 12:35pm

Re: Congratulations......
No way should anyone ever deal with sociopaths. To do so is to allow them to do whatever they want even if it means harmin' and killin' others.

What if I'm sociopathic and can do whatever harm I want to u? Woudl u want to deal with me all ur life? If so, dont' blame me if I end put an end tou.
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Anon, 24 Apr 2013 @ 12:40pm

Re: Re: Troll Study
No argument there.
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nasch (profile), 24 Apr 2013 @ 2:51pm

Re: Re: Congratulations......
What if I'm sociopathic and can do whatever harm I want to u?

This isn't text messaging, you should learn how to use the word "you".
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Anon, 8 May 2013 @ 10:57pm

Re: Re: Re: Congratulations......
Yeah, you're right. I don't know what I was thinking when I misused u when I should have replaced it with "you." Thanks for telling me. And I'm NOT sarcastic. Instead, I'm honest.
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no one, 11 May 2013 @ 12:18am

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Don't feed the troll
if u think that's funny, think again, dumb ass.
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no one, 11 May 2013 @ 12:23am

Re: Re:
what a self-righteous and deluded lie that is. so what ur trying to type is that people whoa re antagonized should just let their enemies walk all over them. if so, that's utter and complete bullshit.

suppose i terrorize u all i want and order u not to defend urself. would u want 'n' like that. if so, don't be surprised once u end up dead.
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no one, 11 May 2013 @ 12:23am

Re: Re: Re:
i wish that i knew.
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no one, 11 May 2013 @ 12:25am

Re: Re: Grow up!
how right u are.
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guest, 8 Jul 2013 @ 1:01pm

Re: Re: Re: Don't feed the troll
dang it! i forgot to put "parents" between "didn't" and "your." sorry about that mistake.
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nobody, 8 Jul 2013 @ 1:05pm

Re: Re: Grow up!
Maybe for you. But not for me.
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nobody, 8 Jul 2013 @ 1:08pm

Re: Re: Troll Study
What a shame.
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JC, 16 Aug 2013 @ 11:17am

Re:
But trolls ARE the ones with the bad behaviour. How would YOU feel if it were done to you ?? you wouldn't stop going onto a website...trolls shouldn't be given in to.
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anon, 23 Aug 2013 @ 4:38pm

Re: Re: Re:
here's a piece of advice for you: spell correctly if you want to be understood.
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anon, 23 Aug 2013 @ 4:40pm

Re: Re:
i salute you for posting that, my fellow troll hater.
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Mary, 10 Oct 2014 @ 4:12am

trolling confrontation
how can someone hurt someone they've never met! What a joke! What if he had beat your ass for putting him on video or humiliating him in public especially when you ARE NOT related to the case? Wow! People need to stop being out there telling others how to feel about races either! Mind your own business!!!
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apgwilym83, 4 Nov 2014 @ 5:34am

troll tracking
I honestly think this is a great idea to do - track down people who have no backbone and confront them.

When people brush it off as a "tiny bit of criticism" and "just a few words" it's often much more vile trolling like the lady who had some troll sending her pictures of her dead son hanging himself! I think the sort of person who does that deserves to be tracked down and confronted. If that happened to one of my family members, I wouldn't be able to just brush it off and we all know the police don't bother these days.
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Anonymous, 17 Dec 2014 @ 5:38pm

Re: troll tracking
That's something I mostly like to read from you. Anyone who puts up with trolling is just encouraging them to be jerks. Therefore, they should be hunted to extinction.
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Anonymous, 17 Dec 2014 @ 5:40pm

Re: trolling confrontation
Why don't you mind your own business instead, you insensitive dick?! If you keep being an asshole to many people, they'll likely hunt you down and kick the crap outta you!
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Anonymous, 17 Dec 2014 @ 5:44pm

Re: Troll Hunting
That's comin' from a guy who seems to support trolling. What if troll haters met trolls in real life and found out that they (the trolls) posted shit to them online? They (the anti-trolls) would beat their enemies to death.
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Anonymous, 17 Dec 2014 @ 5:45pm

Re: Troll Hunting
Says the guy who sounds like he supports trolls. If you like those dumb-asses so much, then you and them can fuck each other to death for all I care.
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Anonymous, 1 Mar 2015 @ 5:25pm

Re: troll tracking
I'm really sorry for what I replied to you. I thought that you were against trolled victims. But now that Is aw how wrong I was, I apologize.

To make up for you my nasty replies, I support you your anti-trolling attitude. Besides, I was victim of some trolls before and I hate it.
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Anonymous, 1 Mar 2015 @ 5:27pm

Re: troll tracking
Oh, I thought that you were Mary. My apologies.

I never posted anything bad to you. So there's no need for me to apologize. But if I did post nastily to you, I'd owe you an apology.
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Anonymous, 1 Mar 2015 @ 5:29pm

Re:
Do you have any idea what you just suggested? Lying for that reason is wrong. All it will do is get you into unnecessary trouble.

If you lie, you only do that for a really necessary reason.
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Anonymous, 1 Mar 2015 @ 5:34pm

Re: Re: Don't feed the troll
Sounds to me that you're an inconsiderate asswipe, you prick. If I'm you, I'd be more considerate to other people.
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anonymous, 2 Nov 2015 @ 6:56pm

Re: Re: Grow up!
whoops! i accidentally typed "is" as "if." my bad.
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guest, 26 May 2016 @ 7:25pm

Re: Re: Re: Don't feed the troll
oops. i accidentally typed the "if" between "what" and "someone's" as "i." my bad.
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troll hater, 23 Nov 2019 @ 7:29pm

Re: What about all the good things trolls do?
That's bullcrap. Trolls don't do anything good. All they do is fuck with innocent people. And so, they can blow their damn brains out for all I care.
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no name, 6 Aug 2020 @ 10:13pm

Re: Re: Re:
you're one too, hypocrite.
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