I swear these De Bunkers are either missionaries or PAID to disrupt.

Checked the ISP and name links... Mild Mannered Reporter is Super Polly / Super Troll... the same one who calls the forum... freeks... for starters. Mirroring the Norm/Y2K Pro/Vinnie angle.

They won't EVER give up!

Why? I wonder. And they "check in " with Decker.

Sheesh!

Diane

-- Anonymous, June 28, 1999

Answers

Do we HAVE to put up with this?

Groan.

-- Anonymous, June 28, 1999

Diane

Don't sweat the small stuff. MMR is at least minimally disruptive. There are worse things that people can do to distroy the forum than posting mild retoric. I actually see a place for that. It is just a topic to which forum members can respond.

Decker is his own problem as of today. I really think he shot his mouth off a bit to much. Always keep the moderators rules link handy if he trys it agian. That post of Dieters is just a classic. I howled while reading it :o)

-- Anonymous, June 28, 1999

The "trolls that can spell" have been getting bolder lately. I haven't seen this much trolling of this kind since late January.

Two quick examples...look at these two recent threads:

Any reports posted on Virginia meeting?
http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=000zbJ

What is the "exit strategy?"
http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=00102V

I thought Hardliner's reply on the "exit strategy" thread was to the point.

-- Anonymous, June 29, 1999

Thanks,

I can't keep up with everything!

Dieter was in rare form today! Dare we hope this is the troll death throws? Not.

Diane

Decker classic...

New forum posting guidelines

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 0010XT

-- Anonymous, June 29, 1999

Actually,

What I DO notice is, ever since c4i, there have been an "amazing" number of new names posting. Now that could be some *old* posters changing identities, for a myarid number of reasons... or?

Perhaps the Forum has "attracted" some new attention.

Shift Happens. Trolls & Pollys Morph.

*Sigh*

Diane

-- Anonymous, June 29, 1999

Was the person who started the following thread serious, or were they looking to see what kind of reaction they would get? Hard to say...

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=0011Cj

"Banking Industry: Big Trouble"

-- Anonymous, June 30, 1999

Diane,

I know what you mean when you say you've noticed a lot of new names on TB2000. Fox example, "y2kbiker" and "Jim Smith" on the following thread...

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=0011Cu

"Got any tuna recipes ?"

-- Anonymous, June 30, 1999

And now Anita Spooner--justme (finally@home.com)--a De Bunker troll is giving moderating advice.

Dear Diane

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 0011EN

Asked by justme (finally@home.com) from 153.36.240.134 on June 29, 1999.
Postings from 153.36.240.134 in the TimeBomb 2000 (Y2000) forum
Doing a reverse DNS now: 153.36.240.134 maps to ... 1Cust134.tnt14.dfw5.da.uu.net

Answered by Anita (spoonera@msn.com) from 153.36.182.195 on June 29, 1999.
Postings from 153.36.182.195 in the TimeBomb 2000 (Y2000) forum
Doing a reverse DNS now: 153.36.182.195 maps to ... 2Cust67.tnt1.dfw5.da.uu.net

*Sigh*

I know, Patrick... Diane... TAKE THE DAY OFF!

-- Anonymous, June 30, 1999

It turns out the thread "Banking Industry: Big Trouble" was by trolls...

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=0011Cj

Someone pointed out that if you take the first letter of each word, it spells out P-a-u-l M-i-l-n-e i-s a b-i-g f-a-t w-e-e-n-i-e.

-- Anonymous, June 30, 1999

Looks like they'll just try to get more and more creative. Or not.

*Big Sigh*

-- Anonymous, June 30, 1999