Why do people troll so much on this website?
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Anonymous
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Not 100% sure if this belongs in General Parenting, but:
Why are there so many trolls on DC Urban Moms? Like, of all the websites . . . why this one? How do they even find out about it? It's literally just a parenting forum! Signed, someone whose thread is getting trolled for the millionth time and is sick of it! lol 
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Anonymous
| Do you mean just this particular forum or DCUM in general? Many of us click on Recent Topics and get a variety of topics rather than going to specific forums. If you have a title that is intriguing, you're going to get trolls who have nothing to do with the specific forum. At least that's what I think happens. |
Anonymous
| Why do you start so many threads? That seems like suspicious behavior to start. |
Anonymous
| People get bored and they want to see what kind of reaction they'll get. Maybe they saw a post on Reddit or similar. Maybe they are embellishing on something that did happen (like the one where her kid cried because 2 mean girls went by their house and gestured at her). I think people think it's funny to get other people riled up over something so they have to make it a bit over the top. |
Anonymous
| What's your post OP? I had a friend claiming she was being "trolled' because so many people disagreed with her and found her over the top ..that's not trolling. |
Anonymous
This. It depends on what OP’s definition of trolling is… |
Anonymous
| Because you can post anonymously |
Anonymous
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This past week, it's been much worse than usual, maybe because the prolific troll is a bored teen who is done with school. Usually it's not that bad. |
Anonymous
| Through the years I've been accused of trolling when posting real life situations. I've also identified with posts by other people who get accused of trolling. I have read a post I could have written verbatim and its followed with a slew of "troll" responses. I suspect there are many troll posts that get taken seriously and serious posts labeled as trolls. |
Anonymous
| People will call you a troll when they don’t agree with you or can’t handle criticisms. That is not trolling. |
Anonymous
| Use the “report” button if a post is offensive, off topic, duplicate thread, or such like. The site does a reasonable job of cleaning up hat kind of stuff. |
Anonymous
| Karen’s bickering ad nauseum is not trolling |