Can you delete my thread?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do you know it's a troll and not multiple people from the same household? Or you know they are posting from the same device?

That's a good question. Maybe the dating questions are one of the teens posting. And the pregnant post was the step-mom?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My sister was being cheated on and I posted as her. I needed ideas for certain problems for which she was asking advice. I knew if I posted as myself, I'd get a bunch of MYOBs. Posting as her (in more than a couple situations) I was able to give her solid advice on how to proceed.

I posted as my daughter with a career issue. I knew there was no way she'd come to my "mommy board" for help, so posting it myself, getting a bunch of great advice, then forwarding her the link to use or not to use was priceless.

I'll occasionally post as a DP on my own OPs just to clarify my position without being accused of "changing the story".

Frankly, while there are a multitude of helpful people here, there are more people who project, assume they know the intimate details and motivation, or are just plain a-holes. There are plenty of reasons for posting as someone else that don't make you a troll.

That is sock-puppeting.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:My sister was being cheated on and I posted as her. I needed ideas for certain problems for which she was asking advice. I knew if I posted as myself, I'd get a bunch of MYOBs. Posting as her (in more than a couple situations) I was able to give her solid advice on how to proceed.

I posted as my daughter with a career issue. I knew there was no way she'd come to my "mommy board" for help, so posting it myself, getting a bunch of great advice, then forwarding her the link to use or not to use was priceless.

I'll occasionally post as a DP on my own OPs just to clarify my position without being accused of "changing the story".

Frankly, while there are a multitude of helpful people here, there are more people who project, assume they know the intimate details and motivation, or are just plain a-holes. There are plenty of reasons for posting as someone else that don't make you a troll.

You should have clarified that you are not the OP of this thread (the troll). I don't agree with your justifications for adopting fake identities. Why would you expect honest advice when you are not honest yourself? The fact that so many posters are faking things -- and even justifying it -- leads to more suspicion and more troll callers. That just makes the forum less useful for everyone. If you can't handle an anonymous poster telling you to MYOB, I'm not sure how you manage to use this forum at all. If such posts are really so difficult for you, just report them.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do you know it's a troll and not multiple people from the same household? Or you know they are posting from the same device?

That's a good question. Maybe the dating questions are one of the teens posting. And the pregnant post was the step-mom?

You folks could really make things easier if you bothered to read the thread. The OP admits to posting the threads and thinks that I shouldn't care because it increases traffic to the website.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My sister was being cheated on and I posted as her. I needed ideas for certain problems for which she was asking advice. I knew if I posted as myself, I'd get a bunch of MYOBs. Posting as her (in more than a couple situations) I was able to give her solid advice on how to proceed.

I posted as my daughter with a career issue. I knew there was no way she'd come to my "mommy board" for help, so posting it myself, getting a bunch of great advice, then forwarding her the link to use or not to use was priceless.

I'll occasionally post as a DP on my own OPs just to clarify my position without being accused of "changing the story".

Frankly, while there are a multitude of helpful people here, there are more people who project, assume they know the intimate details and motivation, or are just plain a-holes. There are plenty of reasons for posting as someone else that don't make you a troll.

You should have clarified that you are not the OP of this thread (the troll). I don't agree with your justifications for adopting fake identities. Why would you expect honest advice when you are not honest yourself? The fact that so many posters are faking things -- and even justifying it -- leads to more suspicion and more troll callers. That just makes the forum less useful for everyone. If you can't handle an anonymous poster telling you to MYOB, I'm not sure how you manage to use this forum at all. If such posts are really so difficult for you, just report them.

I respect your opinion, but disagree. Too many threads become derailed on insignificant matters just because people want to be witty, or snarky or plain hateful. I agree it might be skewing the results or directing where the answers go, but in some cases that doesn't matter as much as just getting some fresh ideas.

[Anonymous]

I am now speculating about a bunch of other threads, like the irritating mysterious autoimmune disease poster. I'm going to keep wondering if half of the threads I read are part of her "oeuvre"!

I'm also wondering if this is the same person who, a few years ago, claimed to be a young woman doing "sociological" research through her posts. Clearly, I spend too much time on DCUM...

[Anonymous]

If she's started 80+ threads, most of which are troll ones, are you banning her?

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:The troll OP has started at least 84 threads that I can identify. I don't want to take the time to list all of them, but here are a few of the recent ones:

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/797177.page
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/797008.page
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/796979.page
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/794315.page (In this one she acts like a guy)
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/793757.page
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/793248.page
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/793122.page
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/792614.page
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/792258.page
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/792100.page
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/791865.page
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/791780.page

Hmmm, I didn't read through all the threads and I agree, a lot of these are trolly. But others just seem to be asking for opinions. Maybe OP is genuinely curious and bored?

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:If she's started 80+ threads, most of which are troll ones, are you banning her?

It is very difficult to ban someone these days given the number of devices most people have access to and different places from which they can post, but I'll do what I can.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My sister was being cheated on and I posted as her. I needed ideas for certain problems for which she was asking advice. I knew if I posted as myself, I'd get a bunch of MYOBs. Posting as her (in more than a couple situations) I was able to give her solid advice on how to proceed.

I posted as my daughter with a career issue. I knew there was no way she'd come to my "mommy board" for help, so posting it myself, getting a bunch of great advice, then forwarding her the link to use or not to use was priceless.

I'll occasionally post as a DP on my own OPs just to clarify my position without being accused of "changing the story".

Frankly, while there are a multitude of helpful people here, there are more people who project, assume they know the intimate details and motivation, or are just plain a-holes. There are plenty of reasons for posting as someone else that don't make you a troll.

You should have clarified that you are not the OP of this thread (the troll). I don't agree with your justifications for adopting fake identities. Why would you expect honest advice when you are not honest yourself? The fact that so many posters are faking things -- and even justifying it -- leads to more suspicion and more troll callers. That just makes the forum less useful for everyone. If you can't handle an anonymous poster telling you to MYOB, I'm not sure how you manage to use this forum at all. If such posts are really so difficult for you, just report them.

I respect your opinion, but disagree. Too many threads become derailed on insignificant matters just because people want to be witty, or snarky or plain hateful. I agree it might be skewing the results or directing where the answers go, but in some cases that doesn't matter as much as just getting some fresh ideas.

I am doubtful that your truthful threads get derailed but your fake threads -- in which you probably have inconsistencies and obvious discrepancies -- stay completely on topic. Please don't post fake threads. If your thread gets derailed, use the "report" button. The most common reason for threads to be derailed is the constant "I call troll" posts. You are actually creating a justification for such posts.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do you know it's a troll and not multiple people from the same household? Or you know they are posting from the same device?

That's a good question. Maybe the dating questions are one of the teens posting. And the pregnant post was the step-mom?

You folks could really make things easier if you bothered to read the thread. The OP admits to posting the threads and thinks that I shouldn't care because it increases traffic to the website.

I did read. OP never actually admitted posting all of the threads. She just got nasty. Maybe like a teen?

Are all posts from the same device? If they're all from one phone then it's likely one person. If they are from a mix of devices it could be multiple people. All from a single computer - most likely one person but could be multiple.

[Anonymous]

As the poster who last week speculated that there was someone in relationships trolling but asking for their threads to be deleted to cover their tracks I feel vindicated. Thanks Jeff for all you do!

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do you know it's a troll and not multiple people from the same household? Or you know they are posting from the same device?

That's a good question. Maybe the dating questions are one of the teens posting. And the pregnant post was the step-mom?

You folks could really make things easier if you bothered to read the thread. The OP admits to posting the threads and thinks that I shouldn't care because it increases traffic to the website.

I did read. OP never actually admitted posting all of the threads. She just got nasty. Maybe like a teen?

Are all posts from the same device? If they're all from one phone then it's likely one person. If they are from a mix of devices it could be multiple people. All from a single computer - most likely one person but could be multiple.

I wouldn't make an allegation that could alienate a valued user if I had any doubt about the accusation. While I cannot be 100% sure that all of the threads were started by a single poster, I am sure enough. I'm not going to explain why I am fairly certain because that only helps people to avoid being caught.

It is also very weird that so many posters are either defending or making excuses for this poster. If you folks like being trolled, I won't bother exposing them. Traffic will certainly go up and I'll make more money for less work.

[Anonymous]

OP, fairfaxunderground is calling....

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do you know it's a troll and not multiple people from the same household? Or you know they are posting from the same device?

That's a good question. Maybe the dating questions are one of the teens posting. And the pregnant post was the step-mom?

You folks could really make things easier if you bothered to read the thread. The OP admits to posting the threads and thinks that I shouldn't care because it increases traffic to the website.

I did read. OP never actually admitted posting all of the threads. She just got nasty. Maybe like a teen?

Are all posts from the same device? If they're all from one phone then it's likely one person. If they are from a mix of devices it could be multiple people. All from a single computer - most likely one person but could be multiple.

I wouldn't make an allegation that could alienate a valued user if I had any doubt about the accusation. While I cannot be 100% sure that all of the threads were started by a single poster, I am sure enough. I'm not going to explain why I am fairly certain because that only helps people to avoid being caught.

It is also very weird that so many posters are either defending or making excuses for this poster. If you folks like being trolled, I won't bother exposing them. Traffic will certainly go up and I'll make more money for less work.

It just doesn't seem like such a clean cut case of trolling to me. That's all. I don't care what you do to OP.

I'll go back and play with the trolls in Politics. Easier to identify those.