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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]The thing that concerns me, and why I gave the "cross examination" is that I think it's a freak or drama addict feeding on the emotions, stories, and reactions shared by others. I would bet a lot of money that the post is fake. While you want to give the benefit of the doubt to the OP, I want to err on the side of people sharing their stories and emotions with someone I really do believe is just fishing here. People get really emotionally invested in these stories. I think it's a sketchy post and I think with respect to these post, which seem aimed at eliciting "stories" or shared experiences that may include details, it's fair to be careful. I didn't buy the story from the beginning, but with every subsequent post, the OP upped the ante. And she's one of those posters who is like "oh, what should I do?" but people are saying "hey, consult a professional" and she's not taking the advice. She really doesn't seem to want advice, she just seems to want shared experiences which I think is super, super sketchy.

I say she, but I'm not at ALL sure this is a woman posting. [/quote]

I understand what you are saying, but the evidence I see simply doesn't support your theory. First of all, nobody spends months developing a posting history on a range of topics in order to eventually troll for stories about child molestation. A troll would simply show up and post because nobody but me knows his posting history. Second, in your view, the OP didn't take the advice to contact a professional. A second interpretation is that the poster was at work and didn't want to leave work in the middle of the day. She didn't post again after 3 pm. How can you be sure that she didn't contact professionals after 3? DCUM is not a one hour drama on NBC where everything is tidily wrapped up by the end of the show. As I said, she posted once at night from one computer, and then between roughly noon and 3 from a second computer. If she didn't see the response to her original post until noon, how quickly did you expect her to contact a professional? Would a three hour delay be too much in your view?  People keep saying that "I would do this or that" and are upset that the OP didn't react the way they would have. That's simplistic. People deal with things differently. Maybe you wouldn't post at night and then not check the thread again until noon the next day. Maybe a lot of people wouldn't. But, that's what the poster says she did and there is no reason to doubt that's the truth. Maybe you would have run from your office immediately after seeing the replies at noon. But, the poster didn't. She continued responding until 3. We don't know what happened after that.

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