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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]"Should dh go on a trip" has the appearance of a troll.  The story kept changing as posters questioned the OP's information. No response since last night when folks started to question the veracity of the post. [/quote]

I think you are correct that the original poster of that thread is trolling. That poster is also the author of a few other controversial threads and the details offered in the various threads are inconsistent. 
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Jeff, DCUM users are very good at smelling a proverbial rat. I will continue to report suspected trolling but I'm not going to censor myself from mentioning when I see an obvious troll post. People get upset, share details, and I think it generally contributes to a crappier site. Not scientific, but in my experience nearly all of the times I've suspected troll enough to say it, (and usually this is from truly inconsistent info, or a slightly changed attitude that doesn't seem like a change of heart so much as a recasting of the situation to get more sympathy or to be more provocative) I call it out. I really appreciate when other people do. There are certainly threads where one or two posters cry troll simply when they disagree with someone or when the opinion shared seems unlikely, but most are pretty judicious about the troll calls. Why would anyone want to change this effective self-policing? If "you're a troll" calls are annoying, they can be ignored as easily or easier than the troll posts themselves. [/quote]

Good lord.  PP, it seems as if you spend more time on DCUM than Jeff - and it's his job.  This is not a criticism of him, but just a suggestion that you get a life.  At a minimum, a hobby or two - preferably one that doesn't involve reading anonymous posts and drawing your extensive knowledge of posting histories to "police" this forum.  It's a big world out there.  Some human contact would do you good - you appear to be WAY to invested in DCUM.  [/quote]

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