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[quote=Anonymous]Your earlier post is basically the definition of concern trolling - the action or practice of disingenuously expressing concern about an issue in order to undermine or derail genuine discussion.  You are clearly here to make a point - you don’t like the program and you don’t believe that host families treat au pairs as members of their family. But you wrap your “concerns” up in a veil of “I love my host family.”  That is concern trolling.  Take a look:

“Concern trolling involves someone opposing an idea or viewpoint, yet acting like they’re an advocate for the cause. A concern troll offers undermining criticisms under the guise of concern. Their goal is to sabotage the cause being discussed, and to inspire doubt among group members.”

https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/concern-troll/

My point, that “The concern trolling on this forum is really something else,” really starts with the first post on this thread, which is basically a post baiting people into a discussion about some mass exodus of au pairs under the guise of concern. But your me multiple posts of faux adoration for your HF as a delivery mechanism for your central idea that host families do not treat APs as members of their families is concern trolling.

You didn’t come here to talk about the subject of the thread. You came to here appear interested in and an ally of the topic of the thread so you could vent your personal frustrations with your HF as “concerns” about the program, all wrapped up in a disingenuous package of “I love my HF.” That is concern trolling.

I suggest you talk to your host family. I bet they would love to connect with you. Or maybe they don’t. Regardless, here, the only support you will find for gripes wrapped up in sincerity is sock puppet support from nannies who wish there was no au pair program. That is not the path to happiness, just reinforcement of your own negativity by anonymous strangers. [/quote]

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