Trolls
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| Sun, 11-25-2007 - 4:51pm |
Have you ever been on a message board where there's a "troll" - someone pretending to be someone they're not? I have - several years ago on another board - for moms of kids my DS's age. In that case, the "mom" posting had an improbably sad story, nothing ever went right, every horrible thing that could happen, happened to her. Each post she'd give out a little information, and kept people posting back to her time and again. Some folks even emailed her "off the board" and got very attached. In the end, the majority of posters came to believe she was a fake - it caused great division among board members - some folks actually tried to find her IRL and failed.
We spend so much time talking about how to keep our kids safe on the Internet, that we forget it's new to us, too. So, be wary of people whose stories don't ring true. We've got a great group here, but it wouldn't be hard for someone to fake us out.


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LOL this was funny :)
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Parents of Sexually Active Teens Board
OK, I know that we all say we're laughing out loud...but I really did...and Gracie came and asked what I was giggling at.
Oh, Julie, I had one of those days at work today - if I were a drinkin' woman, I'd have downed a case of the brewski by now.
Grrrr... The Vikings couldn't take a middle school second string down. Got to hand it to Wisconsinites to put a winning team in the middle of nowhere (have you actually *seen* Green Bay??
Hey now!!!!!
WOW ladies! I leave the board for a few hours and this thread just explodes! Holy
well you see what happens if i do
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