Trolls

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Registered: 12-14-2006
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.

Sue, mom to Leah and Seth


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Registered: 08-26-2007
In reply to: luv_l_and_s
Mon, 11-26-2007 - 6:52pm

LOL this was funny :)

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Registered: 03-06-2006
In reply to: luv_l_and_s
Mon, 11-26-2007 - 6:57pm
My, my Rose!

 

 

 

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Registered: 10-16-1999
In reply to: luv_l_and_s
Mon, 11-26-2007 - 7:15pm
Julie, it's all for that secret file the aliens are keeping on all of us... they really do have to know as much as they can so they can see which brains are worth using for their bizzare experiments! LOL
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Registered: 08-03-2003
In reply to: luv_l_and_s
Mon, 11-26-2007 - 7:17pm
The scary thing is that google is just one service that provides personal identifiable information from ones phone number.
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Registered: 08-26-2007
In reply to: luv_l_and_s
Mon, 11-26-2007 - 7:17pm

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.

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Registered: 10-16-1999
In reply to: luv_l_and_s
Mon, 11-26-2007 - 7:19pm

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.

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Registered: 11-13-2004
In reply to: luv_l_and_s
Mon, 11-26-2007 - 7:20pm

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??

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Registered: 10-16-1999
In reply to: luv_l_and_s
Mon, 11-26-2007 - 7:44pm

Hey now!!!!!

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Registered: 07-22-2003
In reply to: luv_l_and_s
Mon, 11-26-2007 - 8:03pm

WOW ladies! I leave the board for a few hours and this thread just explodes! Holy

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Registered: 10-31-2007
In reply to: luv_l_and_s
Mon, 11-26-2007 - 8:04pm

well you see what happens if i do




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