Be careful with this. This could easily turn into a witch hunt of sorts. If someone messages you that so and so is a troll....unless you have proof......I"d just leave it be. The worst thing you can give a Troll...is attention.

No, not a witch hunt, trust me. I just know of a safe place where we can all be without trolls. For those that want the information they can message me because I am not going to put it up here.

Roast them slowly over a fire of not so hot coals? Read their own evil messages back to them endlessly via looped tape? Perhaps something to do with tent pegs, ropes, honey, and a fire ant nest?

It seems as though sometimes we tend to use the word Troll very loosely. A troll is not someone who disagrees with something or someone, but one who creates a profile in order to vengefully seek and destroy others. I too, say proceed with caution lest innocents are wounded.

So sorry but am I a dim wit, WHAT IS A TROLL? apart from bieng an ugly little gieng.

I understand Go blue, I am not against anyone who holds a opinion different than mine or others. What I am against is the blatant abuse that DS is allowing. A Troll is someone who builds an account simply for the purpose of 'stiring the pot', abusing others and causing fights and or general disention among the good people here.

I did notice that, go. I figure "troll" has been used to reference people who really aren't. But, even if you have an open "real" identity in your account doesn't mean you have the right to bee purposefully offensive. Divergent opinions, yes, for sure, but not meanness.

I'm sure 1mom3kids is very aware that she needs to make sure the person actually is a troll :) But when I see how bad some people feel because of them I cant say I want them around much longer, look at man18, he's be down allday because of some horrid comments. 1mom3kids, as long as you dont make a mistake on the arget, go for it!!!
For those who wonder what a troll is
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=troll

Well and just so everyone knows I don't message/hug or in any other way communicate with those that I concider trolls. I do my best not to smack talk anyone, esp trolls because they are simply seeking attention.

What I am trying to do though is get the word out about a safe place we can go to.

It is very hard to heal from depression when blatant abuse is running about.

It is sad. And those who are affected the most are the ones that are in extreme pain and very fragile. Back in the day, when we had a "troll" here, we would just message each other for an alert and then ignore it. Some people don't seem to be able to ignore. I really do wish something could be done. Good luck and be careful out there!

Will do Go, I appreciate your words. It is so hard for people to ignore the nasty messages sometimes. It is so sad how they bring people down. Many days I am able to ignore them when they are aimed at me but it gets to me when I see them attack my friends.

It's like when I was with my ex husband, I was fine (to a point) with him abusing me, but when he began to abuse our son I couldn't stand it and had to leave.

I enjoy the other communities I belong to and don't plan on leaving but since "I have people" with a better board I thought it would be nice to offer up to anyone a safe enviroment.

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i hate anyone that is intentually mean or nasty to others. saying that i think the best thing to do is ignore them. dont give them the attention they crave.

Post #3, Maridon, you were starting to worry me there buddy...(lol)

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