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[INDIANA BONES]

I had a post regarding clothing organization of which many people were of great assistance.   I than had someone make reference to me as a troll.  Having no idea why I would be a troll as I am a huge guy, I researched it after this kept eating at me.

In Internet slang, a troll (/ˈtroʊl/, /ˈtrɒl/) is a person who sows discord on the Internet by starting arguments or upsetting people, by posting inflammatory,[1]extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community (such as a newsgroup, forum, chat room, or blog) with the deliberate intent of provoking readers into an emotional response[2] or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion,[3] often for their own amusement.

This sense of the word "troll" and its associated verb trolling are associated with Internet discourse, but have been used more widely. Media attention in recent years has equated trolling with online harassment. For example, mass media has used troll to describe "a person who defaces Internet tribute sites with the aim of causing grief to families."[4][5] In addition, depictions of trolling have been included in popular fictional works such as the HBO television program The Newsroom, in which a main character encounters harassing individuals online and tries to infiltrate their circles by posting negative sexual comments himself.[6][7]

Why on earth would any one be so rude to make such a comment about some one they have never met, have no idea of their morals or beliefs, etc.   Call me grouchy because my pain meds are wearing off and I  am bored,  If one of my daughters acted like this, I would take her car for her life.   No wonder we are at war all over the world, when people  are disrespectful to others here on this forum.  All I have to say to the rude person is may you learn to love yourself so you do not hurt the feelings of others on purpose (not that I am hurt, just confused as to why people can be so rude. 

Call me a grouch today.

[Preds]

@INDIANA BONES ... Welcome Mr. Troll.  LOL  We can be rude at times but so is life.  Maybe you organizing hit a nerve for some.  I've been grumpy today trying to put up Christmas while DH was talking about cleaning out the attic, getting new sweaters, doing this and doing that.  Oh please just let me get thru this.  

Stand your ground with this bunch and you'll be fine.

[KingstonsMom]

OP, miserable people try to make others as miserable as they are. Ignore those.

[INDIANA BONES]

@ IG   

Thank you very much for your kind comment.  I am guessing this goes on often if one can research it on line and tons of results come up regarding forums.    SAD

[CatLoverDogsToo]

My opinion of the nasty folks is:  Hurting people hurt people. Ignore their comments. Perhaps feel a little sorry for them as they must have "issues" we cannot know about. 

[Moonchilde]

Honestly - no insult intended, but you must be pretty new to online forums if (1) you had to look up the meaning of the word troll, and (2) you were shocked and offended at the accusation.

Rudeness abounds on any and all internet forums. There are people who get their entertainment and their sense of self-worth from posting needlessly rude comments. They have always done this and always will do it.

You either ignore them or meet them toe-to-toe; most forum participants do a combination of both. But you either learn to live with it or stop participating in forums - not just this one, they are all the same; many worse. The only alternative is a very strictly moderated forum that is as helpful as toast.

[TuesdayTaylor]

I'm sorry that happened to you, Moroco!  That's the problem with anonymous message boards, people feel free to be rude.  On anonymous message boards there are women pretending to be men, men pretending to be women, people with multiple screen names, sometimes having "feuds" between their own multiple screen names, people lying about their age, occupation, financial status, location, health, etc...  You have to take everything you read with a grain of salt.  And try not to take anything personally, althought I know that's easier said than done!  Try to ignore the bullies.  Sending you a hug! 

[INDIANA BONES]

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@Cat Lover Dogs too wrote:

My opinion of the nasty folks is:  Hurting people hurt people. Ignore their comments. Perhaps feel a little sorry for them as they must have "issues" we cannot know about. 

@Cat Lover Dogs 

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Wisely stated that those that hurt others should be felt sorry for.  Normal people can disagree on an adult level.  We will never all agree on the same subjects.   

[chickenbutt]

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moonchilde wrote:

Honestly - no insult intended, but you must be pretty new to online forums if (1) you had to look up the meaning of the word troll, and (2) you were shocked and offended at the accusation.

Rudeness abounds on any and all internet forums. There are people who get their entertainment and their sense of self-worth from posting needlessly rude comments. They have always done this and always will do it.

You either ignore them or meet them toe-to-toe; most forum participants do a combination of both. But you either learn to live with it or stop participating in forums - not just this one, they are all the same; many worse. The only alternative is a very strictly moderated forum that is as helpful as toast.

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This is very true.   Fortunately, the percentage of the population of rude people, or those who never have anything nice to say about anything or anybody is pretty small here.   I find them easy to ignore.

There is no point to showing them your outrage or being hurt by them. That's what fuels people like that because they truly don't know how to feel good about themselves without trying to tear somebody else down.

Just remember - it's them, not you.   You don't need to give any weight to trolling and, in fact, just letting it hang there without comment is the best way to not give it what it wants.

[Desertdi]

A shopping network board, largely populated by female shoppers,  is probably not a good place to ask advice (complain) about your partner's bad habits.    Surely you expected some flak.