tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post942433551366045443..comments2023-10-24T14:51:45.756+02:00Comments on Bloggertropolis: TrollsStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-59342247208360657112015-06-28T08:36:23.006+02:002015-06-28T08:36:23.006+02:00Amanda: thank you, that's hugely appreciated.Amanda: thank you, that's hugely appreciated.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-40310692722738838642015-06-27T08:22:32.575+02:002015-06-27T08:22:32.575+02:00Steve - so sorry to hear about your dad. Thinking ...Steve - so sorry to hear about your dad. Thinking of you all.The Sagittarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05513045101496737031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-61046245005616583012015-05-05T08:45:28.748+02:002015-05-05T08:45:28.748+02:00Keith: thank you!Keith: thank you!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-87456245792389237622015-05-04T17:47:32.555+02:002015-05-04T17:47:32.555+02:00Ah, Steve. I wish you strength and equilibrium in ...Ah, Steve. I wish you strength and equilibrium in such time.<br /><br />We will still be here when you are ready.Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070505642533336362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-20731234406288931492015-05-03T08:26:28.942+02:002015-05-03T08:26:28.942+02:00Hi Keith, good to hear from you and nice to know I...Hi Keith, good to hear from you and nice to know I'm being missed. My father died just over a month ago and it's hit me for 6. I will be back soon though, that's a promise.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-80378976349601816182015-05-02T12:09:13.516+02:002015-05-02T12:09:13.516+02:00Ahem. May I, as self elected Spokesperson for your...Ahem. May I, as self elected Spokesperson for your devoted readers, hope your current radio silence is not permanent ?Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070505642533336362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-86977373947406690142015-04-27T11:50:36.661+02:002015-04-27T11:50:36.661+02:00Lady Mondegreen's Secret Garden: am discoverin...Lady Mondegreen's Secret Garden: am discovering the same thing myself...!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-19039147680950405592015-04-27T02:10:08.001+02:002015-04-27T02:10:08.001+02:00Working on a gorgeous day in my garden yesterday, ...Working on a gorgeous day in my garden yesterday, it occurred to me that I'd get more done there if I removed myself from the Internet...Lady Mondegreen's Secret Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07638813551209321151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-6931271008205237302015-04-16T08:25:52.866+02:002015-04-16T08:25:52.866+02:00Trish: there are people out there who are so despe...Trish: there are people out there who are so desperate to be offended and enraged that they will deliberately find cause in the most innocuous of posts.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-37641969857817692422015-04-12T19:42:29.133+02:002015-04-12T19:42:29.133+02:00I've only just read this post but, as always, ...I've only just read this post but, as always, you have put into word so eloquently what I am thinking. <br />I worry so much about trolling and I often wonder whether I sub-consciously keep my blog posts and column pieces free of contention so that I don't offend anyone. I don't think I could deal with the abuse. Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00119443727504215312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-9335884593841162762015-04-11T13:24:29.469+02:002015-04-11T13:24:29.469+02:00Kenneth: good idea - 'cos I'll only troll ...Kenneth: good idea - 'cos I'll only troll you till you do.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-50597549590749868922015-04-11T03:03:48.975+02:002015-04-11T03:03:48.975+02:00Quite true. Wonder if those trolls have specificat...Quite true. Wonder if those trolls have specifications for their bridge builders, like trap doors so the goats fall right into thier kitchen. I gotta add Steve to my blog roll!Dr. Kenneth Noisewaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06293248808640989299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-45538200743671994892015-04-10T21:47:19.559+02:002015-04-10T21:47:19.559+02:00Kenneth: indeed. But it begs the question - who ar...Kenneth: indeed. But it begs the question - who are the other 15%? The bridge builders or the goats?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-31743063511956557392015-04-10T20:48:01.779+02:002015-04-10T20:48:01.779+02:00I think 85% of the people who comment on stuff (ou...I think 85% of the people who comment on stuff (outside of blogger) are opinionated jerks, racists, sexists, psychos or all of the above. Trolls just so desperately want attention, lurking under their bridges posting those controversial comments . . . Dr. Kenneth Noisewaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06293248808640989299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-21069602168517415672015-04-08T08:41:11.753+02:002015-04-08T08:41:11.753+02:00Laura: there has definitely been a paradigm shift ...Laura: there has definitely been a paradigm shift in people's behaviour online over the last few years that has definitely not been for the better... the internet has always had dark corners but now that darkness seems to be spreading everywhere. It is depressing and soul destroying to witness.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-82222694402433486562015-04-07T23:41:51.805+02:002015-04-07T23:41:51.805+02:00I couldn't agree more Steve. Well said. Luckil...I couldn't agree more Steve. Well said. Luckily, touch wood, my own trolls have been few and far between and I try to refrain from being too outraged by anyone else's postings or opinions, not least as you'll never convince them through abuse! : - )<br />Have only had to block one individual from FB and delete a few blog messages over the years, albeit most of these have been spam rather than outright abuse.The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-88228497216712776892015-04-06T10:17:57.098+02:002015-04-06T10:17:57.098+02:00Wanderlust: they hung around our workplaces, venue...Wanderlust: they hung around our workplaces, venues and homes exercising their passive-aggression, they wrote anonymous letters to newspapers, wrote nasty graffiti on the walls, gossiped behind people's backs and many, many years ago threw stones and lynched people.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-9445115022334331232015-04-05T23:45:36.426+02:002015-04-05T23:45:36.426+02:00I've often wondered what trolls did before the...I've often wondered what trolls did before the advent of the internet and social media. Throw rocks from overpasses? Light things on fire in their mother's basement? Torture small animals? Really, where did they come from?Wanderlusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12099758957492165428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-10525199151831014722015-04-03T09:18:47.150+02:002015-04-03T09:18:47.150+02:00Barry: I could draw a face onto a paper bag if it ...Barry: I could draw a face onto a paper bag if it would help get you in the mood.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-51890782112715436802015-04-02T21:52:58.041+02:002015-04-02T21:52:58.041+02:00Who is this Katie Hopkins and why is she such a pr...Who is this Katie Hopkins and why is she such a problem? She's fucking ugly @KTHopkins and that my unalienable right to express my view.Marginaliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01175372147298306908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-60091292457724419662015-04-02T10:50:38.179+02:002015-04-02T10:50:38.179+02:00Keith: job done, then.
Suburbia: sadly not, no, I...Keith: job done, then.<br /><br />Suburbia: sadly not, no, I was otherwise engaged... however, as a latecomer/new convert to Minecraft I would have liked to have!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-37039050515626524562015-04-01T18:43:31.422+02:002015-04-01T18:43:31.422+02:00Did you listen to the radio 4 program about Minecr...Did you listen to the radio 4 program about Minecraft yesterday? It was great! And it seems it's not only adults taking pleasure in destroying others worlds.Suburbiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352465945711496612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-48748099010010953292015-04-01T16:51:36.354+02:002015-04-01T16:51:36.354+02:00Well said Sir. Couldn't agree more.
No need t...Well said Sir. Couldn't agree more.<br /><br />No need to say any more.Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070505642533336362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-7097791000473659042015-04-01T08:14:26.765+02:002015-04-01T08:14:26.765+02:00Nota Bene: and that is my biggest fear. We all los...Nota Bene: and that is my biggest fear. We all lose out because of the verbal outpourings of idiots, malcontents and "haters". <br /><br />Cherie: probably the most sensible response of all. Leave the haters locked in a room with only each other for company!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-58247638347859915932015-04-01T07:43:27.837+02:002015-04-01T07:43:27.837+02:00Steve,I gave up facebook because of the vile and e...Steve,I gave up facebook because of the vile and evil spoutings of a few people. I could open a new account in a different name but hey! you know what? I don't miss it. I must admit it took a few days to get over constantly checking but I have so many more hours in my day to do other things. I will stick with all my blog buddies. Cheriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01049568808770731003noreply@blogger.com