We’ve got a deranged person who is using proxies, fake emails etc. to bomb our site with the products of his paranoia. He’s clearly getting a lot of gratification out of being deleted for “censorship” and coming back with a new sock-puppet ID within a day or less. And he has escalated to making viol…

[image] DrBB: My own philosophy is that engagement is better than high-tech warfare I think this is a very good philosophy, very much aligns with mine. One option you could consider here is PMing this user and asking for a phone call, depending on how much of your public profile is online you…

[image] sam: PMing this user and asking for a phone call A troll :thinking: maybe use the google voice app :wink: would be daring no doubt :+1:

[image] sam: It is easy to be angry at words on a page, but once there is a face and a voice it can be much more difficult to hold a grudge. Totally agree and I have much experience of this in my day job. We tend to assume we should let systems mediate for us at a distance just because, well,…

[image] sam: It is easy to be angry at words on a page, but once there is a face and a voice it can be much more difficult to hold a grudge. We once did this with a community member who would swing between being very helpful and particularly difficult. We scheduled a call (I took it with a co…

[image] anon48433008: I’m at a level where half my replies never make it to the screen, I write them, then ask if its right I do the same here. After writing a reply, I read what I’ve written, change it, re-read it, and more often than not will abandon the reply until a few hours later after …

[image] JimPas: After writing a reply, I read what I’ve written Well then thank you Sir I all the more appreciate your reply and recognize you took the time to write, reread and ultimately hit the reply button, [image] bartv: This completely solved the issue and turned her into a loyal s…

[image] bartv: Much to our surprise we learned that she used medication against depression and paranoia Yes, very similar—our guy is struggling with bipolar disorder along with T1, and being unable to afford or get access to meds is at the center of the whole mess. It’s all kind of ironic and…

Sorry, I never meant to derail the topic. This thread has become surprisingly positive. It makes me feel happy. :relieved: Back on topic though, sorry. :slightly_smiling_face: [image] DrBB: We’re hoping the member he has a level of trust with can get through to him. Keep us updated wheneve…

Okay folks just something I recently became aware of that I rhought I would share. Disposable Email accounts site. ✉ Guerrilla Mail - Disposable Temporary E-Mail Address Don't want to give them your real email? Use a temporary email. No registration, lasts 60 mins. Protection from Spa…

[image] Heliosurge: Please share if you find similar services. Not exactly the same, as this is more about spamming than trolling. But we’ve seen a recent trend toward using real human beings to infiltrate sites and build trust levels before posting links to promote their products. Had a rece…

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There are thousands of such sites. I’m sure that there are curated lists of them available. This isn’t the best place to track them.

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