The chat is full of trolls

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I’m a listener and today I’m only getting trolled. I don’t know if this usually happens, but it never happened to me at least, this is the first time.
I think these people are being really insensitive and not taking in consideration those who actually need help and may be waiting to vent. There’s even people suffering from mental disorders or suicidal that want to vent and then there’s this idiotic people that find that’s funny to troll people that are willing to help others who actually need help. I just hope there isn’t any of these trolls pretending to be a listener… If there is, and if you’re reading this, please stop, you don’t know how your words may affect the person you’re talking to.
Anyway, I don’t know if there’s anything we can do to stop this…

Category: asked November 29, 2014

6 Answers

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This is a downside to the website getting more popular. Sadly, all we can do is report them and hopefully it takes the fun out of it for them.
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Unfortunately some trolls are also on the listener side. I usually go in as a listener, but on occasions I also go as a venter. One time there was someone telling me that if I was a guy that I had to stop being a baby and had to toughen up and stuff like that which I'm not going to repeat here. When he figured out I was a girl, he began to hit on me. Of course I reported that person. It's a shame that trolls go into the vent/listen chat.
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've noticed more trolls lately too. I just don't give them the satisfaction of an errant response I'll just continue to ask what I can help them with. It seems to annoy them enough they disconnect haha
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I'm normally a listener but I was feeling quite horrible a few weeks ago. I tried venting but as you said, there were trolls all over the chat. Good thing was I could divert my mind from what they said .-. I guess trolls are just something you'll never truly be rid of. I do make sure to report them though.
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That is one John Wesley Harding. He was a registered user until a few days ago. Typically he would give decent, moral advice to people but he had...moods...where he suddenly became wildly irrational and would spout all kinds of hateful and inappropriate language.

He has been slamming the website with several kinds of attacks since his abusive behavior crossed a line and got him banned. Now he is taking his revenge in whatever way he can. The anonymous chat is frequently hit by sick and hateful trolls looking to do whatever damage possible, so report and move on, and do not take the words of a troll seriously.

When encountering a troll in the anonymous chat, write down their 24-hour random name and post it publicly in the What's New feed with the header "Troll Report" so that other users can identify and report the troll as well. 3 reports bans that user.
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I got a couple of tolls today as well. I just reported them and went on to the next person.