[abe3216]

How long does it take before a new member 1st Post is approved and available to the TOTV Community?

Your post is here and welcome.

[Campbell soup]

Welcome abe

[graciegirl]

Hi there and welcome. Your post is here for all the world to see. Tell us about yourself!

[KathieI]

Oh, I'm sorry, I'm LMAO..... I just went to write a very nice response post to our new friend Abe, and suddenly realized he's been BANNED already!!! Awww, Poor Abe, he was found out, probably was a troll, but our Tony found him out right away. I'm LMAO, SORRY ABE!! He wasn't welcome for very long.

[islandgal]

K - what happened?

[Keedy]

Alright!!! Three cheers for the moderators!!!!

[KathieI]

Originally Posted by islandgal

K - what happened?

Dunno, wiwi, and am very curious. If you find out, you let me know okay?

[Hawkwind]

Hummm green dot by the users name so he is still loged on. At least at 8:40 pm.

[graciegirl]

I don't know if I am just suspicious, but a couple new posters sound like ...trolls to me. I am trying to be gracious and welcoming so I don't get in trouble, but in the last couple of weeks some new posters just sound like they aren't really what they appear to be and kind of maybe looking to stir the pot.

Is it just me?

[KathieI]

Gee Gracie, your ahead of me on that. I haven't been paying much attention lately, too busy socializing here in SoHad but I will start checking things out more. I love mysteries..... and BTW you sure were welcoming and I was trying to be also, but alas I was too late!!

[kittylecroix]

What is a troll??

[chuckinca]

Per wikipedia:

Troll:
In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room or collaborative content community with the primary intent of provoking other users into an emotional or disciplinary response or to generally disrupt normal on-topic discussion.

Sock Puppet:
The term sock puppet refers to someone who is simultaneously registered under different pseudonyms on a particular message board or forum. The analogy of a sock puppet is of a puppeteer holding up both hands and supplying dialogue to both puppets simultaneously. A sock puppet will create multiple accounts over a period of time, using each user to debate or agree with each other on a forum. Sock puppets are usually found when an IP check is done on the accounts in a forum.

Flame:
To flame someone means to go off-topic and attack the person rather than their opinion. Likely candidates for flame wars are usually religion and socio-political topics, or topics that discuss pre-existing rivalries outside of the forum (eg: rivalry between games console systems, car manufacturers, nationalities, etc.)

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[kittylecroix]

Chuckinka,
Thanks for the info!

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by chuckinca

Per wikipedia:

Troll:
In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room or collaborative content community with the primary intent of provoking other users into an emotional or disciplinary response[1] or to generally disrupt normal on-topic discussion.

Sock Puppet:
The term sock puppet refers to someone who is simultaneously registered under different pseudonyms on a particular message board or forum. The analogy of a sock puppet is of a puppeteer holding up both hands and supplying dialogue to both puppets simultaneously. A sock puppet will create multiple accounts over a period of time, using each user to debate or agree with each other on a forum. Sock puppets are usually found when an IP check is done on the accounts in a forum.

Flame:
To flame someone means to go off-topic and attack the person rather than their opinion. Likely candidates for flame wars are usually religion and socio-political topics, or topics that discuss pre-existing rivalries outside of the forum (eg: rivalry between games console systems, car manufacturers, nationalities, etc.)

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Wow Chuck. Again you have educated me. I kinda knew what a troll was but never heard of a sock puppet or a flame. Now that I think of it I can see this happens........even here occasionally.