I would have answered the thread your post if there hadn't been a request for a yes or no answer.

Yes, most trolls look to see attention. Again, some times it is harmless...but other times it is disruptive. In some of the threads, a few known posters have crossed the line into being cyber bullies. Not having moderation and perhaps all of the angst our country is going through is the perfect storm for that.

Mistress Ayn,

Thank you for responding to my comment.

There is a troll on maxfisch.com/thehang who goes by the name "turdburglar".

At the least he has been frequently violating the rules there by posting about subjects other than the promotion of professional domination in their Lobby.

He frequently posts misogynistic, anti-domme, and even racist content. It is my belief that it is done intentionally invoke drama ( aka "trolling" ).

You can see for yourself by perusing her/his posting history

A number of people who read The Buzz and The Hang believe that "turdburglar" and "PresidentDJT" are the same person because they posted 2 identical threads here and there.


turburglar's threads:

$200

FedCoin


PresidentDJT's threads:

$200

FedCoin

It is possible that the two accounts belong to different people with one troll copycatting off another.

Given that I think a minimal response is preferred over a maximum response.

Please consider locking the $200 thread.

Your comment about the angst that our country is going through right now
really gets to the point. All the current political turmoil has released a lot of "reptilian ids" out there. They feel a certain license to spout off all the ugliness that they've been holding in until now.

It depends on how you define "harmless".

Shitposters are low value contributors. They're unlikely to offer anything meaningful to this community. That's not what they're interested in. So, giving them a space to shitpost isn't useful -- in fact, it enables them -- and it just wastes people's time and can make the higher quality posters feel uncomfortable and unwelcome.

Let's stop trying to be diplomatic about douchebags. Honestly. We're all adults here. Is it really too much to ask people to act like it? I mean, we're going to disagree. Sometimes passionately. That's okay. But I think we know the difference between that and Serial Douchebaggery.

Let's have a fun, interesting forum with people who are truly into talking about Dommes and kink and their fantasies and other sexy stuff, not one where people use us as an audience to get some negative attention.

I agree with your post. Well put. I would only add that a little levity here and there is a positive thing...as long as the intentions are good. As with everything else, it all comes down to intentions.

I agree.

The beginning of the downfall of MF was tolerating shit posting. The prodommes and other interesting conversationalists got disgusted and left.

It is probably a bigger threat to The Buzz today than it was to The Hang back in the day.

People have many alternative places to go.


Why should they scroll past juvenile postings when they can go to Twitter to have conversations with their clients and friends - minus the garbage?

Thank you.

Levity is of course welcome, but I would hope we could know the difference between good-natured humor and a shitpost.