If you are an IMBD regular and you have come here seeking refuge from this latest troll storm, then welcome. You may know me as TOoP - the reposter of lost but not forgotten threads, or my IMDB "bump IDs": Cowbot_X (an identity that was recently attacked and all posts were wiped out) , GeorgeObliqueStrokeXR40, Boot_in_the_Fire, The_Bar_in_Signal, CrowJumpin, and a few more I have in reserve.
A long time ago, I was a semi-regular poster on IMDB under the name bjblakeslee, and it is under that name that I have quietly posted here at BetterMost since it was founded in the midst of the first destructive troll invasion at IMDB. And it is under my own name that I prefer to known at Bettermost.
If you are newly here from IMDB and your are feeling that you are at a party where you don't really know anyone, rest assured -- you may know more people here than you think!
TOoP / Bruce
Hi TOoP!
You do wonderful work (and I do mean work) over at IMDb.
I saw one of your posts from GeorgeObliqueStrokeXR40 signed TOoP the other day, but you caught it and changed it right away.
Got any clue how those bot programs work and any way they can be detected and disabled?
CB
Hi TOoP. You did marvellous work on the other Brokie board - even were kind enough to help me out with a reopost once as I didn't know how to do it.
This is essentially my first visit to this board. It's a bit confusing at the moment but I'm sure I can get the
hang of it. However, my heart is still with the old place, so I hope I can become what somebody has called "bibordial".
Although some members are reporting some headway in addressing this problem with admins and letting them know the enormity of the problem, the reality is that addressing it will be a slow process. SusieBell reports in a thread that she had been in contact with IMDB admins who had succeeded in disabling the accounts of the trolls who are bump-deleting threads, but the attack continues and perhaps the activity is now being carried out under new identities.
God - that brings back memories fighting the fight 15 months ago. You'd have thought the trolls would have got bored by now.. but I guess new ones just appear :(
But for every troll we have ophers who are really interested in BBM.. and thats a good thing!
I also have an account in IMDB but again like amanda use it rarely?
Do you guys know about the saved IMDB threads webpage we have? from about 15 months ago?
It sure does bring back memories, Kelda. Who could ever forget that awful Foxinator and Tigernator? :P
gha! yes I remeber them well..bloody trolls.
and sillysnake.
DannyThomas, thebeej, kaching, Al_Dente
by ClancyPantsNasty 3 minutes ago (Thu Apr 26 2007 13:26:54 )
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REPOST #19 DUE TO DELETION
DannyThomas, thebeej, kaching, Al_Dente
These are all one person and they have been doing a lot of the stealth bumping - a violation of the IMDb Terms of Service. Belindah and RickPacheco were in on it earlier tonight. This is all a part of the Haight_Male group. I will soon post a thread explaining just who this person is and why this person is a Brokie turned bad.
I have been in contact with the IMDb administration about this for about two weeks now. They told me that if we can capture their posts and send the relevant information on to them that they will disable all of the accounts that belong to this one person, ban this person’s IP address from IMDb, and will file a complaint with this person’s internet service provider.
I have now captured over 100 of this person’s violating posts -- 25 tonight alone. I have all of the relevant information. I will send it on to administration. First I am going to post the thread that explains who this person is and then I am going to give him/her a chance to PM me. Otherwise, in about 1 week I am going to send all of the information on. Hopefully his/her internet service provider will also cancel all of his/her accounts and services, but that’s up to them. IMDb has said that internet service providers have been cooperative.
I honestly cannot understand what drives a person to use his/her time to disrupt something just to hurt other people. It is truly pathetic.
I will repost this message as often as I have to as it will more than likely be deleted.
7LangtonA1
Re: DannyThomas, thebeej, kaching, Al_Dente
by ClancyPantsNasty 2 minutes ago (Thu Apr 26 2007 13:28:33 )
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by bad_ass_baybi (Wed Apr 25 2007 07:37:00 )
Well done. And Sandy_Beach as well? This is another 'Post deleted' alias of the same person I think.
by Frank_Z (Wed Apr 25 2007 07:42:28 )
Thank you for this work. I had been away awhile and it was puzzling at first to see all the [post deleted] bumps in rapid succession.
by ClancyPantsNasty (Wed Apr 25 2007 16:30:50 )
Good catch bad_ass_baybi!
There are at least three separate individuals who are currently doing all of the “no name” trollish activities here. The Haight_Male group is one. The PatCro group is another. The third I don’t want to talk about yet. But I will!! And there may be a fourth, but if I am right about the fourth one, it’s too disgusting. I really, really hope I am wrong about the fourth one.
by ClancyPantsNasty (Wed Apr 25 2007 16:32:27 )
It’s interesting that Haight_Male and PatCro are both on the board right now…
… and freeskate and kaching were here within the last hour…
… and the thread’s been deleted… how many times??
by littlewing1957 (Wed Apr 25 2007 10:08:11 )
Wow, Clancy, thanks for taking this on! Good work, as always!
by ClancyPantsNasty (Wed Apr 25 2007 16:35:39 )
Hi littlewing1957 --
No problem! If they want to play their little game... fine... I’ll play.
If they want to be a$$holes... fine... I can be an a$$hole too -- hell, I invented the word!
They just want to stir up trouble, be rude, and intentionally hurt people. I’m not going to let that go by unnoticed.
All they have to do is stop. I have never started anything with any of them. If they stop, I stop. It’s that simple.
by ClancyPantsNasty (Wed Apr 25 2007 16:37:15 )
It’s interesting that Belindah, DannyThomas, PatCro, Pepe_el_Romano, posterama, and LaPaloma all have been on the board in the last half hour…
… and the thread’s been deleted… how many times??
by ClancyPantsNasty (Wed Apr 25 2007 16:38:50 )
It’s interesting that, DannyThomas, PatCro, thebeej, and LaPaloma all have been on the board in the last hour…
… and the thread’s been deleted… how many times??
What are the odds??
by - ClancyPantsNasty (Thu Apr 26 2007 08:35:21)
This is a special bump for the following usernames:
thebeej
Sandy_Beach
kaching
DannyThomas
Al_Dente
MerryJoe_Moles
LaPaloma
Belindah
cheriberry
freeskate
jean-claude_pierre
(and three other names that I've already said I don't want to mention quite yet)
They were all here in a two hour space in the wee hours of this morning, bumping and deleting, bumping and deleting.
the beej decided to leave its evidence this time:
Re: Last Line
by thebeej 4 hours ago (Thu Apr 26 2007 02:59:33 )
bump
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388795/board/flat/71657285?d=72799749#72799749
And... PatCro and “another name” are here right now. And... my threads are disapparing... hmmm... a connection??
by niptuckonfx (Thu Apr 26 2007 09:31:11 )
lol seems like due to all the deletes this topic
has became yours ClancyPantsNasty ha ha ha just thought
I would post in that way you dont hafta do it all yourself
by PanteraRosa (Thu Apr 26 2007 09:52:50 )
Wow, even my post to you in this thread has been deleted now Clancy.
I wouldn’t have guessed my question: “Are they just trolling or are they zombies on a ‘phishing trip’ or a third option I don’t know about?” would be that threatening to ‘them’.
Keep up the good work ClancyPants!!
by niptuckonfx (Thu Apr 26 2007 09:59:50 )
“Are they just trolling or are they zombies on a ‘phishing trip’ or a third option I don’t know about?”
and that statement is Oscar worthy OMG lol I am really laughing
how a person can say something so funny thats goin down in my book
of “funny sh*t” lol BRAVO! PanteraRos
by Doug-Nasty (Thu Apr 26 2007 10:04:49 )
niptuckonfx: Yeah, it seems some people don’t like it when they are ‘caught- in-the-act’ of trying to cause trouble for others. It appears that they are suffering from an occlusion of the synaptic pathways resulting in any cerebral functions occurring in a somewhat less than efficacious manner.
What a meagre existence. Don’t these people, er, “trolls” have lives?
by garycottle (Thu Apr 26 2007 10:11:31 )
Doug! And you accused me of dropping five dollar words.
Go on and let them fly. I just love them, and I’ve got my dictionary right here.
by niptuckonfx (Thu Apr 26 2007 10:15:09 )
well I am keeping an eye on this topic
(not getting involved in the feud) because
I just know there will be alot of funny comments
let it all out guys lol ha ha ha =)
by Doug-Nasty (Thu Apr 26 2007 10:21:15 )
Gary: I’m gonna have to find some newer “five dollar” words/expressions, as I’ve used this one quite a few times lately. Hopefully this has helped everyone increase their word-power/vocabulary somewhat. As for the trolls, perhaps they should start at the beginning: “See Dick and Jane”....”See Spot run”.
Of course, in their pitiable state, even this may be far too advanced for them. LOL!
by TrollHammer 45 seconds ago (Thu Apr 26 2007 11:18:45 )
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REPOST of my post from last night in case you didn't see it before the thread got deleted...
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Re: DannyThomas, thebeej, kaching, Al_Dente
by TrollHammer (Thu Apr 26 2007 00:31:13)
Weirdly, tonight when I went to double check how many threads I had just bumped -- I lose count, and on any given day I don't like to bump too many or too few when I can help it -- my entire TrollHammer profile prior to tonight had been wiped. All my prior posts, I mean. Luckily not my other MonsterSmasher identities, but *piffle*. I wonder if there's some obscure indirect connection with this rash of stealth bumping and/or the steps necessary to combat said rash.
There's a couple of our regular -- non-stealth!! -- bumpers who, if I see they've bumped a thread before, I usually automatically rebump it when I get to it. I've seen clues that they may be doing me the same courtesy, but now all my "TrollHammer has opined, at least one time, that this thread is gooood" are *poof*. Rats! Plus if a thread has an annoying-sounding title but is actually a great thread, seeing 6 TrollHammer bumps (which at every-14-days is like 3-ish months running) is a quick guide that I didn't bump it by accident and don't have to keep eyeing it suspiciously every time I decide if I should bump it. Uh, is?? was! Double rats!!
My Clark-Kent-esque identity likewise hasn't been messed with, bless my lucky stars, but it's not high-activity enough to put itself in anyone's line of fire. (And you know who I am, Clancy, and know I'm not one of the baddies, neither in my Clark-ish form nor my Supes-ish form. Vouch for me if it comes up, 'kay bud?)
Anyhoo... Keep up the good fight against these disruptive jerks. Toodles, bud.
TrollHammer/OgreMaul/OgMallet/BruteSmasher/GrendelSledge
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by ClancyPantsNasty (Thu Apr 26 2007 11:25:39 )
Hi TrollHammer --
“My Clark-Kent-esque identity likewise hasn’t been messed with, bless my lucky stars, but it’s not high-activity enough to put itself in anyone’s line of fire. (And you know who I am, Clancy, and know I’m not one of the baddies, neither in my Clark-ish form nor my Supes-ish form. Vouch for me if it comes up, ‘kay bud?)”
Oh, cripes, yes! You are most definitely one of the good ones. A true Brokie. No doubt about it. I value your service here to keep good, old threads alive. And TOoP’s service of reposting old threads. And, there is someone else who has PMed me and wants me to get in on a bigger project of old-thread rescue. It sounds interesting, but I may not have a lot of time starting very soon.
Thanks for all you do TH! (And, no, I hadn’t seen this post of yours. I had to call it an early night last night.)
jean-claude_pierre http://www.imdb.com/user/ur5989380/boards/profile/
posterama http://www.imdb.com/user/ur11801161/boards/profile/
LaPaloma http://www.imdb.com/user/ur1! 2583365/boards/profile/
cheriberry http://www.imdb.com/user/ur2164936/boards/profile/
RickPacheco http://www.imdb.com/user/ur4780265/boards/profile/
Belindah http://www.imdb.com/user/ur2173987/boards/profile/
DannyThomas http://www.imdb.com/user/ur2127214/boards/profile/
Al_Dente http://www.imdb.com/user/ur10285752/boards/profile/
thebeej http://www.imdb.com/user/ur2120283/boards/profile/
Sandy_Beach http://www.imdb.com/user/ur12648358/boards/profile/
kaching http://www.imdb.com/user/ur2660172/boards/profile/
MerryJoe_Moles http://www.imdb.com/user/ur6829819/boards/profile/
monty clift http://www.imdb.com/user/ur1263057/boards/profile/
Theo Robertson http://www.imdb.com/user/ur1532177/boards/profile/
freeskate http://www.imdb.com/user/ur2141003/boards/profile/
Haight_Male http://www.imdb.com/user/ur3616410/boards/profile/
Pepe_el_Romano http://www.imdb.com/user/ur6783663/boards/profile/
now was there not a few people looking to get the archived threads webpage back into use - if you want to save threads this might be the way to go for you..
can anyone provide more info?
I believe there was talk about if there was anyone that could in effect take it over though...so that someone else could put the love into it that andrew could no longer do because of time and technology issues.
EDIT: found the link to the posts!
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,534.msg156846/topicseen.html#msg156846 (http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,534.msg156846/topicseen.html#msg156846)
Clancy speculated that there was one other troll who was a former IMDBer and BetterMostian.
Unfortunately, I think he might have been correct...
Why do you suppose he suspected that? I remember him saying that, but I never knew what made him think so.
His comments about the person's identity sure sound portentious ... Too bad he disappeared before clearing up the mystery.
???
Yeah, it got real weird over there for a while. Any chance Clancy might show up here?
Sometimes I feel like I've started in the middle of a book and can't quite catch up to what's going on.
Hi Bruce,
He passed the identity onto TheDozyEmbrace. I pestered her but she wouldn't give me his/her identity. And of course, TheDozyEmbrace got her account deleted by the trolls too, so maybe we'll never know.
It was horrible though ... it made me suspicious of everyone , which is not a nice feeling!
it's a relief to be in a troll-free environment. I feel quite at home here (http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/7/7_4_13.gif)
Susie xox 8)
Hi Bruce,
He passed the identity onto TheDozyEmbrace. I pestered her but she wouldn't give me his/her identity. And of course, TheDozyEmbrace got her account deleted by the trolls too, so maybe we'll never know.
It was horrible though ... it made me suspicious of everyone , which is not a nice feeling!
it's a relief to be in a troll-free environment. I feel quite at home here (http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/7/7_4_13.gif)
Susie xox 8)
I hope we can confine the intrigue to fan fiction sites!
In settling in I've made a change.
I am now officially -- TOoP/Bruce.
People may pronounce the TOoP part however they wish, but I pronounce it "2 op"!
I never had no friend named,"True" and I'm quite proud of it in fact!
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for we are not defeated!
There is a B E T T E R way, dear friends -
than always "b u m p - d e l e t e d."
In the land where bluebirds sing
and whiskey springs,
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I have begun repostIng things --
"True Oracle of Phoenix"
( aka: TOoP/Bruce)
Dry your eyes if this board dies,
for we are not defeated!
There is a B E T T E R way, dear friends -
than always "b u m p - d e l e t e d."
In the land where bluebirds sing
and whiskey springs,
they play "The WIngs",
I have begun repostIng things --
Very nice. Sounds like a folk legend in the making! 8)
Meryl, this seems like something to be added to the Cult/High-Priestess repertoire of poems, rituals and sayings.
8)