To really be a successful troll is not as
simple as you think.
Being banned after your second post is
not being a successful troll.
Having everyone put you on ignore is
not being a successful troll.
To be a successful troll you must either
- Nuke the message board
- Colonize it.
Nuking happens when a mod doesn't ban you
and other posters flee so that you (and
your duals and/or "best friend") are
the only active members.
You have killed that Message Board.
Colonizing happens when you actually take
over the MB.
It is pointless to waste a keystroke typing
post *&^&%^. You'll be banned, the post
deleted.
No one, perhaps not even the person you are
aiming at, might see the post.
Where's the victory in that?
Victory comes when you get on a Message
Board and nuke or colonize it.
Your first mission is to find a victim Message
Board.
You can judge your skill by the kind of MB
you take down. Greatness comes from being
able to take down a Message Board which
shouldn't have let you on in the first place.
I'm talking about Christian Message Boards
where you admit you are an atheist from post one.
Women's Message Boards, where you state you are
a man.
For you to take down these "obverse" Message boards
is equivalent to winning an Olympic Gold Medal.
There is more than one way to do it; but
basically, it requires a little effort.
Log on, lurk a bit to get the trends. Maybe
make a few harmless posts. Then start your
own thread.
Create a dual. Keep it lurking. Some MBs
check for duals. If you have another account
that you've never used, it doesn't really
qualify as a dual. If challenged you can always
reply that you didn't want to use that Nick so
created another account.
If you have access to two ISPs or use a proxy
server, you can activate your duals immediately.
However, it is better to turn a real poster into
your zombie.
This is someone whom you can make your "best
friend" by pretty little pms.
Having a "red shirt" who will jump in to take
that bullet meant for you is priceless in
ensures your continuation on the MB and may
give you a martyr.
Now begin.
S/M topics are always useful.
If you are careful and phrase them properly,
avoiding obscenity or lecherous language,
you can turn any site, even "toys for tots"
into an S/M forum.
Most mods are stupid enough to think this
is a free speech issue.
When other posters object to your thread, be
careful how you attack them. Go for the roundabout
'tongue in cheek' method, tossing in something
you know will hurt.
If during your lurk you learned Jim is over
sixty, ridicule his age; "Did you take your
heart medicine?"
Where you don't know enough about other posters
to compose that zinger; lie. claim they have
'stalked you'.
Stalkers claim their victim is stalking them.
On message boards, this often works because
the posters are usually oblivious to what each
other is doing.
That a particular poster never made a single
post to you doesn't matter. If the Moderator
or the poster confronts you, make the lame
apology; "Sorry (name) I meant someone else.."
And leave it at that.
What you want to do is portray yourself as
a "victim" whose freedom of speech is being
threatened.
That all one hundred members are the opposite
of what you claim to be only adds to the "freedom
of speech" cache.
There are MBs where the Mod won't put up
with foolishness and might ban you.
You are not yet defeated.
Find the owner of the MB and whine.
If the Owner is the Mod, leave quietly.
Many owners are too busy doing something else
to watch their Message Board. This is
why they appoint stupid people to unpaid labor as moderators.
Nine times out of ten, the Owner will
overrule his/her own Moderator to please
you.
Take this as a "kill".
When you pop back onto the Message Board,
as a clear slap in the face to the Mod,
unless s/he is a person of no pride, s/he
will quit.
If s/he doesn't officially quit, s/he
will never touch your posts.
You can raise your attacks a bit, go into
more offensive details which will chase
posters from this MB.
Once posters realize you have absolute
run of the MB and their opinions mean
nothing, they leave.
Never forget, for the majority of people a
Message Board, is just a by the way diversion.
They have no stake in keeping this particular
MB "up".
Many belong to other Message Boards. Not logging
on to the one you are trolling isn't a flake of
dandruff to them. Gives them more time to post
elsewhere.
