Hi all, longtime no see.
I experienced something that could be as near to trolling as you can get. The fortunate thing is that reasonable dialogue did occur and a line has been drawn.
I belong to an authors group on facebook. The moderator of the group was plugging it on one of these amazon forums and gave what he obviously thought was a witty response but was actully quite an unnecessary insult. She was understandably put out and so were a few of her co-contributors and a few jibes were thrown his way. A few days later a writer was blocked from this group with no apparent explanation and Jesus, the gloves well and truly came off. I've never seen so many negative, sarcastic and undermining comments thrown his way, even promoting other groups to people who wanted to join this one. Most of this thread was directed personally towards the moderator of the facebook group and it was almost laughable until a couple of group members had a topic under the title of 'plaigiarism' posted and directed their way. This was put up onto facebook by another blockee. A bomb was put up by me, posting the whole thread onto the group page and it got a reaction, equally there were many who buried there heads and did not give a f**k. The funny thing is that all of a sudden a few one day old new member 'anonymous' contributors on the amazon forum jumped in to the debate and it would appear a number of moles have been reporting back to these amazon contributors. As I've said, reasonable dialogue did eventually take place and a line has been drawn, unless the bloody moderator decides to block another without explanation. I am toying with leaving this group as it now has a rotten core. I have joined a couple more already established groups and I figure what I don't know ain't gonna hurt me and responses have been good. I now have a slightly thicker skin and if it starts again, I ain't around to see it. Cheers.
