Troll Tip of the Day- How to effectively start a troll thread, attract responses, and keep it going.
One of the best threads I ever started was on my favorite stomping ground,
www.enotalone.com. The reason it's such a great place, is that it's very high volume, with literally 100s of users online at any given time, and a good percentage of them are seriously **** up. The bad thing about that particular forum is that it's heavily moderated, and at any given time there are usually several mods or admins online, and they usually shut down trolls pretty fast. So it's a challenge for the experienced trolls, and it's good practice for the novice troll. If you get shut down, either by having your posts and or thread deleted, or you are banned, then you know you pushed to hard..or too far...or too fast.
So a few weeks back, I logged on with perhaps my 110th user ID over there, with the express purpose of starting a thread that would attract a lot of attention, and get people all riled up, and basically be a time waster.
I often like to choose my topic from something that has really happened to me in the past, and then embellish it a bit. But you don't have to. The key is, it has to be, above all else, controversial, and likely to get people worked up. So what gets people worked up? Well, on relationships boards, among other things, you have cheating, mistreatment of your partner in some way, or just doing something really stupid but being clueless about it...which will make people jump out of their skin to try to set you straight.
So I chose a bachelor party that I went to, some 20 years ago. There were 2 strippers there, and at one point, the guys were taking turns going up to the two girls who were going at it on a chair in the middle of the room, and were playing touchy-feely, and getting sucked off, and jerked off. Now, I was good, honest. I did a bit of nipple pinching and that was IT...but I took it from there.
I became the guy that took one of the strippers in the back room and screwed her, and was debating whether or not to tell my fiance, considering our wedding was coming up soon..of course, this part was all fabrication. I also added that I didn't consider it "cheating" because I didn't feel anything for the woman, she was just a cheap ****. You can see how that topic was loaded...the flames started hot and heavy.."of course it was cheating"..."you should tell her"...you "shouldnt tell her"...of course you can then deal with posts as you see fit..in my case I defended that it wasnt cheating because the woman was a ****, she meant nothing to me, the other guys were doing it, my fiance didnt give me sex often enough, etc...so I am hitting LOTS of buttons...
Then, after the thread expanded to like 5 pages and over 100 responses in a matter of hours, I casually mentioned that I had some red spots and itchiness in my genitals, and it happened since that experience with the hookers....then of course I was advised that I probably had herpes or something, and I would say no, its just a little red spot, herpes is a big bad thing...throwing in the stupidity aspect to really make them scratch their heads...
So that thread had it all..the topic, the stoking of the flames once it got going...the responses to the posters..unfortunately I was shut down and banned however I plan to start this thread again over at Loveshack.org in the upcoming days.
So this will be our first field trip! If you would like to contribute to what is bound to be an exciting thread...a work of art in progress so to speak, please register a user ID over at
www.loveshack.org, and stay tuned for updates. Remember that all members must have a signed permission slip on file with the main office before going on any daoutskirtz sponsored field trips. Bring a bag lunch, and be aware that we are not responsible for lost or stolen items of a personal nature.
