SFF_you're right, the last few weeks we have been bombarded-and the reports have gone out just as quick. Nothing will be done about it....hasn't in the past not holding my breath now. I think they just wait till our complaining subsides....and buy time when we do report-there is never any response to our inquiries...oh well..

But you're right-i think i just replied to a poster because I was offended by what was said-but the glaring thing to me was this could be a fake post...AGAIN!

Good question. I'll be watching for the answers.

I suppose just use your best judgment. There's really no way to verify stories on a board like this. Look for clues: a poster's first post attracts a lot of attention because the post includes a nonchalant reference to something outrageous, other posters pick up on the crazy and start arguing amongst themselves, that poster has only been a member for an hour, that poster knows all the terminology because they claim to be a "lurker," the poster seems to stick their head in the mud about the wrongness of something obviously wrong, the poster claims to be a BM/Skid looking for an alternate perspective, etc.

If someone's story sounds bogus to me, I usually respond by saying it sounds bogus, if not here's what I think, and then I try not to post any more on that thread. It's not foolproof, but I try.

If you knew my situation you would swear it was made up.....

You know, being new here myself, I guess that I would want someone to respond to my posts even if my situation seemed a little strange. I always respond IRL as genuinely as I can and will always do that on-line, too. If I respond to someone that is not real, oh well, maybe someone that is truly in that situation will see my response at some later date. I know a lot of the information I gained from this site wasn't from my own posts, but from reading old posts when I found the site.

I sometimes suspect that some of the posters & answerers are skids or BMs, trying to spy.

Oh gosh...this Dave, ElLady whatever her/his name is-anything that is TOO dramatic that insinuates abuse, suicide, mental illness and the stories keep growin are obvious idiotic, insane, cowardly, TROLLS...they should go crawl under the rock the came from...puhhhllleeasssseee!!!

I know there are dramatic stories-we live them-and with TIME we realize which ones are real and which aren't. How many of these 'new posters' create some fantasy never to be heard of again?

They are those internet/online freaks, meeky, cowardly, no real life or friends other then troll boards for amusement. They are filth, bottomfeeders.

Another good indicator is always posting in "forums" vs blogs-the time they've been a member-how the story escalates, how the 'back' stories have similarities-the agression level when asked if they are real, when they start getting called out or confronted or "found out" to be the same obvious troll they escalate their bad behavior-with threats, cussing, arguing, mud slinging.

You can report but nothing will be done...so you are in it for yourselves. The less responses the better-BUT they will just create MORE blogs and MORE intricate stories to keep drawing to feed their narcissisitc, sociopathic supply.

Oh-and the writing style will 'vary' in the same thread...from sounding 'illiterate' to very well written...many errors to none-they can't keep up w/so many personalities.

A good key is also-how many "crazy" out there stories do we see a DAY, over the last few months-I have bundles of handle names that I'm positive are the same damn troll...what a bastard she/he is. Sick, manipulative, narcissitic, idiotic, space and air wasting troll.

I think it really doesn't matter. Maybe they are frauds, but there may be someone here or a lurker that actually has a similar situation and your words and wisdom could possibly help them.