Muller muller grundy the stones

I'm hardly egging them on. Responding with name calling and abuse would be egging them on though, if they are indeed a troll.

If he doesn't like it he can always f##k off you seem more concerned than that plank

You're missing my point Frankie. If they are a troll, then name calling and 'bites' are exactly what they're after isn't it?

As an example, there's always that annoying bloke down the pub, let's call him 'Craig'. All Craig craves is some attention, and he goes around the pub in his drunken state spouting nonsense to anyone that'll listen, much to the annoyance of everyone else. The best way to deal with it would be to ignore Craig and eventually he'll give up and do one. Relating that example to what we have with Billy, and you're effectively buying him a beer and asking him to sit down and join you.

call it what you like. don't give it if you cannot take it on the kr site I like banter and peetaking , silly billy and east dull fc go beyond and are obsessive do it on the dullers site

Crivens

I am going to throw in my tenpenneth to this debate.

Billysmartscircus is a troll.

His posts are way too contrived by half. Someone with that level of deliberately contrived illiteracy would stay off a forum such as this, unless you welcome abuse as a badge of honour and feel a constant need to provoke reactions. Also strange that the demise of Easthullfc fan on here has seen the simultaneous reincarnation of a troll with a transparently diffident agenda and excessive loves of emoticons.

I am always suspicious of those who try a contrary approach to the usual, unless you're a genius at it like Goose.

Pickering Red doing his poirot rascal catching there.Twas only a matter of time til the nutter off HDM turned up here.both of him

Cheers Craig. Not sure I'm flattered at being compared to a Belgian.

Was thinking of Columbo at first but thought poirot had more style?

We've had some feedback regarding moderation today. Always welcome, especially when the advice is amusingly varied. Apologies for not replying to you all individually.

A few small points worth mentioning, all of them reflecting an entirely personal viewpoint.

1. Trolling in small doses can be fine, desirable even. It can provoke debate. Really good or really rubbish trolls can be a problem, due to the reaction they get - then it's banning them or banning everybody else. Common sense trumps rigid application of the rules. If it wasn't a troll it'd be different.
2. Spam or single issue trolling gets wearisome, and just provokes.
3. Insults shouldn't be too harsh. Poor little duller, and ball bag are within tolerances for a troll. Regular reminders that my parents are close blood relations, and that I'm a bin dipper or a dick from the east doesn't put me off going on the Hull forum. Them winning the cup and us getting relegated, is what puts me off.
4. Being weird or pretending to be something your not isn't necessarily against the AUP. I present in evidence Man-goose.
5. This board would benefit from an additional moderator. I sounded out a couple of sensible posters, but being sensible they declined.

As way we're way off topic, I'm tempted to lock this.

Maybe it is worth opening up for sensible discussion though - as it is the off-season and that.

An absolute disgrace. Everybody knows I'm a girl. Gender polotics of the worst kind. And from a moderator! Is it nineteen seventy three?

I am not a troll as some on here seme to fink, if you like come for a pint with me and Craig my bezzy mate

Is "prize c**t" on the list of insults that are tolerated? (see page 2).

Oh stop being a ball bag!