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mms's asked in TravelCanadaOther - Canada · 9 years ago

Do you think there an abnormal about of trolls on the Canada travel page or just a bunch of no nothings?

It seems to me that there is a bunch of people who just ask stupid questions about Canada and I honestly don't see this type of question on the other forums. I don't mind answering but it strikes me as odd

Update:

Some of the other boards seem to have really "young" and self centred teenagers who ask silly questions, I don't count them as trolls cause of their immaturity. Have you read any of the relationship question, their good for a laugh.

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  • 9 years ago
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    It would be hard not to notice them. They all seem to come from the same country. I think they all aspire to write for South Park.

  • 9 years ago

    Many trolls for your enjoyment answer if you want.

    You can chose your answer with equal care as to the mental abilities of the question.

    They may be small children that have not yet learned various things in Elementary school yet or like JamieB and Eric may be housed in institutions and do not get out much.

    Spring has sprung Igloos are melting and my dog sled has its summer wheels on it. My poutine crop is doing well and am eagerly awaiting the blossoms on my Maple Syrup bushes.

  • Stay out of the Cultures and Groups section then. Canada Travel is a breath of fresh air compared to that place.

    I have a feeling they are the same two-five people, with multiple accounts, as the tone of stupidity never seems to fluctuate much.

  • Randy
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    We have a couple of regular trolls here. From Eric to the guy with multiple accounts who always asks about the Monarchy. They do troll elsewhere too though. Eric is around the US rooms and the monarchy idiot also trolls in Australia.

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  • 9 years ago

    There are a lot of no nothings, yes.

    And by no nothings I mean people that think they are experts and seem absolutely sure about their answers when in fact they are usually DEAD wrong.

    The worst offenders are:

    bwo

    oldlady (who I haven't seen lately)

    Randy B (to a lesser extent)

    Especially on immigration questions these people have NO clue and we should be able to punish them for all the misinformation they spread. Sadly, Yahoo doesn't punish chronic bad answerers...

  • 9 years ago

    There's trolls everywhere on the internet. There's only two that are consistently asking questions. Other than that, all the other ones post on a random basis.

  • 9 years ago

    you must look at some better forums than I do, you ought to try the Cuba one it has lots of trolls and one crappy travel agency that posts and answers their own questions just to get advertising. LOL

    Trolls like to see the reaction of people and start flame wars, if you ignore them and just call the question as a troll question they hate that.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    There's somebody with multiple accounts who plagues both this and the Australian travel forum with questions concerning the Canadian and Australian monarchies.

    Then there's the genuinely clueless types who think we all live in log cabins and whatnot.

    Then there's those who troll in that same vein by deliberately asking dumb questions.

    Frankly, you need a scorecard to tell 'em apart some days.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    Yes there are more trolls here and they are more persistent--Eric And Jamie B to name 2. The best way to treat them is not to answer. They are looking to get a rise out of us. If they don't get an answer they might give up but unfortunately there are always those that answer

  • GSinG
    Lv 6
    9 years ago

    Yes, I have to wonder as well.

    Some of the know-nothing questions are so weird it's hard not to think it's trolling, in that _nobody_ could be that clueless.

  • 9 years ago

    They're all over, in most sections.

    They are desperate attention seekers and likely have one or more psychiatric disorders..possibly schizophrenia or bipolar etc. I'm sure some must hear voices in their heads or coming from their computers.....=)

    There is one regular here who uses multiple accounts and personalities, but his style gives him away.

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