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How to identify trolls in my contact list?
I asked a similar question few minutes ago on yahoo answers section. & it was reported..
So I'm going to repost this question...
Maximum people are jealous of me, cause I've earned 10000+ points within a month!
Regularly getting back to back BAs from few of my good contacts & others..
When people asks questions like -
What is the time?
Where are you right now? Bed room, living room or bathroom or anywhere else etc etc! then nobody reports there questions..
But when I asked a question -
What comes to your mind when I say - popcorn girl?
then few of my contacts reported it! After 12 hours!
I'm sure they are jealous trolls! Now my question is - how to identify them in my contact list?
Help me people :(
My another question has been reported -
Just now!
I'm moving to Pluto! A marvelous plan! Any
travel tips?
Is it a chat question? Whatever the place is, I only asked for travel tips!
Sorry my new contacts, I've to remove you :(
@Popcorn - Thanks :)
14 Answers
- Anonymous9 years agoFavorite Answer
Ugh, I know what you mean. People seemed to get jealous of me because I had so many answer per question, so they started reporting! Somebody reported almost every one of my questions today! I went and deleted everyone in my contacts but the ones that I KNOW are safe (like five of them!). I have lost so many points because of it!
You really can't identify whether somebody is a troll, sadly :(. So you just have to pick the contacts you think you can trust. After deleting some of your contacts if it STILL goes one. Delete more. Sorry I can't help! If I figure anything else out, I email you :)
-popcorn girl
Source(s): I feel your pain. - Anonymous9 years ago
I know that if you make a point of mentioning that someone is reporting your work, someone will be sure to do so. That is what trolls like to do. What I would do is to just tell your contacts that you are eliminating your contact list and then slowly add people back one by one. Too, you can make a second account and when someone starts to attack you, go to your second account with a different name and this will get the trolls off of your back for awhile.
- Anonymous9 years ago
Oh sorry to hear that and yes you this is the prob which forced me to create a different account, but then my contacts wouldnt add me back and I had to reveal that yeah its me people.
Well you can't really pick out the trolls from ur contacts, but its surely one of ur contacts ... thats why now i am not adding the people whom I doubt. Just keep those people in ur contacts who are ur best ones and u knw them well .. still u neva knw yaar .. Don't b sad .. been thru this a lotttttttttt ..... hhhmmm don't give up, cuz if u do then they win and if u keep gng then they hav to give up..
other than that just b happy cuz u r a very helpful contact of mine and plz don't remove me :(
tc, keep :)
- IntegrityLv 79 years ago
Man In Blue...
I wish...
I knew the answer too...
I feel it sooo much too
I've got to the point of Trying to Ignore the Abuse Reports...
Trying being the Operative Word...
Especially when we try to answer well..
Until your Q tho...
I hadnt suspected Contacts..
Thought it was Random...especially if you have a TC..
Naive huh..??
btw..dont delete me pls..I like our contact....
& wouldnt do the wrong reporting scam anyways..
All the Best..!!
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- Anonymous9 years ago
A real troll will never become a contact to any member. A troll is the member who will never ask questions. A troll is the member whose job is to give answers alone.A troll is the member who will always give insulting answers and never give nasty or weird answers. The trolls aim is to insult religion and religious members.
Hence, you must have good contacts and you are unnecessarily doubting is my view. You are unknowingly doing harm to the members in your contact list. Please avoid this in future.You should not doubt after adding a member and you should not add a member if you have doubt.
Sometimes our doubts over other members make them against us. Everyone should keep this mind. All are good members. No one wantonly doing any harm. No one is responsibile for tit for tat, since there is a tit there comes tat.
- Anonymous9 years ago
this is why I don't have any contacts.
Once you have too many people in your contacts, its hard to tell who's the one who is reporting you.
- Creativei©Lv 79 years ago
Never do that mistake , else you end up with problem . its not rule that tolls can be only from contact they are every where on this site . never mind that .
My only advice to you is , you have to master community guidelines in order to safe guard your account .
- Anonymous4 years ago
Shut up thelonious
- Anonymous9 years ago
they might have a crazy amount of points for a few days because there on here all day
- Anonymous9 years ago
How do you even know they're contacts? It could just be random people.