Trolls on these boards

The best way to deal with someone like this - is to expose them.

PM me too.  I'd like to know who it is!

Lorrie 

PM me too!

i don't post too much so i didn't experience what you all have but i post enough and cannot believe this. how horrible! i'm outraged that someone could do this to us/my other sisters with everything we're dealing with.

i've got A TON of other expletives but i'll remain a lady...

stunned. can't believe it.

i'm sorry for whoever was in this loser's path.

Is this some sick individual that gets their kicks out of "pretending" while the rest of us are fighting diligently for our lives ??  

Please PM me too!

I remember a long time ago, and this happened more than once, a woman on the board was accused of being a "troll."  As it turns out, one woman in particular was not at all accomplished on the computer, from an area of the country with high illiteracy and her writing style was suspect.  She wasn't a troll after all, and was indeed a woman we grew to love.  She died about 9 months ago of Stage IV. 

I guess my point is .. if the poster is a troll .. then fine, out the person.  But we need to be sure before we do.

I'm an editor and a transcriptionist of many years ... and when I post on this site, I try to watch my spelling and grammar .. but I do that for a living, so for the most part, I just skip all that on here.  I also know a couple of ladies on this board that use "..........." when writing their posts.  These are college graduates and professional working women.  Just their style of writing on BCO.

If someone is sending PM's and has directly emailed your home account with objectionable material, then I sure do agree with outing that person.  Also, contact your email provider and make them aware of the situation.

One thing I do know for sure is that in transcribing, I am hearing different accents and speech patterns from all over the USA.  Oh my!  As a transplanted southern Calif gal to the southern VA area, sometimes, I am at a total loss ... due to the cadence and speech patterns of the area.  The writing style can also be very different ... depending on where you are from.

Bren

PS .. Clarice .. thanks for editing your post above.  I see you removed the subtle reference to the person you were talking about.

Can't always go by spelling and punctuation either.  I'm plain out lazy, and will type sometimes with all lower case letters, etc.   It's just easier that way.

Hey Blue .. I read her posts .. and they seem to be in chrono order.  Newly dx'd and starting chemo and had scans, etc.

love you buddy,

Bren

Edited:  But, geez Blue .. I've been wrong about lots of things before!  Are you feeling better?

Maybe I missed something.  Wouldn't be the first time.  I'm still feeling pretty lousy.  Hoping the antibiotics kick in soon.  Kids cooked a nice Thanksgiving meal for me though so I'm grateful.

I often get the vibe that there are women on here that are making everything up; though writing style, grammar and punctuation have never alerted me to it. What I do find strange though, particularly in the Stage IV forum, is one woman in particular who always posts contradicting info. I find that more disturbing and it's become increasingly clear to me that she makes stuff up just for the sake of posting. That worries me due to the fact that for us, this forum is life and death. It's scary that she posts bad advice, incorrect info, etc. I often sit back and wonder if she has bc at all, let alone metastatic. Must be bored or something.  That's the chance we take here, I guess. You just never know and always have to be careful whom your sharing information with. Thank goodness there are more good than bad and hopefully we can all weed them out on our own.

Could you PM me who this was, because someone has made attempts to get more info from me, but the last contact was just before the person you mention was PMed by the moderators.  I noticed this person who was contacting me has not posted since that day.  I am curious...

My grammar sucks, punctuation is non-existent, my sentences aren't really sentences, just rambles that go on and on and on.  Please pm me too!!