i've been online for about 5 minutes, because i even work on God's day, but i've been seeing a lot of negative stuff about today.
is this just standard miserable DiSers who say every day is bad, or was today really bad? and why?
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by too_black_too_strong
Trolls
:(
I have been void most of the weekend
this upsets people greatly
There was a massive trolling.
It lasted over 10 hours.
The best thread on offer was about klaire trying to buy some cake but only getting a chocolate bar and being sick.
Poor day.
now now i thought my
one about silly customers in next was quite good
spamming.
it was terrible, you couldn't use the boards at all earlier. funtimez.
was it ghoul?
yeah
you missed about 30 deleted threads. Much racism etc etc within.
oh, is that why it's a bit of a downer?
earlier in the week it was awesome. was it just bleak this time?
No, it was great
People are just lame. Me and Ghoul talked about Big Brother.
yeah
it started off quite funny but after hundreds of them in spam it's not even funny anymore. No amdmins were around as usual hahaha
with that shit behind us I'd just like to say: IRON MAN?
IRON MAN?
I genuinely feel better now :)
it was odd
just due to spamming?
aye, it was odd spamming
whyyy?
you just, like, had to be there dude
I came online this morning
for 5 minutes - all the threads seemed to have been posted by ghosts... weird.
Every day is like Sunday :(
I.e. today
No-one has been on all weekend
because everyone is at Latitude, Benicassim or Truck :(
But it's good for me because I'm gonna flog Elbow's album tonight/tomorrow and someone might swap it because they saw them at Latitude.
I'll actually post the thread now...
It was brilliant
About 400 ghoul posts all together, most of them new threads.
Is ghoul just one
person or is it a persona that people who are disgruntled with DiS troll under? Does anyone really know?
i haven't been on much today,
i was on this morning, but it was scary.
i talked with you today
that was good.
yeah, that wasn't scary :)
these were though:
http://i35.tinypic.com/903y1y.jpg
http://i33.tinypic.com/6zvx5g.jpg
AHAHAHAHAHAHA!
That's brilliant.
yeah, well you would say that.
nah
he's losing his touch. If it is a he.
that's pretty creepy
exremely creepy, actually
yeah.
and then who ever it was posted replies to everything they could find that i'd posted with it.
ghoul?
dunno.
i also got quite a threatening pm about ghoul and their 'colleagues'.
you seem to attract stalkers
not irl.
although there was one boy who used to follow me round places, and if ever i tried to look at him he would run away. that was years ago though. and i never actually had a conversation with him.
That can only be a good thing!
o rly?
Yes rly
what?
what did they say? does anyone kknow if ghoul did this before? it doesn't seem as lulz as when he was on last week
...
'I know you're not ghoul
Because I'm involved in aspects of ghoul's management/work. Part of my job is to create discontent on the forums, especially with regard to ghoul's previous work. You happened to fit the bill to create discontent this time. I didn't have much choice.
Oh and btw, you really don't want to be telling the forum about my arrangement. It would cause a lot of problems. Some secrets are best kept that way.'
they accused me of being ghoul. obvs i'm not. plz don't kill me.
PLZ NO DRAMAZ.
OH GREAT
Now everyone knows it was me. Jesus.
it's not you
o rly?
oh what
pigfoot sent you that message?
ya rly.
http://i36.tinypic.com/2mgvxfl.png
oh dear
It was
I was saying she was ghoul because in that letter ghoul sent the board, he said about starting an account (at around the time georgiabeth reportedly joined) and gain the trust of people, a task for which a character like georgiabeth was perfect (ie apparently friendly, shy girl) and as a joke I started publicly suggesting that might be the case. As a result, she started posting 'I'm not ghoul. This is really upsetting me. I don't need this' and to be honest, I did feel a bit bad. Cause it was meant to be funny and then it wasn't. So that PM was supposed to be to say 'I don't really think you're ghoul' and then I said some stuff about being part of his management and to keep my involvement in the organisation a secret from the boards. Partly by way of made-up 'proof' I knew she wasn't ghoul and partly because I thought that too would be quite funny. But then that was deemed threatening when the intention was the direct opposite.
Does that make sense? I mean obviously not, but...
"Goin ta dig me a hole..."
I've just realised the last bits do sound vaguely threatening
I meant, like, 'would cause problems for me/the board'. Not 'if you tell anyone I'll kill you.'
Overall, not one of my better projects.
Lets put this ordeal behind us,
shall we?
Could we?
I like to think so
i meant you're not ghoul
i thought you were laying claim to ghoul. i think everyone knows it's not georgia because it wasn't actually her fault DiS went mental, it went mental of its own accord. do you know who it is?
Yes
Everyone does. His name's Dave. I think he lives near Liverpool.
the DiSer!!
his undercover man!!
Oh right
I'd guess that was just made up.
i want it to be true
?
http://www.last.fm/user/jesuslovesme619
likes a bit of slipknot aye?
don't we all
That's just him
not only is he a troll
he illegally downloaded the slipknot album. dark times we're living in
:D
I'M GOING TO KILL YOU
whats the arrangement you have to keep secret?
none.
that was it.
there was an email he sent to an admin
that was written in that style, and it was absolutely amazing. it's not very cool to just terrorise singlular people. there are no lulz there
It was the opposite of terrorism!
what about this one
http://i35.tinypic.com/903y1y.jpg
That was ghoul
I can't say what his motives were.
i didn't think you were terrorising anyone
i didn't realise you were involved until like 5 minutes ago. did ghoul manage to shut the boards down?
weird
Was that from the same guy?
nope.
Can i JAG these threads that i did
http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/3688407
and
http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/3689561
They are both from the book i m writing and general feedback would be nice..
Bed time i think for me, tired and have work tomorow.
xx
you're writing a book!
this is incredible. you must inform me, I would seriously buy the shit out of that.
night x
Yeah
i m handing out rough preview copies around the streets at the fringe festival in Edinburgh midway through August...I will send you one when i get them printed
that would be wicked
thanks
No Problem buddy
you are one of my favourites on this
cheers
you too. i'm gone now, jabs and stuff tomorrow. night x
They are excellent.
What sort of book is it?
Self-help?
Novel?
Erotica?
I hope Humour
....wee bit erotic
where's the emo thread?
i need to tell people how miserable i am
^this
i was away from the internet for eight hours today. EIGHT HOURS!
i did like 9 hours
INYRFACE
:"(
HELL YEAH
WELL! I WAS AWAY FROM ABOUT 2 AM TO 11AM
that's nine hours, right?
that doesn't count
it has to be waking hours
*fitting and witty lolcat to emphasise my point*
like this?
http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/funny-pictures-kitten-bedtime-story.jpg
or this?
http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/funny-pictures-your-cat-watches-you-sleep.jpg
lolcats
make me want to vomit up my internal organs. I'm a man ferchrissakes, we don't care for "cute" "cats". We want boobs and beers and jet engines like exploding backwards and shit
you're a dog man?
http://ihasahotdog.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/lol-dogs-cute-smiling.jpg
BBBLEEUGRRRRRRRGHT
more of a horse man?
http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/funny-pictures-horse-in-car.jpg
that's more like it!
...
http://i37.tinypic.com/2e22fkg.png
It didn't interest me.
Countless pointless threads isn't more 'fun' or 'interesting' than the typical banter and content. If you think it is, you really need to make something more of your life. It's a weekend thing for people entertaining people that are completely clueless when it comes to anything other than working a monotonous weekday job.
I popped on earlier - the endless spamming seemed to be a concious attempt to rid everyone but the diehard DiSers from the boards. I guess it's working, because my attention I span isn't long enough to outlast constant ghoul bombardments.
Speaking of which, my firefox page is scrolling downwards by itself.
I wish people
would stop telling me I have to make something of my life. It's none of your business.
IT IS MY BUSINESS
I'MA RULING YOUR MASHED POTATO
k