I feel SO MUCH BETTER since discovering that there is a name for what has happened to me ... and much documented evidence about such occurrences across the Internet.
INTERNET TROLLS!!
Who would have thought??
And here I was wasting months of time and energy and angst trying to figure out what I had done ... when it wasn't me at all. I was a target because I was high visibility. And sadly, they hit their target and took me down. And I let them. I certainly let them.
I think more research needs to be done on Trolls and Established Message Boards. Especially when a beloved member of the board, for some reason, turns into a Troll and works from the inside to take the board down. This activity seems to me to be particularly insidious. Now that I know that there is documented evidence of the existence of TROLLS, I will keep reading to see what has happened in other forums. I know newsgroups and popular Blogs get trolled a lot ... but what about an established community of women who just meet to enjoy each other's company? Has this happened in other such communities??
Someone needs to alert Admin_Jen .... she has a great paper in the making ... right there in her domain.
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I TROLL, therefore I AM.
It seems trolls and other misanthropes can ruin a good thing for others - for no reason other than their bitterness and jealousy.
Good riddance to bad garbage
You know I had the same experience at the WC this year. Over and over again attacked when my intentions were all good.
It does have to do with being "out there" and being high profile. There will always be some miserable person trying to break you.
yups, they don't seem to die easy either. Perhaps it's their sheer lack of a life.
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