this is a rant and
By skyhss
@skyhss (1142)
United States
August 9, 2009 11:26am CST
will be deletd. Respond at your own risk.
I'm so mad right now i can barely type...
I was looking for discussions to respond and found one where a user was asking about a tag on her discussion that she didn't put there. the tag read "i will knock your star down you fat cow". WTF! seriously WTF! so i get to looking some more and i find...
all women are fat cows
women should be banned
fat cow
i will get your star you fat cow
I know, i know, just ignore them and they'll go away but this is just freakin ridiculous...for someone to go thru discussions and put these kind of tags on discussions is just totally fuucked up.
i have no questions to make this a valid discussion...i'm just pi$$ed and needed to rant.
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15 responses
@diamania (7011)
• Netherlands
9 Aug 09
Ive also seen some tags like: Robert is a pervert, mike is a wanker. That kind of stuff. Seriously, what the WOOT WOOT is going on with mylot. First those spammers, then those trolls and now those tag twits...
Tags are a vital part of mylot. I think that users with more authority should have a bigger influence in the choice of applicable tags. Misuse of the tag system should have someones account banned for ever... plus a complaint to their isp... :SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
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@Redhornet117 (1248)
• Philippines
9 Aug 09
There should be a Troll Patrol here in mylot. LOL
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
9 Aug 09
Reminds me of the discussion threatening that all Robert's friends should delete him or watch out, only subtler. It's too bad there isn't a way to eradicate this kind of stuff once and for all, but at least we have the report button and Admin tries to be responsive about taking care of it. Of course, it's the weekened, Admin are with their families at the beach and so the trolls come out and play.
@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
9 Aug 09
Banned users can no longer return and neg rate.
They are SICK so they return and this is their new game it appears.
Send out the dogs and get rid of them - they will NOT overun this place
Admion has been informed of this new idiotic activity so it will be put right too I guess.
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@Redhornet117 (1248)
• Philippines
9 Aug 09
Just let your steam out. If the admin doesn't get him/her, karma will. LOL. We were just discussing this on the other post. Hang in there.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
9 Aug 09
That's it.
That's why the other uhm... was wary of closing her remember?
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
9 Aug 09
skyhss those vicious tags are a no no and if you see them'
you should report them to mylot,i had one that was very similar
to those. I reported it to mylot in a message, and they
removed that nasty tag,complaining old hag ,from my
discussions in two days.Those who do that must be very sick
individuals. I think those are from a fairly new person who'has also made several discussions that had obscene and nasty
sentences in it. I think he may also be doing those nasty
tags. This pisses me off too.
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@AngryKittyMSV (4317)
• United States
9 Aug 09
I am also sorry they did that to you, Hatley, I'm glad that mylot removed those mean tags for you!
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@leenie50 (3992)
• United States
9 Aug 09
Hey Skyhss,
I just saw a troll on a friends post and she is managing to ignore it. But like you, it's so hard to ignore. I want to climb into the computer and rip their tongue out of their mouth and beat them with it. Reporting abuse just doesn't do it for me.
leenie
@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
9 Aug 09
Hey sky! I think that is just once again hitting the lowest!
I don't usually pay attention to the tags since I stopped
tagging my own discussions! But, I just saw what you pointed
out and reported it too! I, along with the rest of those in
this rant will not let those phucked up baastaards get away
with this bullsh!t! I don't know what the phuck is wrong
with them or why they are so sick and can't find something
else to do with their pathetic lives! They need to accept
the fact that they aren't wanted here and get the phuck over
it! If there is a legal way to make them pay we will find!
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@skyhss (1142)
• United States
9 Aug 09
hopefully if enough people report it mylot will do something. i know me and a couple other people spent a lot of time this morning finding and reporting. it's a bunch of bullshiit and whoever it is really needs to be found and, oh i don't know, strung up and used as a pinata or something.
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@tutul0045 (2630)
• India
9 Aug 09
Hey,
Iam so upset reading this discussion. I have seen many such posts but i have always ignored it. I mean u r going to find such things everywhere.
The thing is Mylot is one of such places in the internet where you will find peace and can share things the yway you want to. If such things increases then it will get difficult for people to express themselves. I hope that doesnt happens and my lot authorities take care of such offendors.
Cheers,
Tutul
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@skyhss (1142)
• United States
9 Aug 09
i love it here and i'm not going to let a very SICK person or people ruin it. i have been ignoring a lot of what's been going on lately but someone has managed to cross a line and i WILL report these tags and any more abusive tags that i can find.
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@TheGreatWhiteBuffalo (4822)
• United States
9 Aug 09
Ahhh! The troll patrol is at work, both in reply and tagged as the problem we need to expose those responsible for such blatant abuse of the system.
I'm wondering if maybe this discussion will hang around for a while?
@TheGreatWhiteBuffalo (4822)
• United States
12 Aug 09
Well it does seem that some things are being changed to make MyLot better and safer for everyone.
Quite an interesting turn of events...
@ivyoon (673)
• United States
9 Aug 09
I think it's good to rant about this silliness rather than resort to other tactics such as the ones these goofball's are participating in. It is just silly and should not be tolerated on such a great site.
Yes, we should all ignore them, but I know it's very hard to ignore idiots and their childish behavior. They will be caught doing this, and perhaps Admin will develop a way to block certain phrases that are derogatory and offensive from being used as tags... perhaps.
Then again, maybe these people will find another venue for their moronic behavior and go there.
Either way, I don't blame you for venting, and I hope Admin is working on getting rid of these pests the way bug exterminators are working on roaches in cheesy dives all across the globe.
@ivyoon (673)
• United States
9 Aug 09
Yes, it is up to us as myLotters to report anything we see as offensive, etc.
Unfortunately, as long as sites like myLot exist, there will be "bad apples" trying to spoil it for the whole bunch. I just hope that they don't spoil things too bad.
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@blackbriar (9076)
• United States
10 Aug 09
If she would of created at least 5 tags when she started her discussion, the troll wouldn't of been able to add anymore. Only the first 5 will show as it is. That's all I do.
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@blackbriar (9076)
• United States
10 Aug 09
I didn't know this at all. Guess I learned something new just now. Thanks!
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@AngryKittyMSV (4317)
• United States
10 Aug 09
Not true! The first five show in a discussion, but you can add ten tags. You can "bump" other tags off as well, by adding more. While five appear in the discussion, if you see the discussion listed, say on the "started" or "friends started" for instance, a whole other set of tags is visible. If you add a tag that begins with a letter from the beginning of the alphabet, it is more likely to show up no matter how many tags are already in place.
@mommyboo (13174)
• United States
10 Aug 09
I'm not sure why people tag that way. I think that you should have to respond to a discussion before you are allowed to add tags, and if it's an offensive tag, then it should be flagged and removed - I mean there are words that are flagged that you can't say here, couldn't that be the same for TAGS?
Obviously the person who started doing this has issues with women. They also have their head up something because 1. fat has nothing to do with gender 2. cows have nothing to do with people. But see, I have a brain and the person who wrote that doesn't.
Here is the question - what causes people to tag things in an offensive manner when they aren't even contributing to the discussion?
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@Rose2798 (359)
• United States
9 Aug 09
Um... I was the user who posted that discussion and I didn't know there were so many others! And they were targeted at WOMEN! I am a complete feminist and I was a bit mad (more scared about my brand new star), but I was just thinking; "oh, stupid troll", but now that I know these tags threatening my earnings and reputation were directed at me because I am a WOMAN?! Now I am f*ckin' FURIOUS!
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@LetranKnight25 (33121)
• Philippines
5 Sep 09
This was long ago but i think i have an idea who exactly this person is. fortunately, i have no time for them since i got real friends to chat to. and you're one of them
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Aug 09
skyhss I see Im four weeks late but I hope you did report those'ugly mean tags. I had one when I first started at mylot where some coward put down whiney old bit## woman, and it hurt me and make me so 'angry.I maybe elderly and a woman but I am not whiney nor theother ugly insulting word the tagger used. I reported it and awhile later it had been removed from my discussion.My lot recently started banningpeople who do that. its really so disgusting and so
cowardly too.