I hope that The Troll learned something from this experience. It is truly interesting to me what kind of mental processes drive this kind of behavior.
Let's hope it wasn't "use a proxy."
Or "cry when you get caught."
Meeting A Troll
21–30 of 211 posts
Re: Meeting A Troll
#22that is not "trolling", that's (pretty bad) harassment. I get the feeling this is a story written to prove a point. Nobody would refer to this as "trolling".
Re: Meeting A Troll
#23I am truly amazing by this post. What an incredible human being the OP is. If faced with a similar situation I'm quite certain I lack to moral fiber to conduct myself with that level of class. Odds are excellent I would have pasted that kids guts all over the street.
Re: Meeting A Troll
#24compelling story, but I'd like to know how he translated an ip address in to a street address.
It could have been something as simple as politely asking the ISP or the police. Given some of the circumstances which transpired and how difficult it may or may not be to get the ISP to give you the street address, I wouldn't be surprised if they went, or at least tried, that route.
Keep in mind he translated three ip addresses into street addresses and two of them turned out to be public hotspots.
Re: Meeting A Troll
#25That is a pretty compelling story. I'm not sure I could let it go without a bit more narrative around the 'game thing.' It sounds too much like 'making your bones' in a street gang.
When I read that, I thought it was a reference to the movie The Game: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119174/
Re: Meeting A Troll
#26It's disturbing how terrifying and malicious this suburban 17-year old kid could be.
Re: Meeting A Troll
#27I'm very sorry you went through that. I actually couldn't finish reading it - too unsettling. I hope you and yours are okay and this is behind you.
If it helps, it has a restorative ending. I would recommend trying to get trough it knowing how it ends.
Re: Meeting A Troll
#28I'm very sorry you went through that. I actually couldn't finish reading it - too unsettling. I hope you and yours are okay and this is behind you.
finish it
Re: Meeting A Troll
#29For what it's worth, if you're the target of especially terrifying harassment like this, it's important to keep two things in mind: the more targeted the harassment is, the easier it is to identify the harasser, and the more likely it is that there's some sort of personal connection.
If you're receiving stuff in the mail (like the lunchbox with ashes) or stuff literally just dropped on your doorstep (the dead flowers), it's extremely unlikely that someone on the internet you have absolutely zero connection with just randomly picked you to ruin your life that badly just for some lulz.
I'm glad the OP was able to take the steps he needed to identify his harasser, which I'm sure was a lot more empowering than living in fear and checking his door locks every night.
Re: Meeting A Troll
#30> He wanted to call the authorities there and then and turn him in. But I said no.
That's an impressive show of self control, but I wonder if his next victims will have preferred that you did contact the authorities. Presumably, at age 17 this guy won't be living with his parents for much longer.