bladereaper07 42 March 23, 2013 Share March 23, 2013 So, I've been wondering...the forum is such a nice and friendly place...the sort of enviroment an anti-brony would love to wreck. Have there been serious cases before? Such as, I don't know, total data wipes to the site? A Category being flooded? Anything? "Kiss my Flank" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betez 1,734 March 23, 2013 Share March 23, 2013 I know there's been at least one DDoS here, but that was long before I joined. I know there's been at least one spam bot too, but again, that was long before I joined. There have been several trolls, though. In fact, there was one here last night. If you were here between 8:30-9:30 PM Eastern Time, you may have seen him. My OC Stay pony my friends"And ALWAYS remember...to never forget." - Someone who I'm sure has said this before I did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispy 5,563 March 23, 2013 Share March 23, 2013 Over the time this place has been around, they've come and gone, yes. Even back in the early days, the staff has been quick to diffuse bad situations. GET IN THE PIT On 8/23/2012 at 1:54 AM, Djenty said: ON MLP 4UMS ERRYTHIN IS SRS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Throwaway19573639385 764 March 23, 2013 Share March 23, 2013 Not really, I've seen a few trolls but they got their ass handed to them pretty quickly. Good thing the mods here do a wonderful job! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainblow H. Ash 5,091 March 23, 2013 Share March 23, 2013 I haven't seen any trolls myself so far, even after lurking for some time, but I think that's just because the mods are very quick to resolve any trolling situations. #bringbackmerriwetherwillaims Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Chaotic Fireball~ 499 March 23, 2013 Share March 23, 2013 Trolling? Really? "I'm the troll champion, I bet you can't beat me! squee" ~ Fluttershy Ah, Fluttershy has some good quotes. But really, I troll so much, I do it in almost anything any game any time anywhere. Heck, I even troll during classtime at school. I remember once...... (To save you from listening to this booooring story, I'll move on back to the topic) Trollers here, I think there have been a couple instances, but I was never really around when they were on As for hackers or spammers, I think I might have seen a spammer around, but never seen a hacker. Oh yes, I once saw somebody hacked the Equestria.tv site. Does that count? "Mama told me not to waste my life, she said spread your wings my little butterfly. Don't let what people say keep you up at night, and they can't detain you, 'cause wings were made to fly" ~Little Mix, Wings ~Drawing Requests~ Ask Me Anything ~ OC's ~ Art Gallery ~ Soarin' is best pony Join the navel revolution! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meirno 550 March 23, 2013 Share March 23, 2013 Our troll to brony conversion rate is just way too high to be trolled, you know? They come here being like "Imma troll ya" and they be leaving like "Rainbow Dash is best pony" Proven fact. But like everyone has said, our great mods and admins are very quick to knock down any potential threats without. Plus it doesn't hurt to have so many great members that know how to use the report button as well. Proud member of the Code3 Bronies! Signature thanks to Doc Volt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Baker 698 March 23, 2013 Share March 23, 2013 I haven't seen one troll or hacker so far, but this probably because I joined pretty early. I'm pretty sure of there were, though, the mods would take care of it in a second. http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/401/740/6f9.png Check out Kyoshi's sig thread here. My OC: Raze "The world ends at your horizons."-Sanae Hanekoma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bladereaper07 42 March 23, 2013 Author Share March 23, 2013 Well, that's good to hear. I guess friendship really is magic this place really is safe What a wonderful community, wouldn't you all agree? 7 "Kiss my Flank" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDingerFan51 11 March 23, 2013 Share March 23, 2013 I've seen a few trolls here, but it seems like they get what the deserve handed to 'em real quick, so, Friendship really is magic! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyPoni 564 March 24, 2013 Share March 24, 2013 There was once this one troll that came on and completely wrapped us around his finger. He made us believe that he had gotten his girlfriend pregnant and she wouldn't let him see the child because he was a brony. We tried to convince the girlfriend that she wasn't being fair. Needless to say, it was pretty bad, and member from the site he was from came here to say they were sorry about it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone Airbourne 21,977 March 24, 2013 Share March 24, 2013 Yeah I am highly sure if it! I mean we are here in the internet and in the internet we have all of those listed above. The site has been attacked on occasion in the past as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bladereaper07 42 March 24, 2013 Author Share March 24, 2013 There was once this one troll that came on and completely wrapped us around his finger. He made us believe that he had gotten his girlfriend pregnant and she wouldn't let him see the child because he was a brony. We tried to convince the girlfriend that she wasn't being fair. Needless to say, it was pretty bad, and member from the site he was from came here to say they were sorry about it. That sounds a bit funny though...lol. Well, this is the internet after all, nopony knows if we're dealing with a changeling or something "Kiss my Flank" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyPoni 564 March 24, 2013 Share March 24, 2013 That sounds a bit funny though...lol. Well, this is the internet after all, nopony knows if we're dealing with a changeling or something Well, in hindsight, it was pretty obvious. At the time, though, we were pretty flustered at it. For some reason, we were all caught up in the moment and didn't see him as a blatent troll I mean, when he came on, he was nice and all and we wanted to help him.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanks 10,816 March 24, 2013 Share March 24, 2013 (edited) Yes there is the occasional troll but they tend to be dealt with very quickly, and I am yet to actually see any kind of attack though that is unfortunately always a possibility. The mods do a good job but this site is huge and the mods will not see everything at all times. So we need to do our part as well and when we see trolls do not even bother responding to them, they like it when you give them attention even if that attention is negative, just report them and move on. Edited March 24, 2013 by EarthbendingProdigy Rarity Get's Cockroaches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixel Stick 927 March 24, 2013 Share March 24, 2013 I haven't been here all that long, but I've seen a few trolls around (even called one of them on the carpet for it). I like to think the mods and admins here know what they're doing, tho, and it's obvious they don't let stuff like that go on for long. If you wanna make the world a better place, Take a look at yourself, then make a change. -- Michael Jackson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bladereaper07 42 March 24, 2013 Author Share March 24, 2013 Well, in hindsight, it was pretty obvious. At the time, though, we were pretty flustered at it. For some reason, we were all caught up in the moment and didn't see him as a blatent troll I mean, when he came on, he was nice and all and we wanted to help him.... I guess that's pretty understandable...well, like I said...it's the internet lol Yes there is the occasional troll but they tend to be dealt with very quickly, and I am yet to actually see any kind of attack though that is unfortunately always a possibility. The mods do a good job but this site is huge and the mods will not see everything at all times. So we need to do our part as well and when we see trolls do not even bother responding to them, they like it when you give them attention even if that attention is negative, just report them and move on. Yep... "Don't feed the Trolls" is the perfect way to steer away from, well, trolls. "Kiss my Flank" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxyCryptid 4,330 March 24, 2013 Share March 24, 2013 OOOOOOOOOOOh yeah. There was one guy that acted out an entire fake incident with his girlfriend leaving him for being a brony, even going so far as posting in-character as her, just so he could laugh at the results.(we didn't find out until someone from a forum he posted about doing it on came and warned all of us that took part in the thread trying to help him). 1 "You know, I don't know who or what you are Methos, and I know you don't want to hear this, but you did teach me something. You taught me that Life's about change, about learning to accept who you are, good or bad. And I thank you for that." -Duncan McLeod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorWhovian1902 596 March 24, 2013 Share March 24, 2013 I heard the website was attacked once, but I've only seen one troll around here. At least, I'm pretty sure he was. I remember he posted about wanting a link to a clopper website so he could go mess with them, then claimed to be a closet clopper himself. In the end, his account was deleted/removed (same with the thread), so that's the end of that story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeJAKoJAK 49 March 24, 2013 Share March 24, 2013 There was one dude who started to troll an RP I'm in, but we simply had one or two comments that basically shut him down. The guy randomly came in, died, and came back as a zombie. He didn't even sign up or anything. 1 OC: Pinoak Stringhoof, Puppeteer and storyteller. OC: Phil Noir, Private Eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leatherbehlt 465 March 24, 2013 Share March 24, 2013 Dude... you totally just jynxed it. This site's so gonna get hacked because of you. Sarcastic superstitions aside, I've never seen a troll or hacker mess around with our site. Although, I've seen some awful roleplay threads or roleplays post in threads that kill the whole thing. *cough* facetofacemanface *cough* 1 ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeJAKoJAK 49 March 24, 2013 Share March 24, 2013 (edited) Dude... you totally just jynxed it. This site's so gonna get hacked because of you. Mother of Celstia. Now that you mention that, knowing my luck, something will happen. What have I done? But seriously, other than that one dude, I haven't seen anypony else troll or hack. Edited March 24, 2013 by LeJAKoJAK OC: Pinoak Stringhoof, Puppeteer and storyteller. OC: Phil Noir, Private Eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
None42069 520 March 24, 2013 Share March 24, 2013 You've missed a funny one a while back (I missed another one after that). Some guy wanting to get to equestria and said something about Canadians. You can find the topic here. Warning. Might destroy brain cells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarilaan 47 March 24, 2013 Share March 24, 2013 While I haven't been here long enough to answer the initial question of this thread, I think I may know at least part of what keeps trolls/haters away from the forums. you see, having recently registered, I noticed the 'captcha' question they ask people is actually an MLP trivia question; [insert mane6 character] is the element of ---------. while it seems simple enough to any fan, a troll/hater would have to actually do research into MLP to find this answer, which I highly doubt they would want to do, just by their nature. And those that do that much research may end up liking what they see and all of a sudden what was a registration to troll becomes a hater-turned-fan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Soul 2,611 March 24, 2013 Share March 24, 2013 Yes, but they are few and far between. Honestly in my time here I only heard of ten that actually made threads and stuff. Haven't seen more then that though. Soundcloud-------------------Facebook---------------------------Youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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