turned out to be - not only a troll - no - but trolling an actual persona, an arrested priest from some years ago, yes - and not only that - no:
it was a lame previous member, who did persona-trolls before! with great dedication. his previous visit, he was "a hot girl" sortof semi-famous singer chick, and everyone fell for it.
now
the moderator there (the most active one) (who is a douche) went through great lengths, to _protect_ this troll, yes, cus he believed it REALLY WAS A PASTOR
i kept telling them
i did google searches:
pastors name gives 0 results, not 1, not 2, 0, the ministry: 0, the HOME ADDRESS the pastor put up in his profile...
0 results
I TOLD THEM
theyre all "hush your gonna upset the good pastor!"
ON THE FIRST DAY
i PM'ed the moderators - not to rat out a troll - i like trolls - but to warn them that this "pastor" was pm-ing people, asking them personal details about their life. he offered to me to "talk about" my problems in life, that he had "noticed" on the forum. i never mention such stuff.
i told the pastor he was reported - to which he replied that he was not a troll, and was going to pm the admins himself, to explain the situation.
i assumed that a pm from the pastor himself would just confirm my worries for the admins, but nooo. they fell flat for it...
I TOLD THEM
its not over yet:
AFTER the whole ordeal is over, the troll is busted, etc, he isnt banned.
he asks to have his account deactivated. NOW. NOW... a re-join after deactivation constitutes a ban.
HE REJOINS THE NEXT DAY, blabbers on how easily fooled we all are, how we are all suckers, how we must learn from him, etc etc - then - - - - -
has his account deactivated again!!!!!!!
THEEEEN
our good gullible moderator nearly loses his mind
its all too much for him
he goes on a massive rant, how everyone hated the pastor just cus hes christian and we're not, and how we should all be ashamed of ourselves for ripping on the poor pastor - even if the pastor was a troll - we are still terrible people for not accepting someone of another religion and whatnot :I
that is AFTER i repeatedly told HIM that nobodys ripping on the religion, but the faked persona :I
(that guys mental health is another chapter altogether. hes aspie too, but totally loco.)
anyway
it all ends with two forum oldtimers getting banned, and the troll i bet is welcome back, as long as he disguises as the good pastor.
the whole time i seriously feared a ban as well, for continuing my responsability to warn people from a potentially dangerous person (asking personal details = BAD)
in the end, theres a thread dedicated to summing everything up, and i take my oportunity to go all
I TOLD YOU SO
was it something I said?