Comments on: QOTD: Troll Psychology

By: What IS Misinformation? « I AM in shape. ROUND is a shape.

What IS Misinformation? « I AM in shape. ROUND is a shape. — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:27:30 +0000

[...] attached to my previous post “Obesity: What it is and why we care” tried to claim that trolls who prowl the FA blogs and post shaming messages of ridicule about the “Health” of fat [...]

By: Mental Health At Every Size: Yes, Your Brain Counts Too « fat fu

Mental Health At Every Size: Yes, Your Brain Counts Too « fat fu — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:20:54 +0000

[...] reason I don’t get all stage 2 smug about it is because it was not always like that for me. I remember the killer commutes, the sick [...]

By: AnnieMcPhee

AnnieMcPhee — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:56:36 +0000

Oh damn, I felt left out for a minute, but there he is! Chip, huh? I didn’t know this was a haunted blog. Spooky :D

By: car

car — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:23:28 +0000

That’s so funny! And weird. Computer programming mystifies me. He’s counting the page views? Oh no, that means he is looking at me!!!!

By: Sniper

Sniper — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:19:27 +0000

Well, I never saw him until just now! So maybe we’re collectively hallucinating.

Whoa! He’s at the bottom on the page. I guess Chip gets around.

By: Mia

Mia — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:08:50 +0000

Aw, now I feel like I have to explain myself and reassure you that I’ve never been an evil batshit crazy bitch like the people in the linked post. I think maybe you have found a necessary but not sufficient condition for trollness.

But also, maybe I’m deluded. In analogy to the potential 250 pound man, the only difference between me and the WW people could be force of will. I don’t think so, though. There must be some more evil there.

By: riddlebiddle

riddlebiddle — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:03:51 +0000

Oh, booya, Kate beat me to it.

By: riddlebiddle

riddlebiddle — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:02:58 +0000

The smiley face ghost measures hits to each page. I think she’s/he’s (pick a gender) is on all the WordPress blogs. I’ve got my own apparition too.

By: kateharding

kateharding — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:58:48 +0000

I think quite a few of the Wordpress templates has Chip the Smiley Face on it. I know mine does. They all do, somewhere. He's WordPress's hit counter.

By: sweetmachine

sweetmachine — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:12:44 +0000

Mia, I bet there are a lot of readers who can relate to your comment -- we're all at different stages in our self acceptance, and that's okay. I think the difference between steps 2 and 3 seems to be twofold: (a) you start to listen to others, and (b) you believe what they tell you (as your comment rightly points out). We've talked a lot here about what happens when *other* people can't do (b), but maybe not so much about when we do it ourselves.