Thrawn? Yawn!

I've mentioned here before that I've got a persistent MAGA troll on ErosBlog. One of his complaints: I "post too much gay shit".

Wednesday I posted 8 seconds of video from TikTok of the cutest imaginable blonde trans bunny girl being insufferably cute (to you or to me) but in a way guaranteed to get a MAGA asshole up and bouncing on his trampoline and crying. Do come see!

https://www.erosblog.com/2025/04/02/ur-a-gay-now/

"Resistance is Futile"

This is a new type of troll I am seeing used by on Meta / Facebook. Rather than "attack" someone, or attempt to argue whatever point to change people's minds. The individual makes it seem like everything against the status quo is hopeless, and it is best that we accept and make peace with the way things Trump / Russia wants them.

#Meta #Facebook #Resistance #Resist #Trump #Putin #Russia #Troll

While it's not really a one to one comparison, this same account on Twitter had me blocking hundreds and hundreds of trolls, while here I don't remember a single troll.

On Twitter their algorithm would get this account exposed to more users, many were just trolls.

One example was a post comparing the Roger Stone sentence, to what Willie got. Lots of folks would reply that they didn't think Willie was a real person or the facts were not correct. So I would reply to them, with a link to our website https://justiceforwilliesimmons.org/ At which point many would resort to trolling me.

So while I believe people who say they have problems with trolls on mastodon that hasn't been my experience.

"No one makes himself a troll unless he is a fool."

Source:
Peder Låle. _Petri Legiste Laglandici Parabole sententiose et argumentose cum familiari explanatione tam dacica quam latina_. Paris: Jodocus Badius Ascensius, 1515.

Yesterday I made a test, warned against this account with a hashtag of the name and a certain bird, and promptly got the #scam again. It's the sign that this paragon of a #troll factory or a narcissistic bot tinkerer hopping instances is not reacting randomly. Don't just block it, it's important to #report it so that it finally comes to an end. Don't click the links. If it's #scraping, a joke, or an attack on the Fediverse: a #fediblock would be fine! The phrase pattern could be filtered.

Anyone who doesn't jump on the hypetrain is a #troll / #hater. The #ttrpg scene, especially the #OSR part, is off-puttingly fascinating. More or less always the same crap, marginally varied and presented. The enthusiasm for #DnD #clones / copycats like #ShadowDarkRPG is beyond me! #Shadowdark

Ça fait longtemps que je ne suis plus passer par ici...
L'occasion de vous dire bonjour et aussi de vous présenter ma petite dernière, prête à partir à la découverte du grand monde. C'est une troll de maison. Vous savez, ceux qui sont responsables des clés qui disparaissent, des chaussettes dépareillées et des nœuds dans les câbles derrière votre PC

I am going to block Traders in Despair like they were poison. Because they are. It's concealed troll activity and should be treated as such.

Finally some art to show! A toll collecting troll, illustration for an npc-encounter in my #Snailriders boardgame. I started this piece for over 1,5 years and than suddenly life went into overdrive... However, back than I didn't have the skill to finish it anyway, I've come a long way since. Also I've learned something extremely important about myself as an artist, read more in the thread below.

Meanwhile in Moscow.....

Folklore read live!

Hear the first three tales of the new best translation of Abjørnsen & Moe!

Hear folklore about that LIVE right NOW: https://youtube.com/live/i6Qrn_U0leA

Lots of things you've always wondered about #Norwegian #troll #illustration (#Kittelsen, #Werenskiold, etc.)

A video by Kim Diaz Holm, who draws a pretty mean troll himself.

https://youtu.be/7yvUdUX2mlQ

#norwegianfolktales #norwegianlegends #folklore #folklorethursday #folktales @norwegianfolktales @folklore #fairytales @folklorethursday