I've tried to adapt to it. But as history shows, I STILL fall victim to trolling no matter how much I know about online trolls. They are hard to predict, until after they troll you. Sure, there are clear warning signs to look out for (some are common sense, some are more intuitive warning signs). If I decide to leave PC I'll let you know Onward. Thanks for the comment about me being a nice person to know. I try to be. So for now, I'm gonna stay.

Yeah, that group of people from the other forum were like a pack of wolves, with a gang mentality. I wasn't the only poster they ganged up on, in full metal jacket mode, out for blood. It was ridiculous. It started with a male poster flirting me with and four other female posters. When we all found out, the ***** hit the fan as they say. We called him out on his shenanigans via PMs, because he had added us to his Facebook. He didn't realize we'd all figure it out once he added us to his Facebook. Idiot.

But the queen of the social chatroom did not like it, when attention was taken away from her. She had a romance going on with another male poster, who liked to send inappropriate, flirty PMs to other female posters. He did it to me. I PM'd her about it; she accused me of flirting with him first, knowing he wasn't single, etc. It was like a daytime soap opera there. She texted her pals to go after me via PMs; and two of them gave up their lackey role and spilled the beans on how she operates behind the scenes. I had to laugh. Who has the time for all of that? She stopped posting once she moved to the country where the male poster lived, and then all was calm again; until she returned then that forum was off kilter again because she was busy puppeteering people behind the scenes again. I mean, wow. So I left that place.

I will definitely keep my guard up online, and continue to seek out the diamonds in the rough. I feel like I've already found a few diamonds here, maybe. I will just have to keep getting to know posters.

I agree with you Emily, that the Internet has had an ominous shadow cast over it, with the way online trolls operate in online forums and message boards. You're observation is spot on, about how some message boards and even forums, get hijacked and "ruled" by obnoxious, almost narcissistic personalities who don't want to participate in the discussion, as much as they want the adoration and the attention from everyone online in that place.

I won't give out my email address again unless I were to do a Google chat with the other poster. But even that's no guarantee they won't do something crazy with your IP address. I won't exchange photos or email addresses with anyone until I feel I can trust them.

I appreciate the support. I feel stupid that I let this happen.