Madeleine McCann 'Twitter troll' found dead in hotel

BBC ^ | 10-06-2014 | BBC

[Bettyprob]

A woman who was allegedly part of an internet hate campaign against the family of Madeleine McCann has been found dead in a hotel.

Brenda Leyland, from Burton Overy, Leicestershire, was accused of being one of the so-called "trolls" directing abusive messages at the McCanns.

Her body was found days after she was confronted outside her home by a Sky News reporter.

[Bettyprob]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Madeleine_McCann

[Hillbillary]

Pardon my ignorance, but what the hell is a troll? Sounds like a liberal paintbrush meaningless smear.

[Jack Hydrazine]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_%28Internet%29

In Internet slang, a troll is a person who sows discord on the Internet by starting arguments or upsetting people,[1] by posting inflammatory,[2] extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community (such as a newsgroup, forum, chat room, or blog) with the deliberate intent of provoking readers into an emotional response[3] or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.[4]

This sense of the word troll and its associated verb trolling are associated with Internet discourse, but have been used more widely. Media attention in recent years has equated trolling with online harassment. For example, mass media has used troll to describe “a person who defaces Internet tribute sites with the aim of causing grief to families.”[5][6]

[Burkean]

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(Internet)

[Freeport]

“Sounds like a liberal paintbrush meaningless smear.”

You get it in one.

A cyberspace “Troll” is a person who hides behind anonymity to throw invectives and other hurtful verbiage at another via electronic communications usually over a sustained period of time.

[liberalh8ter]

I wonder if she committed suicide and if so, was it because she was ‘outed’ as the troll? In any case, it sounds as though she was a very hateful person who received a visit from the Karma fairy.

[Bettyprob]

what the hell is a troll?

Wow, is this baby's first time on the internet? Using the word 'troll' to describe internet trouble-makers has been popular internet vernacular since the 1990s.

[McGruff]

was accused of being one of the so-called “trolls” directing abusive messages at the McCanns. Her body was found days after she was confronted outside her home by a Sky News reporter.

Question. How was a reporter able to locate her just based upon Internet postings?

[IYAS9YAS]

Question. How was a reporter able to locate her just based upon Internet postings?

I'm sure the host site (sites?) had the IP address of the alleged troll, and they went from there.

[bgill]

Exactly. Surely, she had a life outside tweeting but, these days, maybe not. If the dead is not suspicious, how did she die?

[FamiliarFace]

So a troll is another word for bully, right?

[arielguard]

“Question. How was a reporter able to locate her just based upon Internet postings? “

When using Twitter you have to ensure that geotagging is turned off in your settings. Otherwise, every tweet is geotagged, and your movements are easily tracked publicly using sites such as tweetpaths.com.

[Hillbillary]

Yeah, just threw my pacifier out. I read freeps, thats about it.

[Hillbillary]

Thanks. Thats what I thought.