Thread:Freighttrain, The/@comment-35284063-20190113202506/@comment-35284063-20190220223001

Hey,

I mentioned your suspicions to Cruentus in private on February 11th. He was a little suspicious of MikeChristie13 but decided to give them the benefit of the doubt; I'll mention your new findings to him and we'll see what he says now and where this goes from here.

If you ask me, personally I don't think MikeChristie13 is an Alex sockpuppet considering Alex is barely capable of editing, let alone sockpuppeting. In my judgment, the idea of Alex creating a 'sleeper sockpuppet' just seems a little out there, if you know what I mean. All you have to do is check his Community Wiki account to see his messages toward the GTA wiki admins—he clearly isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer and his messages are very telling of that.

I do think it's wrong to infer that Alex is a troll, however.

The Wikipedia definition of a troll is as follows: "In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion."

For all his faults, I get the impression that Alex actually wanted to contribute to the wiki but was just terrible at it.