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Just like all other parts of the internet, Skypeland is frequented by internet trolls. One thing that internet trolls love to do is to "out people" and embarrass people and threaten people. The basic aim of internet trolls is to cause as much chaos and havoc as possible, and to manipulate people.

The mystery man A has widely advertised that his purpose on the internet is to yank people's chains and get them as upset as possible. Somehow, he seems to always be connected to assorted strange events that people find disturbing. He somehow managed to get ahold of L's ex-boyfriend phone number and call his phone number, and leave a message, all while others in Skypeland were listening. This hurt L badly, and then to top it off, somehow the number was widely leaked on the internet. Of course, A claimed that he had no idea how this happened.

Then last night, A linked a phone call to one of the most notorious trolls on the internet to the internet discussion room in an attempt to cause more chaos. This character has been banned from well over a dozen large websites. Conversations with administrators on these websites all yielded the same comments; this is one of the most destructive trolls on the internet, bar none. Of course, the troll had no explanation for any of this; the conflict and disruption is all of the fault of the hundreds or maybe even thousands of other people he has been in fights with on the internet over the last 20 years. But trolls seem to like to link up.

Then today, there was another huge explosion of hostility in Skypeland. The mystery man A had brought a "protege" to the room; J, a young woman who had a close connection to him. This was one of dozens he has invited to come to the room, and most seem to be fervent conspiracy theorists. J was much more vague about her beliefs about the 911 inside job and conspiracy theorists, but left the door open to them. She immediately launched into several fights, trying to get others in the room to be politically correct and posting personal information of others in public. Then, this morning J became incredibly incensed. Someone supposedly had called her "mother".

The question arose, who called J's mother? Well no one but A knows J's personal details. Of course, A claimed that it was outrageous that he would be blamed for this. J stated that it was "impossible" that A could have called her mother since J was on a phone call with A at the same time that someone had called her mother. Also, A has a long track record of doing similar things, and attempting to stir up trouble. But somehow, the obvious suggestion of who was responsible for this call to J's phone number was met with outright anger and hostility.