Please don't feed the animals!
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(Internet troll)
In Internet terminology, a troll is a person who posts inflammatory messages on the internet, such as on online discussion forums, to disrupt discussion or to upset its participants. It can also be used as a verb, meaning to post such messages, and "trolling" (the gerund) is also commonly used to describe the activity.
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For whatever reason, there are a number of individuals who seem to take great delight in disrupting various groups of posters, most often (I believe) due to some character flaw. They may simply be anarchistic, narcissistic or whatever, but their motives are generally suspect. A lot of them seem to feel as though they are intellectually superior to most others, whether this is valid or not. Sometimes, people are accused of being trolls when it is really not their intention to be such, but time will generally tell.
In any case, the best advice is "Do not feed the trolls"...
(Internet troll)
In Internet terminology, a troll is a person who posts inflammatory messages on the internet, such as on online discussion forums, to disrupt discussion or to upset its participants. It can also be used as a verb, meaning to post such messages, and "trolling" (the gerund) is also commonly used to describe the activity.
Some more related links:
Cunningham & Cunningham, Inc.
Fact Index
Indiana University
NationMaster
The Jargon File
Urban Dictionary
For whatever reason, there are a number of individuals who seem to take great delight in disrupting various groups of posters, most often (I believe) due to some character flaw. They may simply be anarchistic, narcissistic or whatever, but their motives are generally suspect. A lot of them seem to feel as though they are intellectually superior to most others, whether this is valid or not. Sometimes, people are accused of being trolls when it is really not their intention to be such, but time will generally tell.
In any case, the best advice is "Do not feed the trolls"...
15 Comments:
So what did R-n-R say this time?
JannyMae:
Could be...I wouldn't doubt it.
Nightwalker:
I don't think R-n-R is a troll, so much as a zealot...
Hey Camo, great pic! That's exactly how I visualized them.
Regards,
Hawkeye®
You got my good side.
Love,
liger, dirty pants, Cloven Steamheap.
Hawkeye®:
I think it represents them well.
Libby Gone™:
Careful! You might convince me of something you don't really want to...
rusty:
Funny. It looks more like me than it does you, anyway.
More Cheese Please
kwl:
?! Sorry, I don't get the reference...
he y camojk, i lik e wut u said about troles! Haha, i allso see you habwe a blog. I 2 hab a blog, a bery progrerssibe one!
Mr. Baldo:
Your sales pitch is so good, I almost wish I was bald...almost, that is.
But welcome to my li'l corner o' da "blogosphere"!
Josh Fahrni:
Hey lad, long time no "see". How's Montana treating you? I was out West for Thanksgiving Week...
Eh, it has been a bit...but I'm always reading...just not taking the time to write these thing's out. Anyhow...Montucky is...Cold. And I think I've gone native. Sheep are looking Sexy, and I'm starting to hear voices drawing me to the train tracks...
Hahahaha. *Shivers* Couldn't help myself...
Josh:
I know it gets damnably cold in Montana; dipstick heater plugs hanging out from under vehicle hoods are fairly commonplace there...
I was talking to a guy here...he says when it's minus 30 (which apparently is commonplace in the winter, although I haven't yet seen it) the whole city shuts down, so people dont go out...He said a few years ago, it was minus 110 with windchill...No friggin way...
Josh:
Back in April of '83, a crosswind made me spin out on the ice in Bozeman Pass; I struck a guardrail and eventually wound up sliding to a stop on the shoulder whilst going backwards on the port side of my van. It was kind of fun, in retrospect, but scary while it was happening.
Way...
hooey:
My metabolism adjusted to Hawaii when I was stationed there some decades ago...and I've never forced it to readjust to this temperate zone. Consequently, I'm a baby about the cold myself these days. However, I'll be back in Hawaii for a few weeks very soon...
JannyMae:
It was in the 20's last night while I was in the stadium watching my Philadelphia Eagles get whupped on Monday Night Football, and snowing too. 37º sounds warm in comparison.
I passed through Chicago during Thanksgiving Weekend, and it was indeed in the single digits.
Kajun:
'Gator bait seems like a productive use for them thar trolls...
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