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Trolling

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  • 03-04-2006 4:06pm
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    mountainyman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,268 ✭✭✭


    Is it trolling to adopt an aggressive version of what you really think?
    Is it trolling to argue in a manner that trips up other users.

    Is my sig trolling, for example, or is it merely stupid.

    MM


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    #2
    Karoma
    Registered Users Posts: 19,396 ✭✭✭✭Karoma


    A: Merely stupid.

    Trolling is 'setting out for'/deliberately provoking an arguement (Usually just for the sake of arguing). Being aggressive is different, but not considerably more tolerable. See: Rozie.

    "Is it trolling to argue in a manner that trips up other users. " - That's arguing.... It's when it gets petty that it gets annoying and pathetic. You'll know when you've reached this stage as your post contains more [ quote ] than anything else. :)


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    Talliesin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,314 ✭✭✭Talliesin


    Your sig is hilariously stupid.

    As for trolling with your genuinely held opinions. If I espouse my pro-choice views somewhere it is on topic, that's not trolling. If I sign-up to a mailing list run by Life just to espouse the same views, knowing that it's a mailing list explicitly intended for people with the opposite views, then I'd be trolling.


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