Quick question?

LEIN · 09-01-2009 8:47pm #1

I see the word troll being used a bit around Boards and I'm just wondering what it means. I have a fair idea but not a full understanding.

I browse the forum a good bit and post where something might interest me.
Does that make me a troll?

Sorry if its a stupid question but I'm still trying to understand a good bit of the lingo that's used.

Thanks

Damo

eVeNtInE · 09-01-2009 8:52pm

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Victor · 09-01-2009 9:10pm

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

eVeNtInE · 09-01-2009 9:14pm

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Victor · 09-01-2009 9:26pm

eVeNtInE wrote: »

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O_o cheeky. Banned.

:pac:

LEIN · 09-01-2009 9:48pm

onemoretime1 wrote: »

try spelling the word question correctly and you might get some respect

otherwise

go blow yourself

Lol I guess i have just got my definition!

Dudess · 09-01-2009 9:53pm

Absolutely perfect example!

onemoretime1 wrote: »

try spelling the word question correctly and you might get some respect

otherwise

go blow yourself

Are you an expert in weather, climate etc?

randylonghorn · 09-01-2009 9:53pm

onemoretime1 wrote: »

try spelling the word question correctly and you might get some respect

otherwise

go blow yourself

Meh, if he could do that he wouldn't need respect.

He'd be able to feast off the jealousy ... :pac:

Damo9090 wrote: »

Lol I guess i have just got my definition!

+100

Brian Capture · 10-01-2009 6:35pm

a troll is someone who posts an opinion that other people disagree with.

10-01-2009 6:58pm

http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warriorshtm/troller.htm

Dudess · 10-01-2009 6:59pm

Brian Capture wrote: »

a troll is someone who posts an opinion that other people disagree with.

OP, here's another good example of a troll post.

Brian Capture · 10-01-2009 7:48pm

Dudess wrote: »

OP, here's another good example of a troll post.

:rolleyes:

Tom Dunne · 10-01-2009 8:17pm

Brian Capture wrote: »

:rolleyes:

OP, here's another good example of a troll.

LEIN · 10-01-2009 8:36pm

TBH it might be a good idea to lock this thread before every troll muppet finds it because I'm getting a feeling that we will have many more troll demonstrations!

Brian Capture · 10-01-2009 8:46pm

Stop ganging up on me.

Damo9090 - you started the thread; a thread founded on ignorance. Now you want it locked because it hasn't turned out the way you wanted.

Life doesn't work that way.

LEIN · 10-01-2009 8:50pm

Thanks for the life coaching Brian.

The thread has served its purpose. That's why i suggest it should be locked!

Dudess · 10-01-2009 9:03pm

Brian's post makes absolutely no sense - I think you can add that to your list of examples, Damo.

LEIN · 10-01-2009 9:06pm

Dudess wrote: »

Brian's post makes absolutely no sense - I think you can add that to your list of examples, Damo.

The list is growing fairly quickly. I think i will be an expert troll detector in another few posts!

Dudess · 10-01-2009 9:10pm

Damo9090 wrote: »

I think i will be an expert troll detector in another few posts!

Well Boards.ie has a recruitment drive going on at the moment - and I hear on the grapevine that that's exactly the latest position it's hiring for. Get cracking on the CV!

Brian Capture · 10-01-2009 9:13pm

Dudess wrote: »

Brian's post makes absolutely no sense - I think you can add that to your list of examples, Damo.

Brian Capture wrote: »

Stop ganging up on me.

Damo9090 - you started the thread; a thread founded on ignorance. Now you want it locked because it hasn't turned out the way you wanted.

Life doesn't work that way.

Well the first sentence is in response to people labelling my posts as those of a troll when clearly they are not.

The thread is founded on ignorance because Damo9090 did not know what a troll was and did not bother to do his own research - wikipedia has tons of material on trolls, falseflags, sockpuppets etc.

Then he started complaining that it would attract trolls - i.e didn't turn out the way he wanted it.

The last sentence basically means that life doesn't always work out in your favour.

LEIN · 10-01-2009 9:14pm

Dudess wrote: »

Well Boards.ie has a recruitment drive going on at the moment - and I hear on the grapevine that that's exactly the latest position it's hiring for. Get cracking on the CV!

If only! I would love to be paid to post on Boards all day!

LEIN · 10-01-2009 9:21pm

Brian Capture wrote: »

Then he started complaining that it would attract trolls - i.e didn't turn out the way he wanted it.

The last sentence basically means that life doesn't always work out in your favour.

Actualy it worked very well for me. Helpful people posted some links and some foolish people posted examples for me.

So how did it not work out for me??

Dudess · 10-01-2009 9:22pm

Brian Capture wrote: »

Well the first sentence is in response to people labelling my posts as those of a troll when clearly they are not.
"Clearly"? You gave a definition of a troll: "someone who posts an opinion that others disagree with". Now that to me looks like a thinly veiled dig at moderators for banning people for trolling and the offenders feeling they were only banned because the moderators had a difference of opinion to them - doesn't happen. It ain't what you say, it's the way that you say it - i.e. no personal abuse, no racist/homophobic generalisations.

The thread is founded on ignorance because Damo9090 did not know what a troll was and did not bother to do his own research - wikipedia has tons of material on trolls, falseflags, sockpuppets etc.

Trolling is also trying to find something to argue about - for the sake of arguing. Why would you give a **** about the above? Yeah he could use those other internet resources, but Boards.ie is also an internet resource, and it's more personable.

Then he started complaining that it would attract trolls - i.e didn't turn out the way he wanted it.

LOL - please don't insult my and others' intelligence by saying you're not trolling. That sentence is, again, an example of nit-picking, twisting things in order to start an argument. How the hell did it not turn out the way he wanted to? He asked his questions, got his answers, then made the point there was no need to continue the thread seeing as his curiosity was satisfied... and jokingly added it was attracting trolls.
Actually I shouldn't be discussing it with you as that's what you're looking for.

The last sentence basically means that life doesn't always work out in your favour.

LOL - ok, I really should stop feeding...

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