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Found a good definition for Troll...
« on: May 23rd, 2004, 1:27pm » |
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Usage of the word is various. In some usage, a troll is a communication such as a usenet post, and a troller is the author of such communication. In media where communication isn't discrete, a troll is the creator of such communication.
A troll is deliberately crafted to provoke others with the intention of wasting their time and energy. A troll is a time thief. To troll is to steal from people. That is what makes trolling heinous.
Trolls can be identified by their disengagement from a conversation or argument. They do not believe what they say, but merely say it for effect.
Trolls are motivated by a desire for attention by people and can't or won't acquire it in a productive manner.
Someone may be insufferable, infuriating, fanatical, and an ignorant idiot to boot without being a troll. (LOL  )
Also note that a troll isn't necessarily insulting, snide, or even impolite. Only the crudest, most obvious, forms of trolling can be identified so easily.
If you find yourself patiently explaining, at length and in great detail, some obscure point to someone who isn't even being polite to you, then you are probably being trolled.
Example: Baby drops its rattle. Mother picks it up and gives it back to the baby. Baby drops its rattle again... sometimes what is happening here is that the baby is learning about cause and effect and power. It has figured that it can make the mother do something: a trivial effort on its own part leads to a relatively large effort on the mother's. The baby no longer cares about the rattle for its own sake, only for the response dropping it provokes in the mother. This is the essence of troll behaviour.
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Re: Found a good definition for Troll...
« Reply #1 on: May 23rd, 2004, 2:37pm » |
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"Don't Feed the Trolls..."
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Re: Found a good definition for Troll...
« Reply #2 on: May 23rd, 2004, 2:47pm » |
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A TROLL IS A GODD THING,NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT FRIENDS
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Re: Found a good definition for Troll...
« Reply #3 on: May 23rd, 2004, 7:23pm » |
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I like trolls ain't he cute??????????????????
ree whos about as big as a troll......... and likes the dark.
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Re: Found a good definition for Troll...
« Reply #4 on: May 23rd, 2004, 8:31pm » |
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Trolls are motivated by a desire for attention by people and can't or won't acquire it in a productive manner.
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Definitely true.
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Some people perhaps though may forget that their "system" has its limits and actually believe. (example tastefully withheld)
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