What exactly is a troll?

[deltadave]

. . . before all this electronic stuff, there used to be "books". . . .

Uncle Dave is old.

Boy, I tell ya! Them Phoenicians could play some "D"!

Maybe they weren't big, but hoo-boy could they fly!

They were the guys that first ran a Tampa 2, long before Dungy ever thought of it (and I mean we're talking like 3000 years here)!

[deltadave]

. . . before all this electronic stuff, there used to be "books". . . .

Uncle Dave is old.

Boy, I tell ya! Them Phoenicians could play some "D"!

Maybe they weren't big, but hoo-boy could they fly!

They were the guys that first ran a Tampa 2, long before Dungy ever thought of it (and I mean we're talking like 3000 years here)!

Course, they called it a Φοινίκη 2, but you get the point.

[Gazhacks]

There it is again? every now and then A post pops up and when you click it to read its blank then disapears? Is this spam? A Troll? What?

[SleepingUgly]

There it is again? every now and then A post pops up and when you click it to read its blank then disapears? Is this spam? A Troll? What?

It's the ghost of cpaptalk...

[SleepingUgly]

Most of the time, people I've seen called "trolls" on here were not trolls at all - imho. They were simply people who had an opinion (often strongly and/or repeatedly expressed) that was different from that of the majority of active posters. They also often were people who had suddenly appeared on the board.

Having a strong differing opinion, and sudden appearance (hey, everyone has to start "sometime") does not, in and of itself, a "troll" make. Not in my book, anyway.

Exactly! Better said than the way I said it!

[Gazhacks]

In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion. The noun troll may refer to the provocative message itself, as in: "That was an excellent troll you posted".

While the word troll and its associated verb trolling are associated with Internet discourse, media attention in recent years has made such labels subjective, with trolling describing intentionally provocative actions and harassment outside of an online context. For example, mass media has used troll to describe "a person who defaces Internet tribute sites with the aim of causing grief to families."


The most likely derivation of the word troll can be found in the phrase "trolling for newbies", popularized in the early 1990s in the Usenet group, alt.folklore.urban Commonly, what is meant is a relatively gentle inside joke by veteran users, presenting questions or topics that had been so overdone that only a new user would respond to them earnestly. For example, a veteran of the group might make a post on the common misconception that glass flows over time. Long-time readers would both recognize the poster's name and know that the topic had been discussed a lot, but new subscribers to the group would not realize, and would thus respond. These types of trolls served as a practice to identify group insiders. This definition of trolling, considerably narrower than the modern understanding of the term, was considered a positive contribution. One of the most notorious AFU trollers, Snopes, went on to create his eponymous urban folklore website.

By the late 1990s, alt.folklore.urban had such heavy traffic and participation that trolling of this sort was frowned upon. Others expanded the term to include the practice of playing a seriously misinformed or deluded user, even in newsgroups where one was not a regular; these were often attempts at humor rather than provocation. In such contexts, the noun troll usually referred to an act of trolling, rather than to the author

[-tim]

As I said on a post on page 2 of this. There are lots of different types of trolls. There are also the ones who are mentally ill or cognitively challenged. If I say I like the nice red grass in the front yard but I'm r/g color blind, does that make me a troll? If I say it because I know its going to annoy someone then yes.

[deltadave]

In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion. The noun troll may refer to the provocative message itself, as in: "That was an excellent troll you posted".

While the word troll and its associated verb trolling are associated with Internet discourse, media attention in recent years has made such labels subjective, with trolling describing intentionally provocative actions and harassment outside of an online context. For example, mass media has used troll to describe "a person who defaces Internet tribute sites with the aim of causing grief to families."


The most likely derivation of the word troll can be found in the phrase "trolling for newbies", popularized in the early 1990s in the Usenet group, alt.folklore.urban Commonly, what is meant is a relatively gentle inside joke by veteran users, presenting questions or topics that had been so overdone that only a new user would respond to them earnestly. For example, a veteran of the group might make a post on the common misconception that glass flows over time. Long-time readers would both recognize the poster's name and know that the topic had been discussed a lot, but new subscribers to the group would not realize, and would thus respond. These types of trolls served as a practice to identify group insiders. This definition of trolling, considerably narrower than the modern understanding of the term, was considered a positive contribution. One of the most notorious AFU trollers, Snopes, went on to create his eponymous urban folklore website.

By the late 1990s, alt.folklore.urban had such heavy traffic and participation that trolling of this sort was frowned upon. Others expanded the term to include the practice of playing a seriously misinformed or deluded user, even in newsgroups where one was not a regular; these were often attempts at humor rather than provocation. In such contexts, the noun troll usually referred to an act of trolling, rather than to the author

What a great post!

Have you thought of writing professionally?

[Gazhacks]

Yes to your question and yes I am a published author shhhh dont tell cos I aint lol

[deltadave]

Yes to your question and yes I am a published author shhhh dont tell cos I aint lol

Yeah, well just don't get caught plagiarizing or you'll end up

[Gazhacks]

I meant I aint telling who I am

and the post was obviously from wiki. Just to clear that up, here is the link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(Internet)




Im in here

[deltadave]

I meant I aint telling who I am

and the post was obviously from wiki. Just to clear that up, here is the link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(Internet)




Im in here

Is it original stuff, or did you guys lift it from "MD Talent"?