Troll 101 ( Archived) (90)

Sep 14, 2010 2:33 AM CST Troll 101
It has come apparent to me that people here are not used to dealing with trolls.

For those who do not know what a troll is, let me define it so you may draw a parallel to perhaps a poster or two.

Trolls will find an offensive or borderline offensive subject matter and use it to piss people off. 99% of the time they do not even believe what they are posting. They simply do it to have a laugh at your expense when you respond t them.

The trolls I have seen here are mild and not very creative or clever and are playing quite a number of people here like a virtuoso.

By giving the troll attention and debating with them, you are giving them the laugh they want. And it is YOU they are laughing at. You are not debating or proving any points by wasting your time and effort with a 4 paragraph response to the troll.


Ignore them and they go away.
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Sep 14, 2010 2:34 AM CST Troll 101
Amity
AmityAmityDodging Daggers, Wiltshire, England UK49 Threads 6,217 Posts
laugh you dork...
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Sep 14, 2010 2:37 AM CST Troll 101
Amity: you dork...



Just trying to keep people from wasting thier time and getting banned

Welcome back Vixen of almighty gas hug
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Sep 14, 2010 2:38 AM CST Troll 101
plainlyjune
plainlyjuneplainlyjuneLegazpi City, Bicol Philippines12 Threads 2 Polls 8,175 Posts
ok troll tongue
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Sep 14, 2010 2:38 AM CST Troll 101
plainlyjune: ok troll


Don't stick your tongue out at me stupid face or I will rip it off tongue
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Sep 14, 2010 2:39 AM CST Troll 101
Amity
AmityAmityDodging Daggers, Wiltshire, England UK49 Threads 6,217 Posts
Jihadmeathello: Just trying to keep people from wasting thier time and getting banned

Welcome back Vixen of almighty gas

Thanks newb sauce teddybear
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Sep 14, 2010 2:40 AM CST Troll 101
plainlyjune
plainlyjuneplainlyjuneLegazpi City, Bicol Philippines12 Threads 2 Polls 8,175 Posts
Jihadmeathello: Don't stick your tongue out at me stupid face or I will rip it off
i thought you loved this tongue but thanks for he post. Now i know what a troll means. Finally!doh
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Sep 14, 2010 2:41 AM CST Troll 101
Amity: Thanks newb sauce



You callin me a nub?

I'll thump you!!!

*tares off shirt with sweat glistening off check in a slight breeze in a picturesque Conan style stance*

flex
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Sep 14, 2010 2:42 AM CST Troll 101
plainlyjune: i thought you loved this but thanks for he post. Now i know what a troll means. Finally!



Naw, but allot don't, 2 threads were just made calling out a particular troll after he's already trolled people everyday 50 pages for several days

So apparently, allot of people here don't know what a troll is
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Sep 14, 2010 2:44 AM CST Troll 101
StillOfTheNight
StillOfTheNightStillOfTheNightClarenville Area, Newfoundland Canada11 Threads 2,832 Posts
Trolls are people like myself. Avoid them at all costs
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Sep 14, 2010 2:45 AM CST Troll 101
leostartingover
leostartingoverleostartingoverSandton, Gauteng South Africa33 Threads 1 Polls 1,685 Posts
Uh thank you for the clarification! I am not all that au fait with forum talk, so troll is a new one for me!!! I wouldn't know one if it leapt up and bit me on the bum... but now that you mention it.... hmmmmm yes can think of a few peeps with a bitta troll in them! wave
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Sep 14, 2010 2:46 AM CST Troll 101
sophiasummer
sophiasummersophiasummerNorthland, New Zealand112 Threads 6,528 Posts
Amity: you dork...

wave
Hi Amity, been awhile since I said hi, bouquet

Isn't nice to have JMT disguised as the verbal gatekeepercool detective
cheers
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Sep 14, 2010 2:51 AM CST Troll 101
Dude44
Dude44Dude44Geneva, Switzerland33 Threads 6 Polls 397 Posts
....and all this time I thought trolls were those silly cement sculptures people put in their gardens...

doh
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Sep 14, 2010 2:53 AM CST Troll 101
plainlyjune
plainlyjuneplainlyjuneLegazpi City, Bicol Philippines12 Threads 2 Polls 8,175 Posts
Dude44: ....and all this time I thought trolls were those silly cement sculptures people put in their gardens...
me too dude. That's why i'm lost when i see someone mentioning trolls here. dunno
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Sep 14, 2010 2:58 AM CST Troll 101
sophiasummer
sophiasummersophiasummerNorthland, New Zealand112 Threads 6,528 Posts
sophiasummer: Hi Amity, been awhile since I said hi,

Isn't nice to have JMT disguised as the verbal gatekeeper


OOpps! Typo..maybe The troll stole the H where the T now sitsdunno

grin
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Sep 14, 2010 2:59 AM CST Troll 101
lonelywoman55
lonelywoman55lonelywoman55scranton, Pennsylvania USA3 Threads 3,618 Posts
laugh laugh thumbs up thumbs up thumbs up beer
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Sep 14, 2010 3:03 AM CST Troll 101
Christmas1
Christmas1Christmas1Peterborough, Ontario Canada31 Threads 2,419 Posts
One could also say there are "helpers" to the OP's that are the instigators of discriminatory threads. I have noticed a particular individual who will agree with the OP (always) when the OP receives 99% negative response. Then the helper calls the opposition "attacking in packs". Even though the accused have entered the thread at different times and are unaware of other posts. And who gets banned...not the troller and not the "helper". But the people who have been insulted and were defending their beliefs.
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Sep 14, 2010 3:04 AM CST Troll 101
taff1
taff1taff1Malta, Majjistral Malta18 Threads 1,592 Posts
leostartingover: Uh thank you for the clarification! I am not all that au fait with forum talk, so troll is a new one for me!!! I wouldn't know one if it leapt up and bit me on the bum... but now that you mention it.... hmmmmm yes can think of a few peeps with a bitta troll in them!


I'm not a troll but can I jump up and bite on you on the bum? wow laugh hug
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Sep 14, 2010 3:09 AM CST Troll 101
Christmas1: One could also say there are "helpers" to the OP's that are the instigators of discriminatory threads. I have noticed a particular individual who will agree with the OP (always) when the OP receives 99% negative response. Then the helper calls the opposition "attacking in packs". Even though the accused have entered the thread at different times and are unaware of other posts. And who gets banned...not the troller and not the "helper". But the people who have been insulted and were defending their beliefs.


Yeah, I have seen that too.


Just sad after 50 pages people can't figure it out and keep feeding them and in return make new threads to keep it going. It's like trying to put a fire out with gas.
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Sep 14, 2010 3:18 AM CST Troll 101
RDM59
RDM59RDM59Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland UK92 Threads 5 Polls 14,070 Posts
thumbs up agree ..... DNFTT

"Do not feed the trolls" .... scold
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