Stupid Question... but what is meant by "Trolling"

styer

Hey....

I've seen it meantioned in a few places... but what exactly is meant by the term "trolling"...

Thanks

Oryx

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

mikedragon32

Have you seen Joebhoy1916's thread on Hezbollah t-shirts?

That's a fine example of trolling.

Some may also refer to it as Flame Bait.

Basically it's posting something bound to offend in the knowledge it will start a big argument or "Flame War".

Terry

there are no stupid questions, styer. only stupid people.

GrumPy

Stupid people are soooooooo stupid.

Unearthly

When they get shot down, they usually claim to say "I am entitled to my own opinion"

styer

I get it now... Thanks....

Tazzle

see also :> http://www.boards.ie/wiki/index.php/Troll

dahooligan

There a one or two, who shall remain nameless, who make it their mission to follow certain posters about the forums, quoting their posts and insulting either the post content, or the poster.
These trolls are a new breed, they are cyber bullies, or post stalkers!

L31mr0d

One resource I look to when I see a phrase I don't recognise in a forum is the Hacker Dictionary, pretty much has everything you'd need to know.

Ruu_Old

dahooligan wrote:

There a one or two, who shall remain nameless, who make it their mission to follow certain posters about the forums, quoting their posts and insulting either the post content, or the poster.
These trolls are a new breed, they are cyber bullies, or post stalkers!

Only one or two?

dr.bollocko

And here was me clicking on this forum thinking, "trolling? Im a pervert and I never even heard of that!"

There you go, you learn something new every day.

mikedragon32

While we're at it what does mean?

Spastafarian

mikedragon32 wrote:

While we're at it what does mean?

Less than 3?

Faith

means love. It's like a sideways heart.

mikedragon32

Faith wrote:

means love. It's like a sideways heart.

Ahhh.

I don't have one, so was never concerned with how it might look.

Thank you!

Black Swan

There are battle trolls, mountain trolls, and cave trolls in Lord of the Rings. They are all fearsome and strong, but also have bad breath.:D

Dooom

Blue_Lagoon wrote:

There are battle trolls, mountain trolls, and cave trolls in Lord of the Rings. They are all fearsome and strong, but also have bad breath.:D

Roffle

Terry

Blue_Lagoon wrote:

There are battle trolls, mountain trolls, and cave trolls in Lord of the Rings. They are all fearsome and strong, but also have bad breath.:D

there is also PillowPants, the pussy troll.
all girls have one and it bites you cock off if you have sex with a woman. the girl pees it out on her 21st birthday. you can safely have sex with her then.

Chinafoot

Urban dictionary is another good one.

Tha Gopher

mikedragon32 wrote:

Have you seen Joebhoy1916's thread on Hezbollah t-shirts?

That's a fine example of trolling.

Some may also refer to it as Flame Bait.

Basically it's posting something bound to offend in the knowledge it will start a big argument or "Flame War".

See also any thread which mentions a single member of a minority group in a negative light. It will quickly descend into a war of words between people who have had a negative experience vs people who havent left the house in 35 years. Because they have no real response to give they will usually cry "racist" at posters who have not said a single racist thing, and will deliberately skip questions directed at them by the poster if they are unable to provide a relevant answer (regarding a post in a previous thread where it was claimed foreigners from some countries have a right to be rude to us as its how its done in their native culture, I never got an answer to my question as to why it wouldnt be acceptable for a person from the deep south of the US to generally act like a racist KKK redneck, seeing as its part of their culture. I was dying to hear that one)

Drug threads also descend into this kind of behaviour, with people making all sorts of wild claims about the medicinal benefits of illegal drugs. Alcohol users are apparently utterly evil scum (in spite of the fact most stoners I know are heavy social drinkers or, in some cases, alcoholics). I smoke constantly, I do the other sh1t occasionally, but lord I know it isnt good for me.

Christ, boards has really reached new levels of retardation in 2006. Ive been readin these forums for years, and until about 9 months ago the worst you would see were people lining up to say that McDonalds food is vile. I think our freezing winter gone and humid sticky summer of now is affecting the mindset of some here.

TerrorFirmer

Tha Gopher wrote:

Because they have no real response to give they will usually cry "racist" at posters who have not said a single racist thing, .

that really grinds my gears.