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Trolls paid on websites?

  • 11-10-2010 1:44pm
    #1
    The After Hours Troll
    Closed Accounts Posts: 121 ✭✭


    Seen a section on a news programme on BBC1, on around 5 or 4, (newsround?) that claimed:
    Owners of websites and others who own rival sites now pay people to "troll" on these webpages, to:

    A) Test out their moderators, admins etc to see their potential resistence to infiltrators

    B) Rival owners do so to cause trouble and increase traffic on their own sites and therefore sometimes money from advertising.

    These trolls are IT students and get the minimum wage in the UK. Some website promotions Ltd runs this and may have job placements on there/

    So with all these lack of jobs, could internet trolling be the way forward?


Comments

  • #2
    alwaysadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,554 ✭✭✭✭alwaysadub


    I could turn it into a new career alright.
    I'd probably be fired quite quickly though..


  • #3
    flyton5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,106 ✭✭✭flyton5


    Oh the irony....:rolleyes:


  • #4
    Sea Sharp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,593 ✭✭✭Sea Sharp


    I do it for free.


  • #5
    clived2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 546 ✭✭✭clived2


    you know you are going to be fired for
    not being very subtle


  • #6
    Angron
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Music Moderators, Regional Midlands Moderators Posts: 24,155 Mod ✭✭✭✭Angron


    Paid to be a douche. Awesome.


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  • #7
    The After Hours Troll
    Closed Accounts Posts: 121 ✭✭The After Hours Troll


    flyton5 wrote: »
    Oh the irony....:rolleyes:
    ?


  • #8
    The After Hours Troll
    Closed Accounts Posts: 121 ✭✭The After Hours Troll


    Denny M wrote: »
    Paid to be a douche. Awesome.
    Politics has been around centuries bud.


  • #9
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,257 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    The After Hours Troll wrote: »
    Politics has been around centuries bud.

    You obviously didn't spend long enough at Troll School, because you haven't managed to wind somebody up yet.


  • #10
    Pookah
    Closed Accounts Posts: 544 ✭✭✭Pookah


    Are you building a résumé, OP?


  • #11
    The After Hours Troll
    Closed Accounts Posts: 121 ✭✭The After Hours Troll


    ejmaztec wrote: »
    You obviously didn't spend long enough at Troll School, because you haven't managed to wind somebody up yet.

    This is a legitimate thread. My name is irrelevant.


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  • #12
    Lockstep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,026 ✭✭✭Lockstep


    Where might one get these troll jobs?


  • #13
    The After Hours Troll
    Closed Accounts Posts: 121 ✭✭The After Hours Troll


    kickoutthejams wrote: »
    Where might one get these troll jobs?
    Website Promotions Ltd does a placement but you must a have a degree in an IT related field. It's a UK based firm as well.

    The competition is high also.


  • #14
    Scuid Mhór
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭Scuid Mhór


    i'm willing to bet none of these trolls are very good.


  • #15
    The After Hours Troll
    Closed Accounts Posts: 121 ✭✭The After Hours Troll


    Scuid Mhór wrote: »
    i'm willing to bet none of these trolls are very good.
    Agreed, they have no experience of the life of a troll. As I say time and time again in the jobs forum.

    DEGREES MEAN NOTHING, WITHOUT EXPERIENCE

    Experience is the first thing potential employers look for on a CV.


  • #16
    Galvasean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,746 ✭✭✭✭Galvasean


    I wonder what a professional troll's CV looks like...


  • #17
    ElaElaElano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,508 ✭✭✭ElaElaElano


    The After Hours Troll wrote: »
    Agreed, they have no experience of the life of a troll. As I say time and time again in the jobs forum.

    DEGREES MEAN NOTHING, WITHOUT EXPERIENCE

    Experience is the first thing potential employers look for on a CV.

    And, you, Jake, have that experience in abundance. You should set up a school or something. Troll school. Night classes, 80 quid for 10 weeks, job's a good'n.


  • #18
    KeithM89_old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,806 ✭✭✭✭KeithM89_old


    Galvasean wrote: »
    I wonder what a professional troll's CV looks like...

    Like this :D



    See what i did there?? :)


  • #19
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,126 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Galvasean wrote: »
    I wonder what a professional troll's CV looks like...

    Nothing spectacular


  • #20
    Lockstep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,026 ✭✭✭Lockstep


    I've a wealth of experience in trolling but my lack of an IT degree precludes me from applying.


    Fecking college kids.


  • #21
    The After Hours Troll
    Closed Accounts Posts: 121 ✭✭The After Hours Troll


    KeithM89 wrote: »
    Like this :D



    See what i did there?? :)
    I know where the link goes, but I just keep clicking.

    It's like heaven...


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  • #22
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,918 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    You'd want to be off your trolley


  • #23
    The After Hours Troll
    Closed Accounts Posts: 121 ✭✭The After Hours Troll


    ElaElaElano wrote: »
    And, you, Jake, have that experience in abundance. You should set up a school or something. Troll school. Night classes, 80 quid for 10 weeks, job's a good'n.

    But I'm not a troll? :confused:

    I'm just informing "the people" of available jobs. I'm helping out in tough times for alot of people, this is no joke.


  • #24
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,257 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    The After Hours Troll wrote: »
    This is a legitimate thread. My name is irrelevant.

    It's a waste of time having something that doesn't do what it says on the tin.


  • #25
    cson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,529 ✭✭✭✭cson


    Facekicker was a pioneer in his field so. :cool:


  • #26
    The After Hours Troll
    Closed Accounts Posts: 121 ✭✭The After Hours Troll


    ejmaztec wrote: »
    It's a waste of time having something that doesn't do what it says on the tin.
    I'm not a tub of Ronseal.


  • #27
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    So which of these websites are you employed by OP, and hows the training going?


  • #28
    Angron
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Music Moderators, Regional Midlands Moderators Posts: 24,155 Mod ✭✭✭✭Angron


    The After Hours Troll wrote: »
    I'm not a tub of Ronseal.

    ...or are you?


  • #29
    Micky Dolenz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,079 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    Closed, spam.

    OP use Monster Jobs or other.


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