Have you ever TROLLED someone on the INTERNET?

Balanadan

I haven't and think trolling is BANG out of order.

KaneToad

What's trolling?

Autecher

Have you ever TROLLED someone on the INTERNET?

Balanadan wrote: »

I haven't and think trolling is BANG out of order.

No I HAVE never trolled SOMEONE on the internet.

partyguinness

Trolling is so 2005...

Trigger Happy

Stalking is the new trolling.

frag420

Mainly vegans...

mcmoustache

I have an ongoing one that I've been doing for a few years that nobody has picked up on yet. I only get to do it once or twice a year as it's a tricky one to work into most threads without it looking forced and giving the game away. I won't say any more on it.

The standard of trolling here isn't great though and I don't think it ever has. Off the top of my head, there's only one in here that I can think of to whom I would tip my hat whenever he comes out from under the bridge. Most of the others who try to troll are little more than silly wind-up merchants - the equivalent of a graffiti artists who just scrawls "Cock" with a sharpie on their bedroom wall.

Deebles McBeebles

I'm TROLLING right NOW!

Balanadan

frag420 wrote: »

Mainly vegans...

What ARE you talking ABOUT?!

KikiLaRue

Have you ever INTERNETED someone on a TROLL?

realdanbreen

I have a load of money buried and I have been leaving the whereabouts in certain little words I post and yet nobody has twigged it yet!:D

Sky King

I buried a safe a few years back with some old jars in it...

Grayson

That thread title is a deliberate attempt at TROLLING.

Deebles McBeebles

KikiLaRue wrote: »

Have you ever INTERNETED someone on a TROLL?

I think I did this with a working girl in Amsterdam years ago. Wild night.

Former Observer

Used to troll goth/pagan/atheist/vegan/hunting/body building message boards routinely back in the day (early 2000s). Great fun and I was a true legend on some boards. Multiple accounts, setting established members off on one another, sowing seeds of malcontent, undermining everyone and everything philosophically. Good days, before the word troll was hijacked by liberal rags like the guardian to mean nothing more than being abusive.

What Username Guidelines

Only once, and it was hilarious

JeffKenna

Used to love trolling the philosophical society in college. It was so easy, go into the general chat section and start posting my well formed opinions on wresting (taken from other sites)... Half the people used demonise me for posting about 'fake wresting' and the other half used fight for my right to express myself.

Plopsu

There's a fair argument to made that if someone CAN be trolled, the SHOULD be trolled.

demanufactured

I like a bit of trolling when I'm fishing large lakes for predatory fish such as a trout or pike.

It's a good way to learn an area using the echo sounder and gps and find out if there are any fish present.

Yer Da sells Avon

No. Theirs absolutely no need for it.

ILoveYourVibes

JeffKenna wrote: »

Used to love trolling the philosophical society in college. It was so easy, go into the general chat section and start posting my well formed opinions on wresting (taken from other sites)... Half the people used demonise me for posting about 'fake wresting' and the other half used fight for my right to express myself.

That was you???

ILoveYourVibes

Nope im not a troll ...im a fairy!

branie2

nope!

Better not say anything unless the lads in the MMA forum see it..

KikiLaRue

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

I think I did this with a working girl in Amsterdam years ago. Wild night.

I hope you tipped well.

fermanagh_man

Back in maybe 2011 I would troll Tyson Fury, nothing nasty just telling him he wasn't Irish etc

I actually met him in 2017, very nice guy
To chicken **** to tell him about 2011 tweets tho

mr_edge_to_you

I troll Irish Rail on twitter. I love it.

I've also tweeted Eoghan McDermott a few times.

mr_edge_to_you

mr_edge_to_you wrote: »

I've also tweeted Eoghan McDermott a few times.

Tell him I think he's a lerk..

Infernal Racket

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Tell him I think he's a lerk..

Where did eoghan mc dermot spring up out of and who in the name o jaysus actually thinks he's worthy of a pay cheque every week?

Bobblehats

I don’t really know! I hope I’m not taken up the wrong way like

Look, the only momo challenge I ever initiated was down at my local chinese and even then I couldn’t get the job done.

gozunda

Theres a fair few vacant underside of bridges going a wanting presently imo. The wannabes mostly here abouts are simply sad little pathetic ****** that dont even qualify for residency tbh. But then that's not new.

Sonny noggs

Never have, wouldn’t dream of doing so.

JohnnyFlash

Former Observer wrote: »

Used to troll goth/pagan/atheist/vegan/hunting/body building message boards routinely back in the day (early 2000s). Great fun and I was a true legend on some boards. Multiple accounts, setting established members off on one another, sowing seeds of malcontent, undermining everyone and everything philosophically. Good days, before the word troll was hijacked by liberal rags like the guardian to mean nothing more than being abusive.

Winding people up for your own amusement? Can’t say I get why one would do that.

begbysback

Trolling has a bad reputation, it can actually be very funny if done with some care. Most people think of trolling as extreme cases such as harassment, but mild forms of trolling, such as that which is permitted in AH for example, can actually be very amusing.

KerryGoat

I agree with OP in the sense it's bang out of order generally, but I wouldn't be opposed to trolling tolls or trolling people who spew pure hate and bile on the internet either.

DEFTLEFTHAND

It can turn nasty at times. Research the likes of Chris 'the Hacker' Peron and Frank 'Duncan' Garrett.

These men were trolled for yrs. In Peron's case he lost his business and ended up on the streets. Frank Garrett was hounded with pranks calls until his death from a stroke in 2011. He was an elderly Pole barn contractor from rural Oklahoma.

His foul mouth, heavy okie accent and legendary displays of anger made him an international superstar in the prank calling community. People phoned him from all over the world and chapters of 'Duncanism' sprung up everywhere, including Ireland. His soundboard is still heavily in use today.

The man single handily put Stilwell, OK on the map. However Frank never asked for or wanted his fame and refused to accept any sort of gifts or financial remuneration sent by the The World Prank Calling Council. The WPCC eventually attempted to stop the calls but his number was all over the net and the old goat refused to change it.

The poor man was tormented.

Rubberchikken

god no. it would require ENERGY;)

Bobblehats

gozunda wrote: »

Theres a fair few vacant underside of bridges going a wanting presently imo. The wannabes mostly here abouts are simply sad little pathetic ****** that dont even qualify for residency tbh. But then that's not new.

Lynching is a bit strong no?

It’s not the cartel these illegals are just in search of a better life.....

mcmoustache

mcmoustache wrote: »

I have an ongoing one that I've been doing for a few years that nobody has picked up on yet. I only get to do it once or twice a year as it's a tricky one to work into most threads without it looking forced and giving the game away. I won't say any more on it.

Meta trolling, nice. I tip my hat.

I wonder how many people went through your posts trying to find trolling that probably isn't there!

People sometimes accuse me I'm trolling, failing to quite appreciate the difference between careful trolling and just being really annoying.

Hedgelayer

Im shocked at the amount of knobs who troll Donald Trump on twitter.
I know one guy who is absolutely obsessed with anything to do with trump, and the spa is accusing Trump of whatever, tweeting insults.

He's so in love with trump he was in Newyork for a weekend and wasted 3 hours to gwt to a building with Trump written on the outside and stood there and gave the bird in a photo...

Actually this guy looks like a trool himself

Brendan Delaney

Not trolling as such but I've created fake dating profiles as experiments.

Plot spolier: if you're male and don't have model tier looks then don't bother with these sites.

Bobblehats

Brendan Delaney wrote: »

Not trolling as such but I've created fake dating profiles as experiments.

Plot spolier: if you're male and don't have model tier looks then don't bother with these sites.

That would be catfishing; it’s how I met my wife she said I was better looking in real life but seemed to have lost a little muscle.

Brendan Delaney

Bobblehats wrote: »

Brendan Delaney wrote: »

Not trolling as such but I've created fake dating profiles as experiments.

Plot spolier: if you're male and don't have model tier looks then don't bother with these sites.

That would be catfishing; it’s how I met my wife she said I was better looking in real life but seemed to have lost a little muscle.

I didn't catfish anyone, even though with my good looking guy profile I had young women CONSTANTLY messaging me.

BarryD2

Balanadan wrote: »

I haven't and think trolling is BANG out of order.

How do you know you haven't? Inadvertently even.

Bobblehats

Brendan Delaney wrote: »

I didn't catfish anyone, even though with my good looking guy profile I had young women CONSTANTLY messaging me.

Then stick with it, see what becomes of it. You know a little ghosting wouldn’t go astray either to find out if they’re a keeper

Tbh when myself and the wife did finally meet it was more like I fell into a state of catastrophic atrophy in comparison but then it all worked out.

IAMAMORON

It is overrated and gets too much bandwidth. A bit like this thread.

scudzilla

Most people really can't differentiate between being a complete tool and a troll.

My son posted on some FB site (in the comments) the full storyline of Avengers endgame, i pulled him up on it and asked him wtf he was doing, he said he was trolling and learnt from a master (me), told him he was being a complete dick

My best ever troll was on a mate back in Wales, he mentioned on his FB that he had seen a band called Cinderella at The Tivoli in Buckley in the late 80's, i told him that they had never ever played that venue (they had cos i was there), this went back and forth and in the end he got so mad he spent hours going up to his attic to find a few hundred copies of Kerrang magazine, he then spent another few hours going through each one trying to find the gig listing.

Poor fcuker was up all night trying to prove me wrong, i slept so well that night too

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

What Username Guidelines wrote: »

Only once, and it was hilarious

God dammit!

freshpopcorn

It depends what you consider trolling!

killanena

You cant be backwards on stairs

Hedgelayer

scudzilla wrote: »

Most people really can't differentiate between being a complete tool and a troll.

My son posted on some FB site (in the comments) the full storyline of Avengers endgame, i pulled him up on it and asked him wtf he was doing, he said he was trolling and learnt from a master (me), told him he was being a complete dick

My best ever troll was on a mate back in Wales, he mentioned on his FB that he had seen a band called Cinderella at The Tivoli in Buckley in the late 80's, i told him that they had never ever played that venue (they had cos i was there), this went back and forth and in the end he got so mad he spent hours going up to his attic to find a few hundred copies of Kerrang magazine, he then spent another few hours going through each one trying to find the gig listing.

Poor fcuker was up all night trying to prove me wrong, i slept so well that night too

I did something similar on a fishing forum years ago.
Said I hooked a porbeagle shark off the rocks in Clare and seen some cruising around the surface a few hundred yards out.

I was tope fishing and caught a 30 lbs tope and posted the photo, the tope was real alright.

But the porgie was a porky.

A few days later around 7 lads from Galway drove down and fished for hours, the only thing the caught was a dogfish.

I never told them I lied