Trolls

Trolling can be gat fun if its done right.

Most people aren't trolls, they just get called that because they have a different opinion. Pathetic

lop off the head usually, nevermind the tricky stick throught he heart business

VagnerLove wrote: »

if you're trolling do you basically have no life?

Well you live under a bridge and try to attack anyone who walks over your bridge....

I've been called a troll just because I disagreed with people on this very forum.
I'm not, as Silverfish has said to me personally, "You don't appear to be trolling". (Silverfish is an admin with a lot of respect)
Calling someone a troll on an internet is the most offensive thing you can really. It's like saying that person doesn't exist. People throw the word around way too often without understanding the meaning and history of the word. I actually think people who call other people trolls should be perma banned. It's far to easy to dismiss someones points. Look at KeithAFC. The guy was once a reputable poster but now everyone just sees the guy as a complete joke. It all started by people calling him a "troll".
People should be 100% sure before they go around making accusations like that. It can destroy a users life. (Online persona I'm talking about).

Trolling is when you adopt a completely different persona and post messages which are completely intended only to make people rage. A troll does not believe the things they say. It's ridiculous the number of people who do not understand what a troll is, but use the term every time someone makes them angry regardless.

Trolling, when done well, can be pretty funny. It highlights just how seriously people can take the internet, and I find it quite entertaining for someone to go to such great lengths to defend their opinion when the sole intention of the person they're talking to, is to make them angry. I've seen people become furious and abusive when being trolled, and it's pretty funny to see someone become aggressive over an absolutely pointless internet debate.

I think it's the people who allow themselves to get trolled who are to blame. You get trolled - you are sitting there about to burst an artery over something completely stupid and insignificant while the troll sits back and laughs.

Also - trolling and cyberbullying are completely different. In the case of the latter, actual harm is intended, and the people involved genuinely mean the things they post. Cyberbullying is also usually between people who know each other in real life.

Also:

TeddyTedson wrote: »

So are you suggesting that I was cyber bullied on here rather than trolled?

I wasn't suggesting anything. I have no idea of your circumstances.

TeddyTedson wrote: »

But why did you bring it up then? To be honest I think you're actually right. People have clicked my formspring thing and told me to kill myself! :rolleyes:
Also after getting a link for a soccer match a few months ago, I decided to join in the chat room with a few people from boards. I misplayed Ted as teed and they all just kept taking the piss out of me. I wouldn't be allowed to repeat the things that were said to me on here.

I was just replying to the thread :P Did you give them a reaction? I mean generally if you just laugh these things off people will leave you alone.

TeddyTedson wrote: »

I told them to shut up ect or I'd eat their family ect ect. I even changed my name to Ted and someone else started calling himself teed and then they all started doing it.
Man U match I think it was. A Tuesday I think.

Well that sounds like an...entertaining exchange.