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Trolling

  • 10-06-2013 02:11PM
    #1
    ad83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68 ✭✭


    Was wondering what you guys think is worse, people trolling or those who get all worked up by it?

    Heard recently of a guy who set up an account, purposely started posting lots of really insightful and helpful comments in serious forums for a few weeks just so he could build some credibility before doing a bit of trolling.

    I laughed at first at the ridiculous amount of effort he went to just to annoy people he will never know but woneered what your thoughts were.


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  • #2
    Seachmall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭Seachmall


    I appreciate intelligent trolling, but the more common stupid forms do my head in.

    The best troll I saw was on the NAACP facebook page where the troll argued the simple existence of the organisation creates a barrier to getting people to ignore color, the opposite of what it's trying to achieve.

    There were dozens of angry morons incapable of forming a cohesive argument smashing away on their keyboards in response before it got deleted. Absolutely beautiful work.

    But simply harassing someone or using much more simplistic methods are worthy of nothing but a contemptuous glance.


  • #3
    Czarcasm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,076 ✭✭✭✭Czarcasm


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYyx3CBSO_0


  • #4
    downonthefarm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,308 ✭✭✭downonthefarm


    there are two types of trolls


  • #5
    FatherLen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭FatherLen


    i put on my robe and wizard hat


  • #6
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Everyone who posts in this thread is a troll.


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  • #7
    frank reynolds
    Closed Accounts Posts: 404 ✭✭frank reynolds


    trolling is in the eye of the beholder.

    some people call it trolling, others might call it another side to a story.

    if it's personal attacks/insults etc, then it's not exactly trolling.


  • #8
    --Kaiser--
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,461 ✭✭✭--Kaiser--


    On this site, it's getting harder and harder to tell which are the trolls and which are the genuine drivelling imbeciles


  • #9
    YFlyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,712 ✭✭✭YFlyer


    Playing devil's advocate without making it obvious.


  • #10
    DipStick McSwindler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,460 ✭✭✭DipStick McSwindler


    This post has been deleted.


  • #11
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,916 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    ad83 wrote: »
    Was wondering what you guys think is worse, people trolling or those who get all worked up by it?

    Heard recently of a guy who set up an account, purposely started posting lots of really insightful and helpful comments in serious forums for a few weeks just so he could build some credibility before doing a bit of trolling.

    I laughed at first at the ridiculous amount of effort he went to just to annoy people he will never know but woneered what your thoughts were.

    This thread is brought to you by the same person who posted this not 12 hours ago...http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056967379
    I have a schoolfriend who bought a house around the end of his apprenticeship as a carpenter for 900k which is now valued at 350.


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  • #12
    frank reynolds
    Closed Accounts Posts: 404 ✭✭frank reynolds


    i have to admit, it's hard to resist trolling on this thread!!!


  • #13
    ad83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68 ✭✭ad83


    For Forks Sake wrote: »
    This thread is brought to you by the same person who posted this not 12 hours ago...http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056967379

    And this is trolling?


  • #14
    krudler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    When trolling is done well its masterful stuff to watch unfold


  • #15
    --Kaiser--
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,461 ✭✭✭--Kaiser--


    krudler wrote: »
    When trolling is done well its masterful stuff to watch unfold

    Trolling is a art


  • #16
    Oranage2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,129 ✭✭✭✭Oranage2


    --Kaiser-- wrote: »
    Trolling is a art

    Jeez that jokes so old I think I read it in the bible!


  • #17
    --Kaiser--
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,461 ✭✭✭--Kaiser--


    Oranage2 wrote: »
    Jeez that jokes so old I think I read it in the bible!

    The old ones are the best
    (at least that's what I told your ma last night, hweh hweh hweh)


  • #18
    hatrickpatrick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,798 ✭✭✭✭hatrickpatrick


    Anyone who takes the internet seriously or personally is a complete feckin' eejit.


  • #19
    Sacksian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,896 ✭✭✭Sacksian


    Is Conno16 still around under a different name? I first discovered his work here:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055570256

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055588715

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055594077

    I think he could have been Boards' answer to KenM

    http://www.collegehumor.com/user/6377038

    This is my favourite:
    http://www.collegehumor.com/article/6887506/the-troll-models-moms-and-teen-pregnancy


  • #20
    DipStick McSwindler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,460 ✭✭✭DipStick McSwindler


    This post has been deleted.


  • #21
    IM0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,390 ✭✭✭IM0


    krudler wrote: »
    When trolling is done well its masterful stuff to watch unfold

    unfortunately most are just unfunny retards looking for reaction to masterbate over. funny ones get my vote, but unfortunately they are a rare species :(


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  • #22
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,780 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    IrishFeeney92 wrote: »
    One of my most successful trolling quests resulted in 3 separate death threats through private message on Facebook.....


    "ill catch you ya lil dope ya"


    Yeah i did a bit through facebook to a load of pro gun Americans. I didnt start out trolling but they reacted with anger to a genuine question. It went on from there, death threats and so on.
    To be honest its harder to troll a dog then an American.


  • #23
    CruelCoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,463 ✭✭✭CruelCoin


    ad83 wrote: »
    Was wondering what you guys think is worse, people trolling or those who get all worked up by it?

    Heard recently of a guy who set up an account, purposely started posting lots of really insightful and helpful comments in serious forums for a few weeks just so he could build some credibility before doing a bit of trolling.

    I laughed at first at the ridiculous amount of effort he went to just to annoy people he will never know but woneered what your thoughts were.

    Trolling done properly is an art. It takes skill to execute a good trolling, and i applaude those able to do it.

    Worse for me, are the people who get worked up.

    Thread needs a poll.


  • #24
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,443 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    Calling 'troll' is also a handily lazy non-response to valid questioning in various forums here that attract a particularly uniform mindset. One in particular. I'll let ye guess which. Hint: tinfoil.


  • #25
    PizzamanIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,147 ✭✭✭PizzamanIRL


    The word 'Trolling' is thrown around too easy. Some people would tell you a joke and say 'Ha, you've just been trolled!'.

    No.


  • #26
    Terry1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 251 ✭✭Terry1985


    There's a lot of left wing trolls out there looking for a reaction when they say everyone deserves to be treated equally.


  • #27
    DipStick McSwindler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,460 ✭✭✭DipStick McSwindler


    This post has been deleted.


  • #28
    Clandestine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,466 ✭✭✭Clandestine


    IrishFeeney92 wrote: »
    My sole purpose in life is to troll on facebook, its so entertaining!!!

    god im lonely :(
    I think its time to pull the plug on facebook by the sounds of it. Find a hobby you can work at outside or something.


  • #29
    hardCopy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,969 ✭✭✭hardCopy


    Terry1985 wrote: »
    There's a lot of left wing trolls out there looking for a reaction when they say everyone deserves to be treated equally.

    I see what you did there


  • #30
    DipStick McSwindler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,460 ✭✭✭DipStick McSwindler


    This post has been deleted.


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  • #31
    Seedy Arling
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,002 ✭✭✭Seedy Arling


    --Kaiser-- wrote: »
    On this site, it's getting harder and harder to tell which are the trolls and which are the genuine drivelling imbeciles
    Yeah, I think loads more people are becoming social media/discussion board literate, it accounts (and has done for quite a while) for all the sh1te that people post here and on FB etc.

    Every monkey has access to a keyboard now and they most certainly retain the right to become offended at what ever crap is being talked about.

    Its become way to easy to troll and the majority of it has been seen before.


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