EPTWhat is Trolling - Page 3
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wifebeater
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Asjo
Denmark664 Posts
As with any word that is overused, micronesia probably has a point that it has now lost some of its original (well, popular original) meaning. It's not a surprise it has been used so much. Trolling has been detrimental to many online communities, ruining their integrity. I remember back on the forums of wcreplays.com when people were starting to become more aware of the problem and were calling "troll" more and more. One reason being, of course, that they wanted to expose and expel the insencere posters, but more so it was due to them feeling insecure, no longer wanting to trust others and just let go. I'm sure that today people have become more desensitized to it, but the word has become popularised and is just more and more just as a way of adding to humourous meta-conversation. It's true that trolls would not normally give themselves away. If trolling is to be useful as a word, you must distinguish clearly between between it and other similar things. Regardless of the actual intention of the poster, example 1 wouldn't be elaborate enough to be counted as a troll. As said earlier in this thread, trolling would be someone putting great effort into eleciting a deep emotional response (hence political topics), normally through provocation. The joy would often comes from the fun of making other people expose themselves completely. Acting stupid would normally not be enough for this, you have to push some more buttons to get to that point. If people were just being stupid, the "victims" would just have wasted some of their time, and I guess this isn't any great fear of forum-goers, and therefore this wouldn't see any need for calling out a "troll". If they had become emotionally involved, however, they will have wasted this energy and involvement, for, essentially, nothing, leaving a void, withdrawal or dissapointment. This is where it becomes necessary to call out the troll. However, as said, more people have become densensitized to this, and for many communities similar banter has become a part of the normal conversation. Maybe for that reason, trolls don't get as much of a kick out of the serious topics anymore, and we generally see more people devoted to a milder form of "trolling", hence why the perception of the word will have changed. | ||
micronesia
United States24773 Posts
You do realize he was trolling, right? | ||
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MiniRoman
Canada3953 Posts
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niteReloaded
Croatia5282 Posts
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SanguineToss
Canada815 Posts
On January 03 2010 07:49 niteReloaded wrote: I don't give a shit about this particular issue, and fail to see how anyone could. lol nub troll | ||
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ghrur
United States3786 Posts
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SpiritoftheTunA
United States20903 Posts
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SanguineToss
Canada815 Posts
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freelander
Hungary4707 Posts
edit I mean real life | ||
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Asjo
Denmark664 Posts
On January 03 2010 08:44 freelander wrote: can reality be trolled? edit I mean real life You seem confused about things. Us posting here on these forums is a part of reality  Edit: Damn, sneaky edit, even got in the quote. And it's a part of real life as well. | ||
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Fzero
United States1503 Posts
![[image loading]](http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/duty_calls.png) Trolls are my sworn enemy. | ||
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BanZu
United States3329 Posts
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DivinO
United States4796 Posts
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Loanshark
China3094 Posts
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MountainDewJunkie
United States10346 Posts
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Kau
Canada3502 Posts
The debate over so-called internet trolls - people who use social media accounts to abuse others - has been attracting headlines for several years now. | ||
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Endymion
United States3701 Posts
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