Troll Fixation
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- huntpeg
What is with this trend of labeling someone a 'troll' just because of their beliefs or viewpoints? also, i dont understand why people keep calling me hedge. really, i dont.
Just because I play a troll warrior doesn't mean I AM one.
- mrdobolina0
An Internet troll, or simply troll in Internet slang, is someone who posts controversial and usually irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum or chat room, with the intention of baiting other users into an emotional response or to generally disrupt normal on-topic discussion.
- Also, it;s no "trend", that term has been with us for at least 8 years...NONEIS
- TheBlueOne0
- Fuck. I can't watch four minutes of that.boobs
- exactlyTheBlueOne
- that's sadLlyod
- mental illness is sadLlyod
- Is that Hedge?********
- huntpeg0
No, I'm not. and what was the point of linking that video? honestly
- mrdobolina0
An Internet troll, or simply troll in Internet slang, is someone who posts controversial and usually irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum or chat room, with the intention of baiting other users into an emotional response or to generally disrupt normal on-topic discussion.
- Point50
stop playing warcraft
- Point50
The contemporary use of the term first appeared on Usenet groups in the late 1980s. It is thought to be a truncation of the phrase trolling for suckers, itself derived from the fishing technique known as trolling.[3] The word likely gained currency because of its apt second meaning, drawn from the trolls portrayed in Scandinavian folklore and children's tales; they are often ugly, obnoxious creatures bent on mischief and wickedness.
- kalkal0
A member of an internet forum who continually harangues and harasses others. Someone with nothing worthwhile to add to a certain conversation, but rather continually threadjacks or changes the subject, as well as thinks every member of the forum is talking about them and only them. Trolls often go by multiple names to circumvent getting banned.- This one is a good one for the case in hand. Except the issue lies more with starting useless threadskalkal
- tasty0
trends are reborn every 15 yrs
- hedge0
Please don't associate me with this guy.
He plays video games.
- fuck off you cunt troll. You have driven many people off this fucking site you cunt.Jnr_Madison
- I'm just saying, stop thinking that every single conservative user is my alias.hedge
- mrdobolina0
What Is A Troll?
The term derives from "trolling", a style of fishing which involves trailing bait through a likely spot hoping for a bite. The troll posts a message, often in response to an honest question, that is intended to upset, disrupt or simply insult the group.
Usually, it will fail, as the troll rarely bothers to match the tone or style of the group, and usually its ignorance shows.
Why do trolls do it?I believe that most trolls are sad people, living their lonely lives vicariously through those they see as strong and successful.
Disrupting a stable newsgroup gives the illusion of power, just as for a few, stalking a strong person allows them to think they are strong, too.
For trolls, any response is 'recognition'; they are unable to distinguish between irritation and admiration; their ego grows directly in proportion to the response, regardless of the form or content of that response.
Trolls, rather surprisingly, dispute this, claiming that it's a game or joke; this merely confirms the diagnosis; how sad do you have to be to find such mind-numbingly trivial timewasting to be funny?
Remember that trolls are cowards; they'll usually post just enough to get an argument going, then sit back and count the responses (Yes, that's what they do!).