What's a troll?

[diaglo]

Stop ignoring me, feck you.

i'm ignoring you right now... IYKWIMAITYD

 

[Henry]

Bonus points to anyone who knows where the term originated. (As in, where was it first used NOT on the Internet?)

 

[johnsemlak]

Bonus points to anyone who knows where the term originated. (As in, where was it first used NOT on the Internet?)

Doesn't Fieari's post above cover that, i.e. it comes from fishing?

 

[Henry]

Doesn't Fieari's post above cover that, i.e. it comes from fishing?

Oops - missed that in the skimming!

 

[Pielorinho]

I am not a troll.

Ce n'est pas une pipe.

Daniel

 

[hong]

Ce n'est pas une pipe.

Daniel

I'm not passing you my pipe, mang. That's just unhygienic.

Also, I keep getting Pielorinho, Shilsen and Zappo mixed up in my head. I am not sure why.

 

[Wolf72]

I voted 4

you need a "runs away and avoids thread" option

 

[BigFreekinGoblinoid]

The most successful ( in terms of accomplishing their attention getting objective ) type of troll post I have seen is the guys to who sign up with an alt ID and pretend they are female. I hate to admit I find it somewhat funny when they pull in dozens upon dozens of posters. WAY more reaction than a comparable newbie post by an obviously male or sexually ambiguous identity.

Edit: I may or may not be thinking of any of the threads you are thinking of. Don't jump to conclusions - I haven't seen a REALLY good one of this nature for some time now.

 

[Dark Jezter]

The most successful ( in terms of accomplishing their attention getting objective ) type of troll post I have seen is the guys to who sign up with an alt ID and pretend they are female. I hate to admit I find it somewhat funny when they pull in dozens upon dozens of posters. WAY more reaction than a comparable newbie post by an obviously male or sexually ambiguous identity.

Edit: I may or may not be thinking of any of the threads you are thinking of. Don't jump to conclusions - I haven't seen a REALLY good one of this nature for some time now.

I've saw the same thing when I used to visit anime-related channels and forums. Whenever a person who identifies themselves as female asks something, the guys immediately start lining up to answer her question.

One of my female friends has told me horror stories about the internet stalkers that she attacts whenever the denizens of a chat room or message board find out that she's female. It's both sad and frightening, almost like those guys are thinking "Hey, I like RPGs/anime, she likes RPGs/anime... It's a match made in Heaven!"

 

[Chacal]

I voted 4

I did that too, to maintain a semblance of the tradition of answering polls without reading the first post.


Chacal