What is trolling?

Never did know what it meant.

"Trolling" is posting inflammatory statements in the hopes of getting people riled up. It takes its name from the idea of a fisherman trolling for a bite.

Pygmalion

so...basically...alot of what LupinIII posted.

(He was a rude b@st@rd he was in the brief time I 'knew' him)


((funny I actually never knew what that meant either O_O;;; Oh well, you learn new things everyday )

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Originally posted by Pygmalion "Trolling" is posting inflammatory statements in the hopes of getting people riled up. It takes its name from the idea of a fisherman trolling for a bite. Pygmalion

yea, what she said

perfect example

gamefaqs.com

and "flooding" is just creathing thread after thread for no reason

um,im sure you knew that

... alternately, in some realities, in involves slumming in the metahuman districs of your local city. *grin*

but yeah, what Pygmalion said. basically, its seeing how many responses, preferably irate, one can get from a single comment.

Trolling is Spaming and Flaming at the same time. Ex:

"This is a stupid topic and should be locked"

isn't that like if I go to a Diablo 2 forum and start threads that say "diablo 2 sucks" just to make people mad....

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Originally posted by Zopwx2 isn't that like if I go to a Diablo 2 forum and start threads that say "diablo 2 sucks" just to make people mad....

Yep.
Racial slur remarks and religous attacks are also major trolling topics.

Real world example:

The topic of this thread is "Inu-Yasha Lovers, Unite!" --------->Trolling in action

[Edit: The post in the link above was removed. There's a real world example of moderating in action. --Krang]

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Originally posted by Zopwx2 isn't that like if I go to a Diablo 2 forum and start threads that say "diablo 2 sucks" just to make people mad....

Wouldn't it be alright, though, if you stated your reasons for why Diablo 2 sucked? That way, it would be more of an intelligent remark than an insult.

yes, if you gave actual, supported reasons, and dont post and post the same thing over again, then i don't see the harm, I mean, everyone has opions. Even so,if you sign up to a forum about something just to deliberatley start going off on how it sux, you're really just wasting time. How would you like it if some guy came here while we're trying to talk about big o, and he starts going off "big o suxks major, because:" and then starts giving his reasons. You don't want to hear that, and neither does anyone else. The main reason, I hope , you joined this forum, is because like me, you want to share in how great this anime is.

BTW, anyone wanna see trolling in action? Go to www.gamefaqs.com go to the Ngage system message board, and look for threads by the name "Great Pudding" - that ish me, and boy, you wouldnt be dissapointed. Its a good thing I dont act that way here

Oh do you REALLY want to see what trolling is here?

Go and find a certain "Hentia" (sp?? ^^;; ) thread here started by LupinIV's 'ex-dad' LupinIII (He was later banned and disowned from the family) hehehehee

You can't search his username since it's gone for good...he started causing trouble every since he got here except for a few rare occassions.
As a Lupin once said "And BAH FR**KIN RIDENCE!! "



((Notice how I'm no longer chasing LupinIII...I've set my goals at two people now. Alex Rosewater (Big Fau) and LupinIV (LupinIV) ))

A good example of trolling would be Commander Amaro's posts in this thread. However, people took peaceful, but funny, vengeance against him (*cough*Pygmalion*cough*).

Also, Evan. Lupin III's username still exists. Its just that he can't use it for anything. However, you can search for it. In fact, according to it, the last thread he posted in was the thread you mentioned. Someone made a thread a few months ago pointing it out.

Thing is...I tryed searching "LupinIII" under username, and it said "This Username does not exist" ....... soo........

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Originally posted by evanASF27 Thing is...I tryed searching "LupinIII" under username, and it said "This Username does not exist" ....... soo........

That's because there's a space or an underscore or something. Here he is. The ultimate troll ever.

Don't feed the trolls.

Damn you, Wienberg, you beat me to it
Anyway, yeah, thats his famous thread...my final post, personal business, has now become classic )

Trolling as a fishing term means to trail a baited line, like from a boat that moves slowly, much like when you tempt a kitten with a toy and you drag it slowly across the floor until the kitten pounces.

It's great imagery for trolling in the web sense, though. The troll post is in a sense the "bait" being dangled in front of all us fishies and the troll is hoping for a "bite" so they can "catch" someone.

This is different from someone who just likes a good debate or wants to hear what a lot of different people think because the troll is only interested in manipulating people and usually doesn't care about the issue at all.

Then there are the flame warriors... which one are you?

nice, Zola. That's why I bailed out on the Adult Swim boards. Too many flame wars, too many people wanting to start stuff when they have no clue what they are talking about... esp. about Big O, and InuYasha. I can't recall the number of times I quoted a section of the FAQ in my responses... I agree completely with Wingnut's sig about board members behaving professionally...

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Originally posted by Wienberg quote: Originally posted by evanASF27 Thing is...I tryed searching "LupinIII" under username, and it said "This Username does not exist" ....... soo........ That's because there's a space or an underscore or something. Here he is. The ultimate troll ever. Don't feed the trolls.

Haha! his website is the Christian Broadcasting Network....

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Originally posted by BM6a nice, Zola. That's why I bailed out on the Adult Swim boards. Too many flame wars, too many people wanting to start stuff when they have no clue what they are talking about... esp. about Big O, and InuYasha. I can't recall the number of times I quoted a section of the FAQ in my responses... I agree completely with Wingnut's sig about board members behaving professionally...

They recently totally revamped the boards and are enforcing a strict "13+ or ban" policy. Its not a great forum, but its getting better.

'Trolling' is also a police term ('trolling for blues') for intentionally setting one's self up as bait for perps - means the same thing as an online troll baiting people into the fight.

Trolls want attention, and when they receive the negative attention, they try to play it off as being prosecuted. Those are the worst types.

Of course, there are some here who outright do it because they think it's funny to be sadistic to others. I'll never understand the psychotic mindset.