whats a troll or trolling?

[MattHiggs]

I'm gonna adapt that to guitar

[MikeH]

I like Troll baiting.

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by Stefu
It's troll! Troll! It's big and heavy and brown!
It's troll! Troll! It's antics will cause you to frown!
Everyone hates the troll!
But they still answer it's call!
C'mon and ignore the troll!
Everyone hates the troll!

do you know who first came up with that?

I have been seeing it (or something like it) for the 5 years I have been lurking/posting in forums/newsgroups/ect

Jon Miller

[Dauphin]

A troll has to be with intent, often stating an opinion appears as being a troll when its not.

Saying "I think guns should be banned" is an acceptable opinion, but Texans and many other Americans will call it a troll - after all "Who can really want guns banned?"

A number of regular trolls are tainted so that even when they state a valid opinion they are ignored or dismissed as trolls.

[Locutus]

Originally posted by Jon Miller
do you know who first came up with that?

I have been seeing it (or something like it) for the 5 years I have been lurking/posting in forums/newsgroups/ect

I don't know who came up with it but it sounds a bit like the 1996(?) hit "Hit 'em high" by Monstars (or whatever they called themselves: Busta Rhymes, LL Cool J, Coolio et al), but without the music it's hard to tell... (I hope I'm not overstating the obvious here)

These days it some people (not necessarily from 'Poly) seem call anyone who disagrees with them a troll, if they can't defend themselves with proper arguments...

[DarlinKell]

its hard to keep up with all the lingo here..... i mean first there DL i finally figure that out and them there troll...... there any i'm leaving out that i might need to know what they are...... it'd be nice to know before someone calls me that.......lol

[Jaguar]

I think there's a glossary somewhere...
Also, there's spam. See alexander's horse's post? Thats spam.

[H Tower]

ROTFLMAO=Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A$$ Off
IIRC=If I Recall Correctly
IMHO=In My Humble Opinion


are there more?

[DarlinKell]

i wondered what those last too meant....... cool!!!!!


more?... idk are there???

[ColdWizard]

in addition to troll...

spam* is critical, do it too often or in a blantant manner and get sent on a trip to Mingapulco** along with a PCR***


* spam - no precise definintion has ever been given, but any post that contributes nothing to the thread it's in and any post made solely to increase post count can be considered spam. spam is in the eye of the moderator.

** Mingapulco - popular resort destination of spammers, flamers, trolls, DLs and other miscreants. Originally, only Ming sent people there, but due to its immense popularity other mods send people there too.

*** PCR - post count reduction. often given along with a trip to Mingapulco.

[Mercator]

AFAIK = As Far As I Know
Can't think of any more...

And have you been introduced to the term "flame" yet?

[DarlinKell]

FLAME?
nope not that i'm aware of?????????/

[Locutus]

Originally posted by Mercator
Can't think of any more...

And have you been introduced to the term "flame" yet?

There's tons more, check the thread in the Civ3 General forum for a start.

How about 'threadjacking'? I think that's the only term mentioned so far that's not (necessarily) 'illegal', but it can still be annoying...

[ColdWizard]

flaming = personal attacks on another poster

threadjacking = altering the topic of the thread (generally in a fashion that's outside the natural flow of the thread)



and why am i the only one attempting definitions? are the rest of you stupid or just lazy?


oh well, one more post on the long path to emperor

[Sprayber]

Originally posted by ColdWizard
flaming = personal attacks on another poster

threadjacking = altering the topic of the thread (generally in a fashion that's outside the natural flow of the thread)



and why am i the only one attempting definitions? are the rest of you stupid or just lazy?


oh well, one more post on the long path to emperor

Lazy I would say. Only one. uh.


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