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Thread: what is trolling?
*Holds mirror up in front of Gracchus' face*
Do you cook under a bridge by chance?
Heres a really nice link that explains it all:
http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=dancer&message.id=16405
Wow what an eye-opener I had no idea the level of meta-cognition going on behind these forums. I could relate to much of the description of the troll. lol bulls-eye.
"Nasty loser with a stinking life that has nothing better to do." lol omg
Shin-Ryu wrote:I read about a post that got deleted and the dev responded that it was a trolling post.What the duck is trolling?
Ask GarVa
Seriously, GarVa would point you to a sticky thread in the Community Relations forum if I remember correctly.
But to summarize:
- grinding post count ("oh, interesting!" posts just to get one more post)
- posting non-constructive and non-helpful posts ("stupid idea." without any reason given why it is stupid)
- starting flames, name calling and such ("Jedi suck" post by BH in Jedi forum)
- trying to "own" the forum front page by starting or bumping as many threads as possible in a short period of time
- some other stuff, cant recall currently.
Shin-Ryu wrote:
I read about a post that got deleted and the dev responded that it was a trolling post.
What the duck is trolling?
The term is frequently used to discredit an opposing position in an argument. This can amount to an ad hominem argument; a purported troll of this nature may actually hold an insightful but controversial position that is generating controversy precisely because it has successfully challenged entrenched opinions.
Example:
Source:
Shin-Ryu wrote:
I read about a post that got deleted and the dev responded that it was a trolling post.
What the duck is trolling?
95% of the posts on these forums.
QFE... rofl
mauvros wrote:
Shin-Ryu wrote:
I read about a post that got deleted and the dev responded that it was a trolling post.
What the duck is trolling?
95% of the posts on these forums.