~pcwiz Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 When I was reading the December 2007 issue of PCWorld magazine, they had this article on the "10 Biggest Web Anoyances". I was not surprised that Forum Trolls ranked #5 on the list: Quote [PCWorld Magazine December 2007 Issue, The 10 Biggest Web Anoyances pg.145, #5 Trolls in Forums] The Internet can be a spacious platform for all sorts of community interation, provided that the participants conduct themselves in a civil manner. Too often, though, they don't. Hiding behind the pseudonymity of a Web alias, trolls disrupt useful discussions with ludicrous rants, insane threadjackings, personal insults, and abusive language, deliberately baiting forum regulars into pointless controversy and disharmony. Trolls lurk everywhere-in Google and Yahoo newsgroups, in blog comment areas, and on specialty message boards created to offer technical help to users. The free and fruitful exchange of ideas on the Web suffers when Web community owners have to moderate duscussions and keep a tight rein on membership. But such actions are among the few effective ways to maintain civility and sanity in online forums. Another approach is for users to police the community themselves by collectively ignoring or dismissing malicious interlopers. This is forums in general. While there are trolls in this forum (no names mentioned KFC ), its not as big of a problem as in larger newsgroups and forums like Google and Yahoo's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bofors Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 Well, I will admit to becoming a 9/11 Truth troll but since ... (1) careful examination of the evidence proves that 9/11 was an act of treason, a "flase flag" operation designed to rally the world into supporting Americans wars of agression, and ... (2) the mainstrean media is complicit in covering up the truth of 9/11, meaning they refuse to even consider an objective presentation of the evidence to the public... I feel entirely justified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted November 18, 2007 Author Share Posted November 18, 2007 No, bofors you are not a troll. You post for an actual REASON, to inform people about 9/11. Forum trolls are people who are mean and disrupt genuine discussions just for the sake of annoying people and ruining the community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soündless Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 whats wrong with kiko? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REVENGE Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 KFC? O_O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headrush69 Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 No, bofors you are not a troll. You post for an actual REASON, to inform people about 9/11. Forum trolls are people who are mean and disrupt genuine discussions just for the sake of annoying people and ruining the community. Using your definition. Using Bofor's post as an example and regardless of the validity his argument many would suggest it isn't the content of the post that makes it trolling but the frequency of adding statements like "careful examination of the evidence proves that 9/11 was an act of treason" into as many threads/posts as possible. So basically its subjective. Trolls (of the type your describe) are usually pretty easy to spot and avoid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apowerr Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 Trolls make me lawl, in fact some of the most fun I've ever had with my friends online is trolling. If you ever want to troll, get stuff from here: Troll Resource Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InorganicMatter Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 Yeah, I can't stand trolls, and love it when they get what's coming to them from the mods. Well, I will admit to becoming a 9/11 Truth troll but since ... (1) careful examination of the evidence proves that 9/11 was an act of treason, a "flase flag" operation designed to rally the world into supporting Americans wars of agression, and ... (2) the mainstrean media is complicit in covering up the truth of 9/11, meaning they refuse to even consider an objective presentation of the evidence to the public... I feel entirely justified. Haha, funny, the forum trolls are turning out for the forum troll thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted November 18, 2007 Author Share Posted November 18, 2007 I can't believe you don't get the clue...KFC. KFC was founded by a guy named Colonel. Get it now? And Kiko is sometimes a troll but not always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numberzz Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 Unless you haven't realized, Colonel hasn't been on in over a month (a fact that I am somewhat happy about ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bofors Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 Haha, funny, the forum trolls are turning out for the forum troll thread. Hey, like I said, I admit it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayanami Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 Sometimes, I post in a thread just so I can see miss Ayanami in my sig. Am I trolling around an attractive anime character?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagar Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 This thread is a prime example of its own topic. please do not feed. Closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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