[OT] Definition of trolling
 

troll v.,n. To utter a posting on Usenet designed to attract predictable
responses or flames. Derives from the phrase "trolling for newbies"; which
in turn comes from mainstream "trolling";, a style of fishing in which one
trails bait through a likely spot hoping for a bite.

The well-constructed troll is a post that induces lots of newbies and
flamers to make themselves look even more clueless than they already do,
while subtly conveying to the more savvy and experienced that it is in fact
a deliberate troll.

If you don't fall for the joke, you get to be in on it.

The following extract is from a broader expansion of the defining comments
given above:

In Usenet usage, a troll is not a grumpy monster that lives beneath a bridge
accosting passers-by, but rather a provocative posting to a newsgroup
intended to produce a large volume of frivolous responses.

The content of a "troll posting generally falls into several areas. It may
consist of an apparently foolish contradiction of common knowledge, a
deliberately offensive insult to the readers of a newsgroup, or a broad
request for trivial follow-up postings.

There are three reasons why people troll newsgroups:

People post such messages to get attention, to disrupt newsgroups, and
simply to make trouble.

Career trollers tend for the latter two whilst the former is the mark of the
clueless newbie and should be ignored.

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Nath
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Bolham, Devon 10m ASL
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[OT] Definition of trolling
 

Relation to the weather?

D.

[OT] Definition of trolling
 

Thats why I fronted it [OT]

It is relevent to this forum however, as we have many people, including
yourself, incorrectly referring to people as trolls.

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Nath
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Bolham, Devon 10m ASL
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"Damien" wrote in message
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Relation to the weather?

D.

[OT] Definition of trolling
 

It is relevent to this forum however, as we have many people,
including
yourself, incorrectly referring to people as trolls.

So Gareth Slee was NOT a troll, even though he used the "f" word MORE
THAN ONCE(?)?

lawrence Jenkins is NOT a troll for speaking out AGAINST The Weather
Outlook public discussion forum and its admins, while I actually LAUDED
it!:-o?
See:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...94352044034dc0

"Codge" and "nguk" are NOT trolls because they engage in "sensible
discussion", if it IS, admittedly, genuinely "ABOUT the weather", also
à la myself?:-o

Madness. Truly, madness.:-( Truly forum madness.

D.

[OT] Definition of trolling
 

Nath wrote:
Thats why I fronted it [OT]

It is relevent to this forum however, as we have many people, including
yourself, incorrectly referring to people as trolls.


Nicely put, if I may say.

While a troll may be an annoying git, an annoying git need not be a troll.

For myself, I can only say that I dispatch trolls and annoying gits to
the dead pool with equal flair and abandon.

(If 'git' is swearing then I apologise for its use.)

--
Gianna Stefani

www.buchan-meteo.org.uk

[OT] Definition of trolling
 

Alternatively:

Troll = to promenade or walk about.
(Palare/Polari lexicon)

Oddly, there's also a reference to "willets", but you can look that one up
for yourselves...

CK



"Nath" wrote in message
...
troll v.,n. To utter a posting on Usenet designed to attract predictable
responses or flames. Derives from the phrase "trolling for newbies"; which
in turn comes from mainstream "trolling";, a style of fishing in which one
trails bait through a likely spot hoping for a bite.

The well-constructed troll is a post that induces lots of newbies and
flamers to make themselves look even more clueless than they already do,
while subtly conveying to the more savvy and experienced that it is in
fact a deliberate troll.

If you don't fall for the joke, you get to be in on it.

The following extract is from a broader expansion of the defining comments
given above:

In Usenet usage, a troll is not a grumpy monster that lives beneath a
bridge accosting passers-by, but rather a provocative posting to a
newsgroup intended to produce a large volume of frivolous responses.

The content of a "troll posting generally falls into several areas. It may
consist of an apparently foolish contradiction of common knowledge, a
deliberately offensive insult to the readers of a newsgroup, or a broad
request for trivial follow-up postings.

There are three reasons why people troll newsgroups:

People post such messages to get attention, to disrupt newsgroups, and
simply to make trouble.

Career trollers tend for the latter two whilst the former is the mark of
the clueless newbie and should be ignored.

--
Nath
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Bolham, Devon 10m ASL
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[OT] Definition of trolling
 

CK wrote:
Alternatively:

Troll = to promenade or walk about.
(Palare/Polari lexicon)


When I read that, I could 'hear' Kenneth Williams saying it (-:
Not to mention Roxy Music ...


--
Gianna Stefani

www.buchan-meteo.org.uk

[OT] Definition of trolling
 

While a troll may be an annoying git, an annoying git need not be a
troll.

So what am I then?

(If 'git' is swearing then I apologise for its use.)

No, it's not. The word "knackered" is though. I once used it in a
French exam, and got sensationally shouted down for it!:-o

"Knackered" was even once in The Beano comic! Gnasher said it - or
rather, he said "gnackered"! Does that make it honestly okay for
general public use though in Britain?

D.

[OT] Definition of trolling
 

I always thought Damien WAS NGUK!

[OT] Definition of trolling
 

Nath wrote:

The content of a "troll posting generally falls into several areas. It may
consist of ... a deliberately offensive insult to the readers of a newsgroup ...


Ah, like the Chris Page post re. foreigners ...

--
Gianna Stefani

www.buchan-meteo.org.uk