HashBucket
Well-Known Member
"Yer a troll; just a facking troll ..."
I hear it more in this forum than any other I have ever participated in. It is used as a slur, and it is supposed to be a bad thing. Words are funny; the receiver does not always interpret a word the way the sender intends. But what does it mean?
Wikki defines a troll (in the social media setting) as follows:
''A troll is a person who intentionally initiates online conflict or offends other users to distract and sow divisions by posting inflammatory and/or off-topic posts in an online community.''
So, lets look at a couple of examples:
Looking at a recent posting on a threat title of "Trump is the most admired man in America?" I see a post on that thread of "goddamn the trumptards are desperate". A short, but a textbook perfect example of trolling. It hits all the points: Offends others, check. Distract and sow divisions, check. Off topic, check.
Here's an exchange where the poster has an question, and describes it:
So, ya'll think that she should be allowed to go free?
You don't think that trump should bring pressure to bear on China to stop the illegal actions they take against our economy?
China good.
US bad.
Right?
And here is the reply:
sleep off that hangover alright, grandpa racist?
The question was about whether a person should be kept in custody. If the president should take political action against another country. It has nothing to do with the fact that the poster could be aged, or hung over, or racist. This same poster is well known as throwing the 'TROLL' slam around like a zoo monkey throwing poo.
Later, I will discuss the term "sock puppet" or "sock puppet account", another term that is mis-used and supposed to be an insult.
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Words have meanings. Don't be an anti-semantic.
I hear it more in this forum than any other I have ever participated in. It is used as a slur, and it is supposed to be a bad thing. Words are funny; the receiver does not always interpret a word the way the sender intends. But what does it mean?
Wikki defines a troll (in the social media setting) as follows:
''A troll is a person who intentionally initiates online conflict or offends other users to distract and sow divisions by posting inflammatory and/or off-topic posts in an online community.''
So, lets look at a couple of examples:
Looking at a recent posting on a threat title of "Trump is the most admired man in America?" I see a post on that thread of "goddamn the trumptards are desperate". A short, but a textbook perfect example of trolling. It hits all the points: Offends others, check. Distract and sow divisions, check. Off topic, check.
Here's an exchange where the poster has an question, and describes it:
So, ya'll think that she should be allowed to go free?
You don't think that trump should bring pressure to bear on China to stop the illegal actions they take against our economy?
China good.
US bad.
Right?
And here is the reply:
sleep off that hangover alright, grandpa racist?
The question was about whether a person should be kept in custody. If the president should take political action against another country. It has nothing to do with the fact that the poster could be aged, or hung over, or racist. This same poster is well known as throwing the 'TROLL' slam around like a zoo monkey throwing poo.
Later, I will discuss the term "sock puppet" or "sock puppet account", another term that is mis-used and supposed to be an insult.
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Words have meanings. Don't be an anti-semantic.