So what is a troll?

[James_Hutchy]

What exactly is a troll topic on forums, from my understanding It's when you make a topic deliberately aimed to piss off and get a reaction from the people It's targetted at, EG: Making a stupid thread trashing carlton or something. So i guess the discussion here is what do you actually consider a troll it seems to me like every thread i think is just a normal discussion on a topic gets supporters from that club calling it a troll.

 

[Bodicifer]

 

[DoubleO7]

A troll, most commonly encountered on the internet, is any person who purposely causes controversy in a web community and disrupts shit for his own amusement. The term probably derives from "trolling" or "trawling", a style of fishing which involves trailing bait through a likely spot hoping for a bite. Troll is fine as a verb since trawling/trolling for comments and flames is innate troll behaviour.

Most trolls believe that they are, in fact, funny. Anyone who does not agree with them is obviously either: overly sensitive, has no life, no sense of humour, or is a combination of two or all of these. In many instances, one can see where troll has in fact messed up but is too wrapped in his own little laugh to notice how much of a douche they have really been.

This is what a BF troll looks like in real life:

 

[JUBJUB]

What exactly is a troll topic on forums

Read this and it'll help you

 

[Copulator]

Is recess over?

 

[hamG]

Brief explanation - someone who posts something to deliberately cause a negative reaction

 

[Kerrby]

This is what a BF troll looks like in real life:

Says Mr. 6,300 posts in 8 months.

 

[aaronm46]

Successful trolls are successful

 

[DoubleO7]

Says Mr. 6,300 posts in 8 months.

... and your point is?

 

[BigBadCam]

The only people who find trolling offensive are those with their head planted firmly up their arse. Life isn't all about being serious. Those who don't accept the need for a bit of light hearted fun are more likely to look like that hero in the above post.

 

[DoubleO7]

Those who don't accept the need for a bit of light hearted fun are more likely to look like that hero in the above post.

Maybe, unless it's done purposely by a 16 year old time and time again in an online discussion site.

It helps to know a users history.

Oh, and the troll seems to have worked.

 

[BigBadCam]

Maybe, unless it's done purposely by a 16 year old time and time again in an online discussion site.

It helps to know a users history.

The best trolls adopt a level of discussion much below their normal level of communication. When the people who have taken the bait respond thinking they're superior it makes the whole thread a lot more humorous.

 

[Kerrby]

Maybe, unless it's done purposely by a 16 year old time and time again in an online discussion site.

It helps to know a users history.

Oh, and the troll seems to have worked.

lol............Mr. 22 posts a day.

 

[nicko99]

lol............Mr. 22 posts a day.

I smell a troll

 

[DeadlyAkkuret]

I smell a troll

My brother said he saw a troll by the name of Kerrby on a gaming forum the other day, trying to be funny in every post. I'm guessing if you combine his average posts on BF and that other site it's more than 22.

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

Successful trolls are successful

Tautology?

 

[Team Mo']

I used to love these things...

 

[Chief]

lol............Mr. 22 posts a day.

Kerrby. Contribute to the thread or shut up.

 

[adelaide_40]

I used to love these things...

I don't want you playing with something that has such bizzare hair....awful awful hair.

 

[Dont be a lemon]

Trolls hang out under bridges.