To certain individuals

As this thread is clearly in no violation of any forum rules, I expect it to be opened and the creator to not be infracted.


Now, let's discuss. A troll is by definition someone that causes disruption in an internet forum, or other internet dwelling, just for the sheer pleasure of watching people argue. Trolls feed on rage, and love it when the ban hammer comes onto them as it means they are successful (don't disagree with me, I'm 99% right). Trolls especially love it when a Moderator has a personal vendetta on them as it means they are in their head, which is a mind troll.

To elaborate: many of the Internet's more seasoned trolls are likely to say that trolling is a lost art form, now that it has entered the public domain. Nowadays, a teenager and his buddies might consider stealing their math teacher's dry-erase markers to be successful trolling. I myself am not worthy to define true trolling, but I'm sure there are others here who have done some real trolling in their time. I'll leave it to them.

RawrJafrikan wrote: »

Its always intrigued me because I thought that I was merely being honest and it came to me as a suprise when I got infracted.

Hopefully a moderator can shed some light on this issue, because I am still somewhat confused as to what a troll really is.

You can be honest and be nice.

Trolling is hurting other people's feelings over the internet at its basic core.

So, have you been hurting people's feelings over the internet?

SooperPickle wrote: »

Trolling isn't hurting people's feelings. It's causing maximum disruption for the joy of it (also known as sadism)

If it hurts someone's feelings, they shouldn't really be on the internet.

Disruption of joy= hurt feelings. No one likes their joy disrupted, so there feelings are hurt (be a little bit or a lot).

Lots of things shouldn't be on the internet, it was supposed to be a tool that would better peoples lives, now, it's a double edged sword that is doing as harm as it is good.

SooperPickle wrote: »

I like my joy disrupted. Giggity.



Sorry for that.

Well, I hope you're happy that your joy has been disrupted.

Aimoperative wrote: »

Well, I hope you're happy that your joy has been disrupted.

My joy hasn't been disrupted. I'm quite joyous right now.

I deeply enjoy the effects of trolling. A flame war is like a festival to me. I find myself reading closed (polemic) threads very often. However, I do not admire trolls.

According to Google (and many victims), this is how you troll:

“Since it's coming up to the end of another academic year I thought I'd take this opportunity to explain how lucky you Americans are to have a fraternity system.

English Universities are so dull by comparison. Like most students in England I had to rent private accommodation for my second and third years, but it never occurred to us to build a whole culture around collectively renting a rather dilapidated house in Clapham. It wasn't even single sex accommodation, so we couldn't engage in the fun and games of para-homosexual activities - Girls just don't have the same grip on your loyalties as your Greek brothers.
;-)

And while cliques certainly form in English Universities, the are all much too boring to come up with the idea of hazing. I fondly recall diving off a weir and almost drowning when I was 12 because everyone said I was chicken. If only it had been possible for me to gain respect in later life through similar tests, and if these tests could have been combined with pseudo Masonic rituals culminating in the awarding of a little badge, then that truly would have made my time at University worthwhile. And while I still have friends from University, these friendships seem so hollow compared to bonds of fraternal brotherhood since they are not based on solemn vows of fellowship, mutual sacrifice, group solidarity and owning the same poxy little badge.

Then there's sheer joy alcohol seems to bring fraternity members. By the time I went to university the delights of getting dangerously drunk at parties had started to seem mundane. But to American students in fraternities, the bravado of excessive alcohol consumption is a an exciting new and illicit game where you can prove yourself worthy to all your male friends and simultaneously circumvent college alcohol policy - thereby proving what a rebel you are too. Gosh.

I am also rather fond of the references to ancient Greece. It reeks of a history far nobler and grander than anything a British University can instill its students with, and the wearing of togas must make it seem as authentic as a ploughman's lunch.

I think what I am trying to say is that Fraternities give young Americans the chance to grow up in their own time, and that it is regrettable that no similar opportunity is afforded to European Students. In particular, I find it sad that even some American students forego the opportunity to wear togas and claim to be Greek. Really this should be mandatory, so every graduate will be secure in the knowledge that they have gained something much more valuable than a degree from an American University - a little badge with some Greek letters on it.

Although I am not American, I admire the system so much that I would dearly love to become an honorary member of a fraternity. I have set my heart on becoming an alumnus of Theta Omicron Sigma Sigma Epsilon Ro Sigma. I do so hope this is possible.”

The art of trolling:
Its an art created ever since the blessed forums were made, its an art only for a chosen elites who have the powers to make forumers really mad, there are many way to do this for example:
tell them you have no life/ you arent satisfied with yours
point out their flaw, whether it be the forumer is a bad typer, player, or stupid
post negative comments
always stands firm for what you say so the argument never ends, that the most important one
show off
trolls are the people that make the forum interesting, they enlighten us with a few lulz and like to add oil to the fire, not everyone can be a troll.