Poll: Trolling?

[Major Chip]

"Trolls regenerate health when wounded, but are susceptible to fire". You all know what to do...

 

[Vegosiux]

My favorite picture whenever it comes to trolling threads:

Spoiler

 

[viranimus]

Except many people seemingly lack the ability to differentiate what a troll is verses someone who expresses an opinion that the community consensus does not agree with.

Trolling - Engaging in conversation with no other purpose than to annoy, agitate or otherwise be an obnoxious nuisance.

Spoiler: An example:

A Not trolling:
Person 1: I think X should happen because Y
Person 2: You are wrong, because your not seeing the bigger picture of Z and I say that because of cited fact B

B Trolling:
Person 1: I think X should happen because Y
Troll: I think your wrong because I do your mom while your at school and she told me how many times she dropped you on your head when you were a baby.... Skeet Skeet Skeet!!!110101lololroflcopter

Yet in that same example, more often than not you will see the second person in example A being called a troll. Legitimate trolling is actually something that is comparatively rare compared to what gets called trolling.


While trolls say stupid things. Expressing an unpopular and or different opinion or thought does not inherently make what you said stupid, or automatically make you a troll.

TL;DR
As for when trolling does actually occur? It really doesnt bother me. This is the internet. If it were not for the ample supply of hot air and bullshit holding it up, the whole thing would have collapsed years ago. I would gladly ignore the slings and arrows in the knee of a thousand trolls, than to not be free to express an unpopular opinion. (at least while the internet still has some semblance of freedom to it)

 

[silasbufu]

Me and my friends like to troll eachother IRL, within acceptable limits.
Internet trolling is just for people acting tough behind a keyboard.

 

[StriderShinryu]

I think trolling is a useless, pointless waste of time that just shows how sad of an existence the troll must have. When you have to get your kicks by using the anonymity the internet offers to annoy others (because, let's be serious, most "trolling" would get nothing but your ass kicked real fast if done in the real world) you really need to get out more.

 

[Ordinaryundone]

Depends on the trolling? Just being stupid for the sake of being stupid? Annoying.

Getting people super worked up over something stupid, irrelevant, or opinion based? Funny.

 

[CommanderL]

i like people trolling others like whats his name who trolls modern warefare players
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U6egiDN6DA

 

[wooty]

Sometimes the word troll is thrown around just as an excuse, even if you genuinely didnt like something and say so then its always "obvious troll is troll omgrof1337n00b!!" or "nice troll".

 

[Lucian The Lugia]

I personally feel it's old and outdone and that trollfaces (and meme faces in general) and "u mad" are the new "cake is a lie" gag.

 

[Marter]

So ... what's trolling, exactly? Not exactly well-defined in that good ol' OP up there.

If you make a statement that you know's going to make someone angry just to see them get angry, you're trolling.

Does it have to be getting them angry? If I just make them waste time -- like, say, when I ask them to explain something to me that I already fully understand -- does that not also count?

Trollface.jpg?

 

[Fanta Grape]

Being a troll in real life makes you an unlikable bollocks tosser. The only reason people do it on the internet is because all the cool 13 year olds do. I can understand some practical jokes or humour but doing something like micspam or flame baiting is just pointless. It's not hard to annoy people.

 

[Patrick Buck]

As long as it's funny. Or just a little childish (Not too childish) its good. But trollin' serious stuff..... nah.

 

[Ulquiorra4sama]

I just usually say that i disapprove, but there are SOME trolls i've seen that are actually pretty funny, but sadly it tends to boil down to kitchen jokes or Chuck Norris jokes or arrows in knees and when it's at that point i usually give myself two options: Shoot myself or exit the thread without leaving any replies and just never look back.

But you know... i think the troll should just be countred with love and tolerance if you should care for some reason because that usually throws them way off

 

[SneeringCanuck]

I love trolls, and can't stand morons who spout shit like 'ban all the trolls because I was once humiliated by one'

 

[Professor Idle]

Trolling is funny to those who deserve it, but on the whole I'd say it's a tad mean for my tastes. Also it pains me when you think how many people claim they're trolling, when really they just realise they're losing an argument and want to save face.

 

[fnlrpa]

For some reason I find it funny to troll neckbeards. don't know why

OT: I like funny trolls or when people who deserve to get trolled well, get trolled

 

[funguy2121]

I've been trolled, seen trolling, and even participated (for the record, only as a counter-troll (that is to say I trolled trolls) and only when I played WoW) in the act that many treat as the absolute worst thing one can do with an internet connection. But recently, I've come to appreciate it as a valuable part of the zeitgeist of our generation, and an insight into human nature in a consequence-free environment. I'm asking you Escapists what you think of the act and my opinion.

DISCLAIMER --- By selecting Trollolololol you are, of course, trolling the thread and thus are in favor of trolling while devaluing my opinion.

Trolling is never cool. Now, good-natured-ly picking on people in a children's anime forum by asking "Is this Yu-Gi-Oh?" isn't trolling. But killing a thread with pony "artwork" is definitely trolling. And picking a fight on the internet? These individuals should go out and try to get laid.

I don't really understand the concept of "reverse trolling," unless you're going to the troll's threads and trying to mess with them. Otherwise, how are you trolling by making fun of someone when he's/she's being an ass? Why let the assholes dictate the language to us?

 

[StBishop]

So ... what's trolling, exactly? Not exactly well-defined in that good ol' OP up there.

If you make a statement that you know's going to make someone angry just to see them get angry, you're trolling.

Does it have to be getting them angry? If I just make them waste time -- like, say, when I ask them to explain something to me that I already fully understand -- does that not also count?

Trollface.jpg?

Well played.

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OT: I'm ambivalent toward trolling. On one hand it can be hilarious[footnote]

Har

[/footnote], on the other had it's often done poorly and can be frustrating and a waste of time.