Trolls need love too.

[Irridium]

I actually find them quite funny. People just need to stop getting wound up so easily.

Same here. Adds some spice to the place.

Good, clever satire gets automatically called "trolling" by the special-ed dropouts who populate even a good web forum.

So if satirists are trolls, then yes, trolls do add something. To those people who know the difference. Despite what you may have heard, sarcasm does work on the Internet---it just works based on context, reputation of the poster, and occasionally brutally obvious cues in the work itself. (yes, I'm still mad about that locked thread.)

More on this later, after I've had a few hours to sit in college classes and remember that offline, people---even the same people who are idiots online---tend to be smarter.

That thread was the most hilariously sad thing I've seen here. And it is the thread I will direct people to if they ever claim this place is the "last bastion of intelligence on the internet" ever again. I didn't think a community could troll itself. I was proved wrong.

And I'm so looking forward to your April fool's post.

 

[RagnorakTres]

That thread was the most hilariously sad thing I've seen here. And it is the thread I will direct people to if they ever claim this place is the "last bastion of intelligence on the internet" ever again. I didn't think a community could troll itself. I was proved wrong.

And I'm so looking forward to your April fool's post.

What thread is this? I find myself intrigued. >_>

OT: I like the analogy Bailoroc came up with. Trolls are very like sharp spices. In the right mix and in moderation, they can bring a forum to life, absolutely. Too much, however, and you drown the forum, removing all semblance of edibility.

 

[Irridium]

That thread was the most hilariously sad thing I've seen here. And it is the thread I will direct people to if they ever claim this place is the "last bastion of intelligence on the internet" ever again. I didn't think a community could troll itself. I was proved wrong.

And I'm so looking forward to your April fool's post.

What thread is this? I find myself intrigued. >_>

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.257250-Im-going-to-say-something-ridiculous-I-hope-the-lessons-not-lost-on-you

He made a thread full of satire, and people said he was trolling. Even though he said he was going to say something ridiculous and people still called it trolling.