Well, time to feed the trolls

[thatguy1]

Today I was on a website I visit to get elite track and field news called letsrun.com. This website is particularly notable for it's forums, but i generally avoid them, the reason being pretty much every topic has at least one person trolling or being sarcastic or snarky. This got me thinking.

Here is the question: what websites have you/do you visit that have the most cases of trolling, negative comments, personal attacks, or just generally abuse the anonymity of the internet?

 

[Insanum]

the MSN UK section, which has THE most right wing bunch of racist idiots i have ever seen.

...And 4chan.

 

[Steppin Razor]

Youtube.

It's a fucking hilarious site to go to when you're bored and want to watch random people rip into each other.

 

[smearyllama]

Youtube.
Can I /thread?
Imma gonna /thread.

 

[bl4ckh4wk64]

/b/
/thread

 

[zHellas]

the MSN UK section, which has THE most right wing bunch of racist idiots i have ever seen.

Bullshit.

Yahoo News does. The comments section I mean.

 

[Irridium]

Well, part of me wants to say here. But usually its just people expressing their opinions in a firm way which causes others to yell "troll!"

Screw what I said, this guy said it better:

The problem is that while we are quick to yell "TROLL" most trolls probably do not think of themselves that way / are not intentionally trying to get reactions. I have found more and more that people just throw the term out there to refer to people who disagree with them. As said above:

Well, part of me wants to say here. But usually its just people expressing their opinions in a firm way which causes others to yell "troll!"

Most trolls just express their opinions and others react...often angrily... and thus they appear to be trolling. Or people dismiss others opinions by saying "obvious troll is obvious". It becomes an easy to use ad hominem attack.

Aaaanyway... I say Bungie.net's forums.

Seriously, go to Bungie.net, browse their forums for a few minutes, then come back. You'll see what I mean. Granted its less trolling and more pure stupidity, but still. Its just awful.

 

[katsumoto03]

I've found that YouTube is actually worse than /b/ when it comes to genuine hatred,

so yes,

Youtube.

It's a fucking hilarious site to go to when you're bored and want to watch random people rip into each other.

Youtube.
Can I /thread?
Imma gonna /thread.

/thread indeed.

 

[Anarchemitis]

Facepunch from what I can see.

 

[Zaik]

Gamefaqs.

You pretty much have a collection of fanboys for the game, and a few people who are trolling them for easy lulz, some people who actually have legitimate reasons for not liking it that get trolled indirectly by the existance of the trolls, and people who want to know whether they're going to waste money on a piece of crap or not accidentally stumbling into metaphorical internet gang warfare.

 

[King Toasty]

Again, Youtube. My favorite comment was from a video of one of those dancing-marriage-things. They did I Gotta Feeling, going down the aisle. One guy said this:

dude dont mess with the church its like 500 years old its older then anything

No jokes. The is an actual quote.

 

[Nieroshai]

THIS
http://www.projectjen.net/forums/index
My every single word on that forum was alwayys immediately flamed BY THE MODS!

 

[DeadlyYellow]

Youtube.
Can I /thread?
Imma gonna /thread.

No, but you can get a Ninja'd.

 

[smearyllama]

Gamefaqs.

You pretty much have a collection of fanboys for the game, and a few people who are trolling them for easy lulz, some people who actually have legitimate reasons for not liking it that get trolled indirectly by the existance of the trolls, and people who want to know whether they're going to waste money on a piece of crap or not accidentally stumbling into metaphorical internet gang warfare.

Ugh.
I only use the site for help for my...."friend".
>_>
<_<
What "he" has trouble sometimes, but he doesn't have an internet connection.

Anyway, from what you say, that place sounds like a hellhole.
Or my uncle's basement during renovation.

 

[MEEBO17]

Defienently Youtube. Theres always 1 guy who rights paragraphs about religion, and then the trolls go crazy. Its fucking great.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

I know these forums where people are sarcastic and snarky all the times, here's the link [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/]

I kid. Or am I?

Well, whenever I go to download crap off of the GMod website (too lazy to link), the comments are bad, filled with 'FIRST'-ers and is meme-TASTIC.

 

[Goof245]

SPUF deserves an honourable mention, but the worst would have to be Youtube :\

 

[King Toasty]

Yeah, the Escapist doesn't really have lots of trolls. It's just lots of very opinionated people, with a wide variety of arguments.

But Youtube? Dear God, being there kills brain cells.

 

[smearyllama]

I know these forums where people are sarcastic and snarky all the times, here's the link [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/]

I kid. Or am I?

Well, whenever I go to download crap off of the GMod website (too lazy to link), the comments are bad, filled with 'FIRST'-ers and is meme-TASTIC.

I see what you did thar.
Cheeky bugger.