Why so Troll?

[MarcusStrout]

Ok, so in the last half an hour, 10+ topics called FREE GOLD, JOKES, and other trollish things have popped up on the forums. I have to ask, since now, besides wanting to have the faces of the trolls implode due to the vacuum that has replaced their brains, I want to know:

What makes people decide to be trolls?

EDIT: to preserve our dignities as real people, don't even bother commenting on the troll-threads. Just report them.

 

[Flux07]

I heard it's genetic... *sigh*

 

[Lucas113]

Attention - people want to be talked about in threads like this one. Irony much...

 

[Ago Iterum]

I created a topic recently about how I won't be pushed out of the forum that I like, by arrogant sarcastic trolls. The trolls obviously came on and had a go at me, but there were some nice people who agreed with me.

I hate trolls so much.

 

[ImmortalItalian]

The feel of sarcasm and children crying same as the feel of a new steel longsword. I just enjoy lowering people's morale. But I'm not much of a Troll. More Trolls just do it for the lulz.

 

[Amnestic]

I created a topic recently about how I won't be pushed out of the forum that I like, by arrogant sarcastic trolls. The trolls obviously came on and had a go at me, but there were some nice people who agreed with me.

I hate trolls so much.

I'm sorry, but your viewpoint that nice people=agree with me and trolls=not agree with me is so terribly shallow I can't even begin to point out the issues with it.

Attention - people want to be talked about in threads like this one. Irony much...

/thread. Trolls do it for attention, that's the entire reasoning behind it.

 

[Ago Iterum]

I created a topic recently about how I won't be pushed out of the forum that I like, by arrogant sarcastic trolls. The trolls obviously came on and had a go at me, but there were some nice people who agreed with me.

I hate trolls so much.

I'm sorry, but your viewpoint that nice people=agree with me and trolls=not agree with me is so terribly shallow I can't even begin to point out the issues with it.

Attention - people want to be talked about in threads like this one. Irony much...

/thread. Trolls do it for attention, that's the entire reasoning behind it.

Well of course it will be my view, that people who agree with me are nice. To me. Like if you had a point to make, and someone came along and enforced it, your view would be 'wow, what a nice guy'. If someone came along and had a go at you for simply expressing your views, you wouldn't think so highly of him.

 

[Samirat]

I created a topic recently about how I won't be pushed out of the forum that I like, by arrogant sarcastic trolls. The trolls obviously came on and had a go at me, but there were some nice people who agreed with me.

I hate trolls so much.

I'm sorry, but your viewpoint that nice people=agree with me and trolls=not agree with me is so terribly shallow I can't even begin to point out the issues with it.

Well, one of the issues is that it's shallow.

 

[MarcusStrout]

Start a thread to discuss a troll infestation, and you get a flame war. Irony much?

 

[GenHellspawn]

Trolls don't do it for attention, they do it to piss people off. And making threads like this shows that you've pissed them off. If we're going to make a 2-3 page thread congragulating every troll that comes around here, we might as well just be welcoming them in.

Also:

Well of course it will be my view, that people who agree with me are nice. To me. Like if you had a point to make, and someone came along and enforced it, your view would be 'wow, what a nice guy'. If someone came along and had a go at you for simply expressing your views, you wouldn't think so highly of him.

Well then, what if somebody disagreed with you politely?

 

[MarcusStrout]

arent you the troll, likes_it_rough?

 

[Ago Iterum]

I think that trolls just like to have fun. there pretty annoying though. There fun porbably includes making people angry due to sme deep seeded hatred of themselves. I guess that would be the most reasonable explanation besides revenge or a 4chan mindset.

Hahaha. What the hell actually are you?

 

[AuntyEthel]

Look, everytime likes_it_rough (presumably up his ass) makes a new thread, just report it but don't comment on it. That way it'll quickly fade in obscurity.

 

[SecretTacoNinja]

I think that trolls just like to have fun. there pretty annoying though. There fun porbably includes making people angry due to sme deep seeded hatred of themselves. I guess that would be the most reasonable explanation besides revenge or a 4chan mindset.

...NO! Leave this place! Begone, your mocking tones are no match for our super underpants! Wait, what?

Can we keep him?
I think he's awesome.

They do it for the lolz, and I sometimes think they fap along to the misguided hate comments.

 

[Jharry5]

Just ignore them... in time, they will dissipate and we will get on with our lives.

 

[Slycne]

EDIT: to preserve our dignities as real people, don't even bother commenting on the troll-threads. Just report them.

Thank you. I want to reinforce that point. Spamming reported and other comments makes you no better then them.

 

[Amnestic]

I created a topic recently about how I won't be pushed out of the forum that I like, by arrogant sarcastic trolls. The trolls obviously came on and had a go at me, but there were some nice people who agreed with me.

I hate trolls so much.

I'm sorry, but your viewpoint that nice people=agree with me and trolls=not agree with me is so terribly shallow I can't even begin to point out the issues with it.

Well, one of the issues is that it's shallow.

*sigh* I suppose. I should have written "begin to point out all the other issues with it." in hindsight, but I've been quoted on it now so it seems pointless to edit it. My bad.

I created a topic recently about how I won't be pushed out of the forum that I like, by arrogant sarcastic trolls. The trolls obviously came on and had a go at me, but there were some nice people who agreed with me.

I hate trolls so much.

I'm sorry, but your viewpoint that nice people=agree with me and trolls=not agree with me is so terribly shallow I can't even begin to point out the issues with it.

Attention - people want to be talked about in threads like this one. Irony much...

/thread. Trolls do it for attention, that's the entire reasoning behind it.

Well of course it will be my view, that people who agree with me are nice. To me. Like if you had a point to make, and someone came along and enforced it, your view would be 'wow, what a nice guy'. If someone came along and had a go at you for simply expressing your views, you wouldn't think so highly of him.

Would I think he was nice? Not really. I'd think he agrees with me and thus has a similar viewpoint, whether he was nice or not would not be the issue here. To take an example from the forums, I've agreed with Eggo's viewpoints on a number of things, however he doesn't put himself out there as a particularly friendly or nice guy. Perhaps I haven't talked to him enough or gotten to know him properly, but despite the fact that he agrees with me I don't personally see him as nice.

If someone came to me and expressed disagreement with my viewpoints in an intelligent and well thought out manner, then I would think well of them generally. Admittedly some views (the world is only 6,000 year old) I take a tad more dislike to, however in general I'm willing to accept people's views as their own, disagree with them and maybe debate a bit but move on regardless. Disagreement with someone should not mean that you dislike them. That's how wars get started.