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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 6473562, member: 51347"]I like the Wikipedia definition of an Internet Troll:</p><p>Wikipedia...</p><p>“In <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_slang" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_slang" rel="nofollow">Internet slang</a>, a <b>troll</b> is a person who starts <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamewars" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamewars" rel="nofollow">flame wars</a> or intentionally upsets people on the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet" rel="nofollow">Internet</a>. This is typically done by posting inflammatory and digressive,<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll#cite_note-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll#cite_note-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/extraneous#Adjective" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/extraneous#Adjective" rel="nofollow">extraneous</a>, or <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-topic" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-topic" rel="nofollow">off-topic</a> messages in an <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_community" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_community" rel="nofollow">online community</a> (such as a <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsgroup" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsgroup" rel="nofollow">newsgroup</a>, <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_forum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_forum" rel="nofollow">forum</a>, <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chat_room" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chat_room" rel="nofollow">chat room</a>, or <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog" rel="nofollow">blog</a>), with the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullying_culture" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullying_culture" rel="nofollow">intent of provoking</a>readers into displaying <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotion" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotion" rel="nofollow">emotional</a> responses<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll#cite_note-PCMAG_def-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll#cite_note-PCMAG_def-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a> and normalizing tangential discussion.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll#cite_note-IUKB_def-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll#cite_note-IUKB_def-3" rel="nofollow">[3]</a> This is typically for the troll's amusement, or to achieve a specific result such as disrupting a rival's online activities or manipulating a ... process.”</p><p><br /></p><p>I ignore them. I believe some of our CT Trolls have become a lot more sophisticated since I started on CT. However, their intent and their results have been the same... needless pages of mayhem, and absolutely no results to the participants, EXCEPT joy to the troll.</p><p><br /></p><p>THAT is what they FEED on. Starve them: just ignore them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 6473562, member: 51347"]I like the Wikipedia definition of an Internet Troll: Wikipedia... “In [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_slang']Internet slang[/URL], a [B]troll[/B] is a person who starts [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamewars']flame wars[/URL] or intentionally upsets people on the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet']Internet[/URL]. This is typically done by posting inflammatory and digressive,[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll#cite_note-1'][1][/URL] [URL='https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/extraneous#Adjective']extraneous[/URL], or [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-topic']off-topic[/URL] messages in an [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_community']online community[/URL] (such as a [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsgroup']newsgroup[/URL], [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_forum']forum[/URL], [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chat_room']chat room[/URL], or [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog']blog[/URL]), with the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullying_culture']intent of provoking[/URL]readers into displaying [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotion']emotional[/URL] responses[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll#cite_note-PCMAG_def-2'][2][/URL] and normalizing tangential discussion.[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll#cite_note-IUKB_def-3'][3][/URL] This is typically for the troll's amusement, or to achieve a specific result such as disrupting a rival's online activities or manipulating a ... process.” I ignore them. I believe some of our CT Trolls have become a lot more sophisticated since I started on CT. However, their intent and their results have been the same... needless pages of mayhem, and absolutely no results to the participants, EXCEPT joy to the troll. THAT is what they FEED on. Starve them: just ignore them.[/QUOTE]
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