What Is A Troll?

[MsConduct]

This may have been posted here before, I don't know. It doesn't hurt to have a reminder now and then....

"An Internet "troll" is a person who delights in sowing discord on the Internet. He (and it is usually he) tries to start arguments and upset people.


Trolls see Internet communications services as convenient venues for their bizarre game. For some reason, they don't "get" that they are hurting real people. To them, other Internet users are not quite human but are a kind of digital abstraction. As a result, they feel no sorrow whatsoever for the pain they inflict. Indeed, the greater the suffering they cause, the greater their 'achievement' (as they see it). At the moment, the relative anonymity of the net allows trolls to flourish.


Trolls are utterly impervious to criticism (constructive or otherwise). You cannot negotiate with them; you cannot cause them to feel shame or compassion; you cannot reason with them. They cannot be made to feel remorse. For some reason, trolls do not feel they are bound by the rules of courtesy or social responsibility.


Perhaps this sounds inconceivable. You may think, "Surely there is something I can write that will change them." But a true troll can" not be changed by mere words.


http://members.aol.com/intwg/trolls.htm

[Democracy White]

1. Interesting

It's true you can't change these people. They delight in abusing others, probably for some sick sense of power.

Dee

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[Canuckistanian]

3. They're an annoyance and easy to spot.

Just ignore them or if they persist tell them you're on to them and that THEY are an outsider and not welcome. They usually hate that, since they're usually arrogant narcissists.

[skids]

4. wiki article says it all.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll

[dogday]

5. I got a few trolls

[DBoon]

6. and this is a freeper troll

[mcscajun]

7. Previous pics far too flattering.

:)

My take is "They have a CAVE Troll."



Although, what I'm really thinking of is the old pics of trolls from kiddie books that showing slavering creatures that lived under bridges and shunned daylight. Anyone got one? :)

[CatWoman]

8. from the Three Billy Goats Gruff

[mcscajun]

10. Right story...but too new a pic.

I'm a much older lady with much older memories...this guy wasn't green....and he had a beard if I recall correctly.

Thanks for jogging my memory on the title, though. I KNEW there was a goat in there somewhere. :)

[CatWoman]

11. you asked for it

:D

[mcscajun]

13. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah!

Now THAT'S more LIKE it!

:bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce:

[tocqueville]

9. TYPICAL TROLL

originally made by a Dutch artist who visited Scandinavia, the original homeland of trolls

[CatWoman]

12. is he picking his nose?

[tocqueville]

14. yes

Troll's favorite pastime

[CatWoman]

15. so Chimpy is a troll?

http://www.funnypart.com/funny_flash/george_bush_and_laura_bush_picking_nose.shtml

[Catherine Vincent]

16. I got ya troll right here!

[mod mom]

17. My son (9) said he was a sith-any relationship? nt

[MsConduct]

19. All the troll pics are great, but this by far, is my favorite! LOL n/t

[mcctatas]

20. I think that's actually a pig...

and what's with the three fingers? Some kind of new neo-con signal we aren't aware of yet?

[MsConduct]

21. LOL It's a pig/troll, a totally new breed. Introduced by the bush

administration when it was found out that a pet goat just wouldn't cut it. I think the three fingered 'salute' means *uck Peace, there's no money in it.

In case it's not clear, the previous paragraph is pure :sarcasm:

[SalmonChantedEvening]

18. A different breed of troll

And a far nobler one than the internet breeds :)

http://www.ie.lspace.org/books/whos-who/detritus.html