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Originally posted by jackanakanory

I don't think any of the trolls this forum has experienced have been that bad. Annoying, yes, but the problem gets dealt with accordingly and appropriately.

I don't really consider these sort of people trolls anyway, more like general twunts. These guys are the proper trolls:
http://www.27bslash6.com/
http://dontevenreply.com/
Been posted many times on here before, but always good for procrastination

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Originally posted by Sharklaar

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Originally posted by jackanakanory

I don't think any of the trolls this forum has experienced have been that bad. Annoying, yes, but the problem gets dealt with accordingly and appropriately.

I don't really consider these sort of people trolls anyway, more like general twunts. These guys are the proper trolls:
http://www.27bslash6.com/
http://dontevenreply.com/
Been posted many times on here before, but always good for procrastination

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David Thorne is hilarious.

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The Urban Dictionary has two good definitions. The first is:

Trolling is trying to get a rise out of someone. Forcing them to respond to you, either through wise-crackery, posting incorrect information, asking blatantly stupid questions, or other foolishness. However, trolling statements are never true or are ever meant to be construed as such. Nearly all trolled statements are meant to be funny to some people, so it does have some social/entertainment value.

The second is more succinct:

Being a **** on the internet because you can.

There are already specific online-only words to describe some of the darker online phenomena: "flaming" is to engage in an angry war of words, usually deeply personal, across an online discussion. "Griefing" is to repeatedly torment a particular individual, either through abuse in an online forum, or by regularly targeting and killing them in a game, or other means. There's no shortage of other terms: the online lexicon is nothing if not rich (and often, graphic).

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