Nicky & Dave

Feel abit embarrassed asking, but who, or what, is a Troll please?

Is there any special troll terminology that we need to be aware of?

Cheers,
Nicky

Nicky & Dave

Okay, just seen Hevs posting in December so I've got it!! A troll is a nasty little so and so who posts nasty little so and so responses?

Pollyana

Thats the idea - often appears under several different usernames too......

cresta57

Have a look here http://www.angelfire.com/space/usenet/
Cheers

Peter

A dwarf or giant in Scandinavian folklore inhabiting caves or hills.

Now you know.

moneypenny20

They are "generally" a bit sad in that they have been to Aus, decided they didn't like it and come back to the UK. They now feel that it is their responsibility to inform everyone else who is thinking about going, that they shouldn't, they will give loads of "cut n' paste" proof as to why Aus is a dump and will bang on and on about the downfalls of moving there.

Sometimes, they do give some really useful advice but it tends to get lost in the quagmire of negative statistics.

There is no language that will help. Asking them to go away doesn't work, neither does ignoring them or swearing at them.

Also as Polly says, they tend to travel under many passports, so initially it is difficult to spot one. You ask a harmless question and if it is troll mating season you will get a reply which gives an answer you are not expecting, written in a manner which will confuse. There will then begin, much to your astonishment, a long, lively, sometimes boring thread which bears no relation to your initial query.

It can liven up an otherwise slow day

JackTheLad

Global Ignore works. I thought that was really funny when they did a global ignore on eatstatic. He kept on posting, but we could never read his posts.

Next time they do it, just don't mention it, it will really freak the troll out

Cheers,
JTL

DollyDaydream

With you on that one JTL.

Since being on here, they've been bolshie ones, annoying ones, rather funny ones and the down right sinister ones.

If everyone just ignored them when they post, they'll soon give it up. Mind you, that's easily said than done - especially when people are being verbally attacked (doesn't happen very often, thank goodness).

Usually just makes for a bit of a laugh!

D D

MrsDagboy

Is that what happened to him? & Mike Stanton? & That other sad bugger who never stoped about how bad the UK was & how fab Australia was & banged on & on about cars all the time? (no, not wombat, he doesnt rabbit on about cars at least ).

Love it

wmoore

Not Mike Stanton AFAIK but a couple of the other more obvious ones. It's a great feature. They post and they see their own words as normal but nobody else does. After a while they 'realise' that they are being ignored and go away.

Nicky & Dave

Thanks All! I look forward to spotting my first troll and doing a bit of troll-baiting!

Nicky

bondipom

They are best left alone as they are attention seekers.

Nicky & Dave

[QUOTE=bondipom]They are best left alone as they are attention seekers.[/QUOTE


Awww, Bondipom! Don't be a kill-joy - I've got to have something to look forward to whilst I'm waiting for my visa!!

MrsDagboy

Thanx Wayne, I thought I saw someone else mention MS as being on global ignore last week or the week before, him not posting is the same thing anyway .

Pity eatstatic/kong/dazuk or whatever hes calling himself this week seems to have escaped the global ignore blanket, I saw him post something a few days ago

bondipom

[QUOTE=Nicky & Dave] Some can be fun. Every now and a again someone comes on and asks on the state of porno or the swinging scene in Oz.