What is this acting like a troll?
Jun 9th 2006 | 3:49 pm
#1
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What is this acting like a troll?
People are mentioning this alot and I have no idea what they are on about?
Please enlighten me, I cant see any sign of the 3 goats, any bridge or Helen Clark.
Kiwi
Please enlighten me, I cant see any sign of the 3 goats, any bridge or Helen Clark.
Kiwi
Jun 9th 2006 | 3:56 pm
#2
Suzy's Mummy too!
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From: Gold Coast!
Re: What is this acting like a troll?
Originally Posted by thebears
People are mentioning this alot and I have no idea what they are on about?
Please enlighten me, I cant see any sign of the 3 goats, any bridge or Helen Clark.
Kiwi
Please enlighten me, I cant see any sign of the 3 goats, any bridge or Helen Clark.
Kiwi
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.
See here for more info..... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll
Claire xxx
Jun 9th 2006 | 4:02 pm
#3
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Re: What is this acting like a troll?
Originally Posted by Jonahs_mummy
An Internet "troll" is a person who
delights in sowing discord on the Internet.
she tries to start arguments and upset people.
they feel no sorrow whatsoever for the pain they inflict.
the greater the suffering they cause, the greater their 'achievement'
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.
do not feel they are bound by the rules of courtesy or social responsibility.
Claire xxx
delights in sowing discord on the Internet.
she tries to start arguments and upset people.
they feel no sorrow whatsoever for the pain they inflict.
the greater the suffering they cause, the greater their 'achievement'
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.
do not feel they are bound by the rules of courtesy or social responsibility.
Claire xxx
Thanks Claire
Jun 9th 2006 | 4:07 pm
#4
Suzy's Mummy too!
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From: Gold Coast!
Re: What is this acting like a troll?
Originally Posted by thebears
Funny didnt know my ex knew how to turn on a PC.
Thanks Claire
Thanks Claire
Jun 9th 2006 | 4:58 pm
#5
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Re: What is this acting like a troll?
Found this at work......
Jun 9th 2006 | 5:00 pm
#6
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Re: What is this acting like a troll?
Originally Posted by Pollyana
Found this at work......
Jun 9th 2006 | 5:13 pm
#7
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Re: What is this acting like a troll?
Originally Posted by cresta57
Was it sitting waiting for you on your desk
Jun 9th 2006 | 8:03 pm
#8
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Re: What is this acting like a troll?
Brilliant!!!!
Jun 9th 2006 | 11:12 pm
#9
da Bonehead
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From: Lion in da jungle
Re: What is this acting like a troll?
This forum is so educational 
I thought a troll was a tool used by plasterers
I thought a troll was a tool used by plasterers
Jun 9th 2006 | 11:16 pm
#10
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Re: What is this acting like a troll?
Originally Posted by Jonahs_mummy
An Internet "troll" is a person who delights in sowing discord on the Internet. He/she 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.
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.
* Enemy defined as one who has the "balls" to take a stance that the trolls disapprove of and lack the ability and decency to rationally argue against in a civil manner.(afterall, that just wouldn't be fun now would it?).
Jun 10th 2006 | 12:51 am
#11
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Re: What is this acting like a troll?
Originally Posted by Toppa
You forgot that they also gather together with their likeminded brethren (other trolls) to launch group troll attacks on those they target and that this is a strategy aimed at beating down any resistance to their cause(s) and ensuring political and social upheaval and ostracisatiion of the enemy* through their evil, calculated and malicious comments.
* Enemy defined as one who has the "balls" to take a stance that the trolls disapprove of and lack the ability and decency to rationally argue against in a civil manner.(afterall, that just wouldn't be fun now would it?).
* Enemy defined as one who has the "balls" to take a stance that the trolls disapprove of and lack the ability and decency to rationally argue against in a civil manner.(afterall, that just wouldn't be fun now would it?).
Jun 10th 2006 | 12:53 am
#12
da Bonehead
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From: Lion in da jungle
Re: What is this acting like a troll?
Originally Posted by Hutch
Afternoon KiwiChild - been on your 'hols?
Re: What is this acting like a troll?
Jun 10th 2006 | 1:28 am
#14
Australia's Doorman
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From: The Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia
Jun 10th 2006 | 2:32 am
#15
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Re: What is this acting like a troll?
Originally Posted by Hutch
Woah! You could well be right mate. Must just be a New Zealand thing then - lol! 
