in england they just arrested a troll who tweeted things like 'you let your dad down' ,'i'm going to drown you in your pool... people like you make me sick' to the GB swimmer Tom Daley.
sometimes i laugh, sometimes i cry when i read comments by made by them. but i don't really care what they say. but do we really have to take them seriously?
what does everyone else think about trolls? what do those who are trolls think about the arrests?
What's your take on trolls?
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Posté 31 juillet 2012 - 12:10
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Hope they dont arrest me for saying this but they should have arrested Tom Daley for his poor performance in the Olympic games.
I have no idea who Tom Daley is but I am assuming that he is a swimmer who performed poorly in the Olympics, would that be correct?
I have no idea who Tom Daley is but I am assuming that he is a swimmer who performed poorly in the Olympics, would that be correct?
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Posté 31 juillet 2012 - 12:18
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Sometimes they're funny. Sometimes they're not.
This is a case of the latter. I'm not really sure if this is a troll or someone who is seriously off balance and trying to compensate for whatever ****ty life they have.
This is a case of the latter. I'm not really sure if this is a troll or someone who is seriously off balance and trying to compensate for whatever ****ty life they have.
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Posté 31 juillet 2012 - 12:41
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There are funny trolls that can sometimes get a positive reaction or can cause complete mind****ery to those who aren't in the know and then there are the bad/sick trolls, ie, like the OP mentioned.
Obviously I prefer the former.
Obviously I prefer the former.
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Posté 31 juillet 2012 - 12:46
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Trolls are annoying. I wish such people would find a job or at least something more useful to do with their time. Alas, one can hope...
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Posté 31 juillet 2012 - 01:17
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Trolls like the ones in the OP are a waste of oxygen. They shouldn't be allowed to use the internet.
Also I believe the word troll is used way too much when the ‘troll' in question is just an idiot.
Also I believe the word troll is used way too much when the ‘troll' in question is just an idiot.
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Posté 31 juillet 2012 - 01:29
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theyre need
just like air, remove them and people become way to serious and forget things such as laughing or people getting arrested for making a joke.
just like air, remove them and people become way to serious and forget things such as laughing or people getting arrested for making a joke.
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Posté 31 juillet 2012 - 01:32
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Trolls are boring and I perfer not to waste my time on them.
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Posté 31 juillet 2012 - 01:33
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I find them pretty funny. The Tom Daley joke was not fun but not bad either, worse has been said to my face, and that's from my friends! I take it on the chin and say something back just as bad.
People are just too sensitive and/or need to develop a sense of humour.
If a troll upsets you, you need to develop a thicker skin, you won't survive in this world if you don't.
People are just too sensitive and/or need to develop a sense of humour.
If a troll upsets you, you need to develop a thicker skin, you won't survive in this world if you don't.
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Posté 31 juillet 2012 - 01:46
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I think the people who posted the stuff about Tom Daley, that's not really being a troll, it's not that funny. Now winding up those who get their panties in a bunch, the overly serious and ragers, the daft people who say everyone's opinion is equally valid no matter how daft it is.
Those people, I'll target on the ocassions I get the time. Why? Because I can and it's fun watching things implode.
Those people, I'll target on the ocassions I get the time. Why? Because I can and it's fun watching things implode.
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Posté 31 juillet 2012 - 01:48
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I only like the ones that are funny.The ones that post humorus jokes and pokes fun at the topic or thread.Otherwise, i ignore the other types of trolling because i find it pathetic
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Posté 31 juillet 2012 - 01:48
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Trolls are funnih, you just need the right kind of attitude and look on laif.
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Posté 31 juillet 2012 - 01:48
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TROLL POWA!!
As a longtime troll and spammer, or so I am told, I must say it is pretty entertaining to screw with people that take themselves/forums/games/fictional characters/political movements too seriously. I mean, cmon, I would hope you have other, more important things to worry about.
That being said, trolling is often my natural defense against ... weirdness/extremism? Like if someone [hyperbole] is talking about sex positions with Miranda [/hyperbole] (is that even a hyperbole on this site?) I'll bust em up because that is wacked and gross. I mean, cmon. She's a pile of polygons and pixels. Nonsense like that I just can't take seriously. And if I let it slide I'll just see more of it. So, I try to drag them down to earth with sarcasm and pessimism.
And that is just stuff about the games. Don't get me started on forum drama.
Before you all start shouting Internet Tough Guy or some other crap like that, I am much the same way to people IRL. I'm the guy who always gets in trouble for brutal honesty. I just can't ignore or euphemise things like other people can. Though the people I deal with typically don't give me as many opportunities to "troll" as the unique community here.
As a longtime troll and spammer, or so I am told, I must say it is pretty entertaining to screw with people that take themselves/forums/games/fictional characters/political movements too seriously. I mean, cmon, I would hope you have other, more important things to worry about.
That being said, trolling is often my natural defense against ... weirdness/extremism? Like if someone [hyperbole] is talking about sex positions with Miranda [/hyperbole] (is that even a hyperbole on this site?) I'll bust em up because that is wacked and gross. I mean, cmon. She's a pile of polygons and pixels. Nonsense like that I just can't take seriously. And if I let it slide I'll just see more of it. So, I try to drag them down to earth with sarcasm and pessimism.
And that is just stuff about the games. Don't get me started on forum drama.
Before you all start shouting Internet Tough Guy or some other crap like that, I am much the same way to people IRL. I'm the guy who always gets in trouble for brutal honesty. I just can't ignore or euphemise things like other people can. Though the people I deal with typically don't give me as many opportunities to "troll" as the unique community here.
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Posté 31 juillet 2012 - 02:14
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If trolling ain't malicious, it's kewl with me.
(I might be biased. FWIW, the "trolling" described in the OP is malicious in nature.)
(I might be biased. FWIW, the "trolling" described in the OP is malicious in nature.)
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Posté 31 juillet 2012 - 02:27
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The really good trolls who are very rare to find are quite amusing. The overwhelming majority are just boring and need to find something productive to do
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Posté 31 juillet 2012 - 02:36
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I dislike them. They always think they are funny, but they are just a bunch stumpers. I strongly recommend the trollers to get out of their parents basement and find a life.
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Posté 31 juillet 2012 - 02:51
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Milan92 wrote...
I dislike them. They always think they are funny, but they are just a bunch stumpers. I strongly recommend the trollers to get out of their parents basement and find a life.
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Posté 31 juillet 2012 - 02:58
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Milan92 wrote...
I dislike them. They always think they are funny, but they are just a bunch stumpers. I strongly recommend the trollers to get out of their parents basement and find a life.
I guess that's why you turned down all my FRs. Lol.
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Posté 31 juillet 2012 - 03:00
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British media has misinterpreted the term 'troll' for years. Normally the term troll is used for agitating someone with an opinion that differs from theirs etc. You're just meant to p*ss someone off for a few minutes for a laugh.
But the media would tell you that people like the example OP posted and other examples I've seen in newspapers. There was a BBC 3 documentary a while back that labelled people who set up pages that bully families of recently deceased members or literally stalking and offending someone constantly as 'trolls' too. Those people are certainly not 'trolls'.
It's a very grey area, and I'm no expert. The guy responsible for Tom's harassment did it with the intention of purposefully grieving him, not a minor reaction that you can just shrug off and continue. But people do need to stop labelling everything someone finds slightly offensive as 'trolling'. Britain takes social networks like Facebook and Twitter WAY too seriously. And cyberbullying is barely difficult to stop, block buttons and reporting offensive material isn't very difficult to do.
But the media would tell you that people like the example OP posted and other examples I've seen in newspapers. There was a BBC 3 documentary a while back that labelled people who set up pages that bully families of recently deceased members or literally stalking and offending someone constantly as 'trolls' too. Those people are certainly not 'trolls'.
It's a very grey area, and I'm no expert. The guy responsible for Tom's harassment did it with the intention of purposefully grieving him, not a minor reaction that you can just shrug off and continue. But people do need to stop labelling everything someone finds slightly offensive as 'trolling'. Britain takes social networks like Facebook and Twitter WAY too seriously. And cyberbullying is barely difficult to stop, block buttons and reporting offensive material isn't very difficult to do.
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Posté 31 juillet 2012 - 03:08
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billy the squid wrote...
Milan92 wrote...
I dislike them. They always think they are funny, but they are just a bunch stumpers. I strongly recommend the trollers to get out of their parents basement and find a life.
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Posté 31 juillet 2012 - 03:09
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billy the squid wrote...
Milan92 wrote...
I dislike them. They always think they are funny, but they are just a bunch stumpers. I strongly recommend the trollers to get out of their parents basement and find a life.
Personally I would have used this
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Posté 31 juillet 2012 - 03:18
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Milan92 wrote...
billy the squid wrote...
Milan92 wrote...
I dislike them. They always think they are funny, but they are just a bunch stumpers. I strongly recommend the trollers to get out of their parents basement and find a life.
http://memecreator.net/the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/showimage.php/15251/I-Don't-Always-Mock-Others-But-When-I-Do-You-Learn-Your-Place.jpg
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