Northwest Indiana Discussion

Do you consider anyone who disagrees with you a troll? There a couple people here who I almost always disagree with - lots of times I just don't read threads they start.

Karen,
It's off topic. but may I ask if you listen to WJOB like I do?

I put Sparkless on ignore a long time ago. He can talk smack all he wants, and the only time I see it is when someone quotes him.

I refuse to feed the maggot.

Tiger...I like you and respect you...but the comment reminds me of something funny. Remember on the other board when the old gay guy would go "thank you thank you thank you for quoting so and so" when someone quoted one of his enemies whom he supposedly had on "ignore"......yet read every word.
There's an old guy here who also purports to ignore, but reads every word.

You hit the nail right on the head,Karen. USMarine doesn't seem to have much of a life outside of posting on this board and he wants to stifle any poster who has a different opinion than his.

Way to go, Tiger and mrbsmom....

You two are wise and I have now taken the path which you have blazed.

It makes for a much more pleasant board.

Feed a fever, starve a troll.

Exactly !!! Cut the head off of a snake, and the body may wiggle for a while, but eventually it stops.

Sweeeeeet.........

I was notified by email that sporkles the pious troll had sent me a PM but when I logged in it wasn't there.
It had already been deleted.





It looks as though the board software works pretty good.

Wow- looks like you have a stalker. Poor troll, he'll be heartbroken you are ignoring him.

I should have done it a long time ago.

By the way, I love your signature line.....

I'm loving the fact that the biggest troll on this board has chosen to put me on ignore. I am free to make posts with looking at anymore of his moronic cartoons or infantile comments from him. To the other posters USMarine targets, I highly recommend calling out USMarine's BS until he puts you on ignore too.

Way too funny......

Internet troll

On the Internet, a troll is a person who posts messages that create controversy or an angry response without adding content to the discussion, often intentionally, merely as a ludibrium. Though technically different from flaming, which is an unmistakable direct personal attack, trolls often resort to innuendo or misdirection in the pursuit of their objective, which is to create controversy for its own sake, discredit those with whom they disagree, or sabotage discussion by creating an intimidating atmosphere.

Origins
Originally this term applied to people who were intentionally posting flamebait, by analogy with the fishing technique of trolling: metaphorically, these people were dragging a conversational lure through the group, hoping for a response. The concept of "this person is trolling our newsgroup" became shortened to "this person is a troll", and picked up the association of the monster trolls of folklore. Note that this is a highly subjective term, as everyone is affected differently by the nature of the term deemed a "troll".

Trolling does not maintain its earlier meaning of posting messages specifically in order to elicit a particular response, usually anger or argument. The most common form, troll, usually refers to someone who induces general controversy, not necessarily a particular response.

Examples



Common types of troll messages or activities:

off topic messages – "Can anyone help me make a webpage?" "No, this is a music forum."

inflammatory messages – "You are an idiot for including this type of message in your list."

messages containing an obvious flaw or error – "I think is Roman Polanski's best movie."

absurdly naive or politically controversial messages -- "I think George W. Bush is the worst President ever"

posting an outrageous argument deliberately constructed around a fundamental but obfuscated flaw or error.

posting an outrageous claim and then insisting it's true unless people refute it to your satisfaction, which of course will be impossible.

inability to walk away from an argument.

making loud claims to be on the defensive, but the claims are a guise for their aggressive maneuvers.

passive aggressive name calling, in which no names are mentioned, but are implied.

An example of a troll message in the newer sense would be one that denounces a particular religion in a religion newsgroup -- though historically, this would have been called "flamebait".

Thanks- Our resident so-called "christian" told me to STFU OTOB. So I guess STFU is the new WWJD...LOLOLOL

I wonder if this is the gospel his preacher tells him to spread???

Where does the little fruitcake find the time to post OTOB..?

He posts here all day long when he whould be working.
But I guess it's OK to steal from your employer if you are willing to steal from everyone else.

It's typical.