Someone explain "trolling" to me.

Fearless Tower said:
Or a personal attack
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Ted DuPuis said:
I take offense to that.
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noobJohn said:
In real life I like to needle people a little. It's my idea of humor. Similar things happen online but on a forum like this, for instance, you don't get the subtle cues that tell you when you've gone too far and a little gentle back and forth ribbing is actually upsetting people.

Watch the never-ending little jabs between Cessna 337 critics and defenders, for example. I find it amusing, hopefully the participants do as well.

I think there's a fine line between people having fun and "trolling." I guess it's another thing to start a fresh thread with no intent of having meaningful discussion. That's the true troll.
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Palmpilot said:
That's the most succinct definition of trolling that I've seen.
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By that standard, every thread I've started is a troll monger!
 
A buddy says that most of his posts in a fishing forum attract "crickets" which means that no one is interested in responding and the posts put them to sleep.

It is fun in a forum to start topics that folks are interested enough to respond to. Some popular ones here that really aren't trolling include, high wing versus low wing, safety pilot question, any advice on flying to "wherever".

Really popular threads are like the recent one where a lady asked if there were any single males available! A good troller would be someone pretending to be that lady.
 
wsuffa said:
Some of us remember Lady Malibu :stirpot:
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Funny, I forget his name but I remember the corroded spar Cherokee.

Then there's the guy with the mega-corporation that was no more than a webpage.

Good times, good times...
 
amateurs compared to the trolls that polluted rec.aviation.*
 
Actually I think the biggest trolls are the grammar nazis. Their posts serve no purpose other than an attempt to assert superiority.

And what's funny about that is that some of the smartest people I know come across as morons on paper. Some of the dumbest can wax poetic.
 
timwinters said:
Actually, I think the biggest trolls are the grammar Nazis; their posts serve no purpose other than an attempt to assert superiority.

And what's funny about that is that some of the smartest people I know come across as morons on paper.__Some of the dumbest can wax poetic.
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timwinters said:
Actually I think the biggest trolls are the grammar nazis. Their posts serve no purpose other than an attempt to assert superiority...
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If you believe that grammar doesn't matter, I can see how you might think that.

I'm tempted to do it much more often than I do, but on the few occasions when I succumb to the urge, it's not to assert superiority, it's to speak out against the dumbing down of the language.
 
Sac Arrow said:
I added suggested punctuation, fixed the capitalization error, and added a second space behind the period.
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:devil:

Since the software doesn't display the additional spaces, that last one seems pointless.
 
Correct grammar correlates with intelligence to a point, then decreases as intelligence rises further. Dats me exkuse
 
What about Cowboy or something Rescue swimmer, greatest pilot and so oh.
 
wsuffa said:
You do know that the second space in improper punctuation, don't you?



http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2011/01/space_invaders.html



As the article notes, single space is indicated by the Chicago Manual of Style.



:stirpot:
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That changed. Anyone who grew up using a typewriter will attest to having points taken off of typing class work for missing it. It's permanently ingrained in many thumbs. ;-)

The one I do that fell completely out if vogue is using apostrophe-s to indicate the plural of an acronym. I have three style books here that call for it. CD's, PC's, MFWIC's.

Has completely been replaced by the ultra-crappy CDs, and PCs, *by* the MFWICs.

Or you could go really old school...

C.D.'s., P.C.'s and some really important M.F.W.I.C.'s.

:) :) :)

Note: I'm also partial to the Oxford comma.
 
In the old days, typing instructors insisted on second spaces after periods with typewriters. Those machines had a fixed width font. Computer typesetting is different; software is capable of figuring out how much space is needed after a period. For that reason, when typing on a computer, you use just one space. Unless you just can't stop what you did in the old days.
 
So, what you guy's are saying are that if I really wanted to be a Troll: all I'd need to do is use bad grammer. Punctuation's, and spelling. Their enough to get you're hair up?

I could defiantly see me doing that.
 
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NoHeat said:
In the old days, typing instructors insisted on second spaces after periods with typewriters. Those machines had a fixed width font. Computer typesetting is different; software is capable of figuring out how much space is needed after a period. For that reason, when typing on a computer, you use just one space. Unless you just can't stop what you did in the old days.
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If the computer were smart, it would remove the extra space.
 
denverpilot said:
That changed. Anyone who grew up using a typewriter will attest to having points taken off of typing class work for missing it. It's permanently ingrained in many thumbs. ;-)

The one I do that fell completely out if vogue is using apostrophe-s to indicate the plural of an acronym. I have three style books here that call for it. CD's, PC's, MFWIC's.

Has completely been replaced by the ultra-crappy CDs, and PCs, *by* the MFWICs.

Or you could go really old school...

C.D.'s., P.C.'s and some really important M.F.W.I.C.'s.

:) :) :)

Note: I'm also partial to the Oxford comma.
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Partial to the Oxford comma, really?
 
timwinters said:
Actually I think the biggest trolls are the grammar nazis. Their posts serve no purpose other than an attempt to assert superiority.

And what's funny about that is that some of the smartest people I know come across as morons on paper. Some of the dumbest can wax poetic.
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Years and years ago, the editorial department at a company (that I shall not name) put out a short abstract of a report touting their services. I counted 13 typos or errors in the abstract. :D
 
Bob Noel said:
Years and years ago, the editorial department at a company (that I shall not name) put out a short abstract of a report touting their services. I counted 13 typos or errors in the abstract. :D
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Long before emails, when department memos were done long hand then typed by the admin, one of the people in my department corrected MY memos with a red pen. In an effort to reduce the red pen costs, I tried writing better memos.
Its mostly worked.
 
silver-eagle said:
Long before emails, when department memos were done long hand then typed by the admin, one of the people in my department corrected MY memos with a red pen. In an effort to reduce the red pen costs, I tried writing better memos.
Its mostly worked.
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One boss I had would rewrite memos and letters, never passing up an opportunity to add a paragraph or 2 or 5. When resubmitted to him, he would mark up the very text he wanted added. I always had fun showing him his previous mark ups.
 
The editor of my flying club newsletter back in the day entertained me with his various errors in spelling, grammar, and the like. But I am grateful that he was willing to do the job.
 
I thought " Trolling " was someone looking around from site to site whom does not post. But reading the definition, I see this is not correct.


In Internet slang, a troll (/ˈtroʊl/, /ˈtrɒl/) is a person who sows discord on the Internet by starting arguments or upsetting people,[1] by posting inflammatory,[2] extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community (such as a forum, chat room, or blog), either accidentally[3][4] or with the deliberate intent of provoking readers into an emotional response[5] or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.[6]

Tony
 
1600vw said:
I thought "Trolling" was someone looking around from site to site whom does not post. But reading the definition, I see this is not correct.
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That's "Lurking":

"In Internet culture, a lurker is typically a member of an online community who observes, but does not actively participate. The exact definition depends on context. Lurkers make up a large proportion of all users in online communities. Lurking allows users to learn the conventions of an online community before they actively participate, improving their socialization when they eventually de-lurk. However, a lack of social contact while lurking sometimes causes loneliness or apathy among lurkers."
 
roncachamp said:
That's "Lurking":

"In Internet culture, a lurker is typically a member of an online community who observes, but does not actively participate. The exact definition depends on context. Lurkers make up a large proportion of all users in online communities. Lurking allows users to learn the conventions of an online community before they actively participate, improving their socialization when they eventually de-lurk. However, a lack of social contact while lurking sometimes causes loneliness or apathy among lurkers."
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Steve Thanks for posting this. I know a lot of " Lurkers ".
Showing my age I guess for I thought Lurking was what a perv did and trolling is what someone fishing did.

Tony
 
Misuse of who and whom irritates me.
"irregardless" makes me uncomfortable as well.

But I say "fixing to" and "Y'all"which annoys a lot of people.
"Y'all" is just efficient and slightly less ambiguous that the plural "you".
 
SixPapaCharlie said:
Misuse of who and whom irritates me.
"irregardless" makes me uncomfortable as well.

But I say "fixing to" and "Y'all"which annoys a lot of people.
"Y'all" is just efficient and slightly less ambiguous that the plural "you".
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I use y'all also. And throw in "ain't" to keep people guessing about whether I deserve my Grammar Nazi card. ;)
 
What drives me nuts...

Yous....You is....Is you...

Tony
 
SixPapaCharlie said:
Misuse of who and whom irritates me.
"irregardless" makes me uncomfortable as well.

But I say "fixing to" and "Y'all"which annoys a lot of people.
"Y'all" is just efficient and slightly less ambiguous that the plural "you".
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denverpilot said:
I use y'all also. And throw in "ain't" to keep people guessing about whether I deserve my Grammar Nazi card. ;)
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All y'all taint knows no grammar.:wink2:
 
SixPapaCharlie said:
Misuse of who and whom irritates me.
"irregardless" makes me uncomfortable as well.

But I say "fixing to" and "Y'all"which annoys a lot of people.
"Y'all" is just efficient and slightly less ambiguous that the plural "you".
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I was jes' fixin' to say that the plural of "y'all" is "all y'all", irregardless of whom might say different.

:rolleyes:

:D:D:D
 
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