<div class="gmail_quote">On 26 January 2012 05:25, rusi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rustompmody@gmail.com" target="_blank">rustompmody@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">


The contents of this thread ostensibly argues about the word 'pretty'<br>
Actually it seems to be arguing about the word 'troll'<br>
<br>
Every other post calls the OP a troll and then outdoes his post in<br>
length.<br>
This does not match any meaning I can make of trolling.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I'm sorry, how does length relate to how much someone is trolling?</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">



Can someone please explain what 'troll' means?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Evidently Wikipedia:</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">


<span style="line-height:14px;font-size:10px;font-family:sans-serif">In </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_slang" title="Internet slang" style="line-height:14px;color:rgb(11,0,128);font-size:10px;font-family:sans-serif;text-decoration:none;background-image:none" target="_blank">Internet slang</a><span style="line-height:14px;font-size:10px;font-family:sans-serif">, a </span><b style="line-height:14px;font-size:10px;font-family:sans-serif">troll</b><span style="line-height:14px;font-size:10px;font-family:sans-serif"> is someone who posts inflammatory,</span><sup style="line-height:1em;font-family:sans-serif"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(Internet)#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-color:initial;white-space:nowrap;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">[2]</a></sup><span style="line-height:14px;font-size:10px;font-family:sans-serif"> </span><a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/extraneous#Adjective" title="wiktionary:extraneous" style="padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;line-height:14px;padding-top:0px;color:rgb(102,51,102);font-size:10px;font-family:sans-serif;text-decoration:none;padding-bottom:0px;background-image:none" target="_blank">extraneous</a><span style="line-height:14px;font-size:10px;font-family:sans-serif">, or </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-topic" title="Off-topic" style="line-height:14px;color:rgb(11,0,128);font-size:10px;font-family:sans-serif;text-decoration:none;background-image:none" target="_blank">off-topic</a><span style="line-height:14px;font-size:10px;font-family:sans-serif"> messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking readers into an </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotion" title="Emotion" style="line-height:14px;color:rgb(11,0,128);font-size:10px;font-family:sans-serif;text-decoration:none;background-image:none" target="_blank">emotional</a><span style="line-height:14px;font-size:10px;font-family:sans-serif"> response</span><sup style="line-height:1em;font-family:sans-serif"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(Internet)#cite_note-PCMAG_def-2" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-color:initial;white-space:nowrap;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">[3]</a></sup><span style="line-height:14px;font-size:10px;font-family:sans-serif"> or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.</span><sup style="line-height:1em;font-family:sans-serif"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(Internet)#cite_note-IUKB_def-3" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-color:initial;white-space:nowrap;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">[4]</a></sup> </blockquote>


<div><br></div><div>A troll needs an explicit goal of derailing or provoking. This qualifies the OP and, I hope, few of the responses.</div></div>