The devolution of English language and slothful c.l.p behaviors exposed!

[Joshua Landau]

On 26 January 2012 05:25, rusi <rustompmody at gmail.com> wrote:

> The contents of this thread ostensibly argues about the word 'pretty'
> Actually it seems to be arguing about the word 'troll'
>
> Every other post calls the OP a troll and then outdoes his post in
> length.
> This does not match any meaning I can make of trolling.
>

I'm sorry, how does length relate to how much someone is trolling?


> Can someone please explain what 'troll' means?
>

Evidently Wikipedia:

> In Internet slang <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_slang>, a *troll* is
> someone who posts inflammatory,[2]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(Internet)#cite_note-1>
>  extraneous <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/extraneous#Adjective>, or
> off-topic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-topic> messages in an online
> community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room, or blog, with the
> primary intent of provoking readers into an emotional<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotion>
>  response[3]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(Internet)#cite_note-PCMAG_def-2> or
> of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.[4]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(Internet)#cite_note-IUKB_def-3>
>


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