Now that everyone including journalists are using the term 'trolling' as loosely as they use 'racist' it's perhaps time to understand that not all trolls are, well, trolls.Too often I see legitimate questions or opinions be dismissed as trolls which now means "I don't agree with you so I will tag you a troll."
It's easy to spot a troll. Unfortunately, and as usual, we choose to not exact discipline as to who we accuse of being one.
I mean, if that be the case, this blog (taken it to its logical end) is but one big warehouse of trolling ideas.
Meh.
I'm a grumpy blogger-troll.
A troll, in the context of the internet, doesn't mean the grumpy thing exacting tolls and whatnot under a bridge. It means the person in question trolls for arguments and such by making annoying statements, more like the term "trolling" in fishing.
ReplyDeleteNow, don't you feel just a bit better? Or were you just trolling for compliments?
Yes, I know they try and hijack and sidetrack threads and sucker people into arguing.
ReplyDeleteThe troll under the bridge is the only troll I know. :<)