• Trolls vs. the rest of the internet
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[release][quote][img]http://vikdan.blogg.se/images/2011/trollface_151917994.jpg[/img][/quote][/release] [h2]Trolls[/h2] They clamp in at things you like, on things you spend your time on, to make you feel bad about it. Some people don't care, some others rage on the trolls, but can't do anything. I don't understand how a troll can troll without feeling bad about it, many people getting trolled go really mad, and can cause serious damage In Real Life. Trolls, come forward, and tell why you do what you do.
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I've been on both sides of the spectrum. When I feel like "Trolling", I do it for a good laugh. People almost always react, and I'm usually laughing so hard I'm crying, depending on the situation. On the other hand, when I'm being trolled, the troll tends to come off as a dick/asshole, but even then can sometimes make me laugh as well. It depends on how they act, I guess. "lol u mad?!" No, fuck you. Building useless flower-things on fortwars, and randomly trading people? Meh, I could care less. Though I've stopped doing it entirely recently, like I said, sometimes they're a laugh-out-loud.
When I troll its just mainly for laughs with my friends. If I'm getting trolled I tend to ignore them.
What people on the internet don't seem to realize is that arguing =/= trolling.
[QUOTE=NateDude;32655401]I've been on both sides of the spectrum. When I feel like "Trolling", I do it for a good laugh. People almost always react, and I'm usually laughing so hard I'm crying, depending on the situation. On the other hand, when I'm being trolled, the troll tends to come off as a dick/asshole, but even then can sometimes make me laugh as well. It depends on how they act, I guess. "lol u mad?!" No, fuck you. Building useless flower-things on fortwars, and randomly trading people? Meh, I could care less. Though I've stopped doing it entirely recently, like I said, sometimes they're a laugh-out-loud.[/QUOTE] Some people deserve to get trolled, like bad server owners, or just terrible people. But trolling innocent people I feel is just, shite.
I often get called a troll for just being myself.
Some trolling is fun. Griefing in games, targeting a particular player just to make him mad, making someone rage like crazy over something insignificant, and raids on videogames or websites where the intention is just to fuck around for shits and giggles, are fun ways of trolling. However taking down someones website, spamming messed up porn, bullying someone who is depressed, mic spamming, telling their friends and relatives lies, sending nude pictures of the person to the relatives and friends, and generally just harassing people for long periods of time... are not fun ways of trolling, they're just things an asshole would do.
You tell people something they don't want to hear ('valve sucks', 'furries are sick', 'gay people are weird' etc) and they go nuts on you. The thing that makes it enjoyable is that they are completely serious about it and you aren't. You just give empty, meaningless arguments and at some point you say 'stop getting so angry about it' (instead of 'umad') and they will go crazy and call you a fucking idiot that should suck his mom's dick. To me it's all about the final reaction. If they just stop talking to you, it's not fun anymore. So imo that's the best way to not get trolled, just stop talking to them.
[QUOTE=Confuzzed Otto;32655343][h2]Trolls[/h2] They clamp in at things you like, on things you spend your time on, to make you feel bad about it. Some people don't care, some others rage on the trolls, but can't do anything. I don't understand how a troll can troll without feeling bad about it, many people getting trolled go really mad, and can cause serious damage In Real Life. Trolls, come forward, and tell why you do what you do.[/QUOTE] the brain has difficulty thinking of other internet users as real people, therefore you don't feel as guilty when you insult someone on the net as you do in real life. it's the same effect that leads to people happily murdering enemy troops in wartime while still not being psychopaths, because they are conditioned to not think of the guys in different coloured uniforms as humans
When I trolled for the couple days i did it this summer, it was for some quick laughs. It was a quick thing for me though so I cant really be branded as troll. when people respond they forget its game. When you jump onto the window sil in Dead Center to make your team lose in versus it makes them mad because of the "Call of Duty Effect" The therory states that people intend to rage instead of trying to fix it or wait it out. Usually the result of good trolling or in the namestake, getting pwned. Both induce rage but yet you still play. Why? Because you want payback!!! Instead of leaving it alone and getting called a rager you stay and become more determined to get back at your killer or the troll! That may seem like a big mess but heres the short version: People like to fight back when they're pushed around or getting pwned. Its been proven by history and not just games.
It annoys me that if someone's genuinely being a dick on the internet, they often resort to telling people that they're "trolling" when they're just being a cunt.
[QUOTE=Sandy;32657367]This^^ When I trolled for the couple days i did it this summer, it was for some quick laughs. But, its all a game. When you jump onto the window sil in Dead Center to make your team lose in versus it makes them mad because of the "Call of Duty Effect" The therory states that people intend to rage instead of trying to fix it or wait it out. Usually the result of good trolling or in the namestake, getting pwned. Both induce rage but yet you still play. Why? Because you want payback!!! Instead of leaving it alone and getting called a rager you stay and become more determined to get back at your killer or the troll! That may seem like a big mess but heres the short version: People like to fight back when they're pushed around or getting pwned. Its been proven by history and not just games.[/QUOTE] I think you missed the point
I don't really call what I enjoy doing as trolling, as such. I occasionally call it that, but what I tend to do (more on other forums than this one (not 4chan)) is just irritate people in order to see their reaction. When I post something, I will constantly keep an eye on it to see if I get the desired reaction or not. It's kind of like trying to get a certain post rating on FP for your post by writing it in a certain way. The problem is, its so easy. You can simply suggest the opposite of someone's belief and they will most often start flipping out at you and turning from being civil into flinging their own feces in your direction, and thats what I find fun about it. I'm not trying to sound edgy or anything by saying that I have 'trolled people', because I don't look at it like that. If anything, I just look at it as a way of realising what a twisted human being I am.
I hate trolls, but I do it myself occasionally. Mostly just when I'm about to quit a multi-player game, I'll park a car in front of something crucial, or just generally "grief" something up. That or posting anonymously on a certain BBS. It's so easy, anyways. It's not rocket science.
making someone rage over something insignificant like a game is hilarious, especially if they start it
[QUOTE=GastricTank;32655434]What people on the internet don't seem to realize is that arguing =/= trolling.[/QUOTE] "In my opinion, the color blue looks bad, red is sooo much better" "OMG FUCKING TROLLLLL! TROOLLLL! TROLL BAN TROOLLL DFUCK YOU TROLL" pretty much sums it up, in an exaggerated way YOU DISAGREE SO YOU ARE A TROLL people also don't realize that if someone is being a massive dick, you can simply [B][I]just simply ignore them[/I][/B]. In real life, you can't most of the time, in the web, its literally so easy you'd have to be a fuck-head not to know how to skip their posts (SOME times there are exceptions, though, most of the times though, you can hit the mute button, or just look away, or make a single post saying "I don't care" and end it that way)
Trolling and griefing can be hilarious if well executed
[QUOTE=SomeRandomGuy16;32658802]Trolling and griefing can be hilarious if well executed[/QUOTE] when done to people that deserve it, or are easy pickings, it is amazing. but when you get away with it and troll a very large group of people who shouldn't be easy to troll, and change things to your favor big time, you are a god
I, for example, believe the OP is a troll because he made a thread about trolling as though it were a valid topic and a controversial issue that needed debate. Is there a reason this thread isn't in GD?
I think trolling is actually a good thing as long as its intention is more on the playful side.
I can't troll or grief at all. However, I do laugh at the reactions it creates.
Effective trolling is truly an art, and is hilarious. However the vast majority of people who claim to be "trolls" are just mouth breathers who desperately try to defend themselves by claiming "lolololo i trolled you" when they are called out on something stupid they did or said. A good troll won't say shit about trolling.
What i do on Deviantart is not trolling, it's truth. though people may label it as trolling, DA is devaluing the word Art, and the generation that cops this bullshit grow up disconnected from society. [editline]7th October 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=JaegerMonster;32664706]Effective trolling is truly an art, and is hilarious. [B]However the vast majority of people who claim to be "trolls" are just mouth breathers who desperately try to defend themselves by claiming "lolololo i trolled you[/B]" when they are called out on something stupid they did or said. A good troll won't say shit about trolling.[/QUOTE] truth, the word 'troll' has become a new and trendy word among the hip kids of my school who've never seen real trolling, they just sling the term at anyone being playfully mean in most cases.
You have to be pretty dumb to get trolled. No reason to get angry over stuff that happens on the internet.
howdy i'm a troll. my hobbies include downloading programs with which I can play annoying songs into the voicechat on a video game and typing lots and lots of words onto the internet. these are things to which i dedicate my time. i think of these activities and feel that it would be proper for portions of my life to be spent doing these things. trolling is a art
We troll to have fun, to see people raging and QQ'ing.
When I troll someone, its for laughs. They just rage out and even attack me. I remember trolling these 2 girls on facebook who posted this "celeb of the day" kind of guy who was the average picture of "maybe rich, handsome blond chizzled smile dumbass" (emphasis on the dumbass part, he wasn't on a reality show because he was bright...) They said stuff like "An angel fell from the sky *.*" and shit like that. I just said "If thats an angel, then there are lots of angels roaming around. A shitstorm rised from the ground. They just kept saying I was jealous of him and mocking me saying that the plastic boobs girl on the show was way better then him for sure and shit like that. All I had to say was that their tastes were very common and even kind of bad because of just liking him as a pretty boy despite being a total idiot and just like every playa around, and they instantly blocked and deleted me from their friends list. It felt great to see 2 "good girls" getting fucked by their own words. I don't actually know when I'm being trolled, but it generally feels like that image of "what you think its happening/ what its actually happening", with the guy struggling and crying going lol i troll u. I generally turn it against them and they get mad and leave.
Trolls are just adults in diapers who that think they are funny, sometimes they are, and just want to entertain themselves, because they are bored as hell, or like doing it make them feel better about themselves. Alot of trolls just want a reaction. And when you respond them to a couple of times, they get their way. You can just sometimes play with them until they leave and go away. Sometimes gets too far when you post a message that they posted 9 months ago and the properly respond that they just got bored or something shit, and didn't mean anything harmful.
[QUOTE=dass;32665536]When I troll someone, its for laughs. They just rage out and even attack me. I remember trolling these 2 girls on facebook who posted this "celeb of the day" kind of guy who was the average picture of "maybe rich, handsome blond chizzled smile dumbass" (emphasis on the dumbass part, he wasn't on a reality show because he was bright...) They said stuff like "An angel fell from the sky *.*" and shit like that. I just said "If thats an angel, then there are lots of angels roaming around. A shitstorm rised from the ground. They just kept saying I was jealous of him and mocking me saying that the plastic boobs girl on the show was way better then him for sure and shit like that. All I had to say was that their tastes were very common and even kind of bad because of just liking him as a pretty boy despite being a total idiot and just like every playa around, and they instantly blocked and deleted me from their friends list. It felt great to see 2 "good girls" getting fucked by their own words. I don't actually know when I'm being trolled, but it generally feels like that image of "what you think its happening/ what its actually happening", with the guy struggling and crying going lol i troll u. I generally turn it against them and they get mad and leave.[/QUOTE] Yeah, I agree with you :smile:
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