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I posted this in a Metal Brain thread (duh!) but it deserves its own thread.

Is that the real definition of trolling: tossing a match into a pile of stuff in the hope that you'll ignite a watchable fire?

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I think trolling is either living under a bridge, looking hideous and eating hobbits, or posting irrelevant context just to get attention.

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https://blog.hootsuite.com/how-to-deal-with-trolls-on-social-media/

9 tips for squashing social media trolls
1. Simply ignore them
2. Establish a policy
3. Monitor your socials
4. Hire a social media manager
5. Learn the internet
6. Think twice before replying
7. Rise above
8. Troll back
9. Block or delete

Which of the 3 highlighted items works best?

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@kewpie said
https://blog.hootsuite.com/how-to-deal-with-trolls-on-social-media/

9 tips for squashing social media trolls
1. Simply ignore them
2. Establish a policy
3. Monitor your socials
4. Hire a social media manager
5. Learn the internet
6. Think twice before replying
7. Rise above
8. Troll back
9. Block or delete

Which of the 3 highlighted items works best?
Your thread is largely ignored, got the message?

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@kewpie said
I posted this in a Metal Brain thread (duh!) but it deserves its own thread.

Is that the real definition of trolling: tossing a match into a pile of stuff in the hope that you'll ignite a watchable fire?
You mean sowing discord, which everyone does.

You just want convince people that sowing discord is something nefarious when I do it while doing it yourself for partisan reasons.

A troll is a person who posts or makes inflammatory, insincere, digressive,[1] extraneous, or off-topic messages online (such as in social media, a newsgroup, a forum, a chat room, an online video game) or in real life.

Isn't that what you did when you created this thread? You are insincere about what trolling is.

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@kewpie said
https://blog.hootsuite.com/how-to-deal-with-trolls-on-social-media/

9 tips for squashing social media trolls
1. Simply ignore them
2. Establish a policy
3. Monitor your socials
4. Hire a social media manager
5. Learn the internet
6. Think twice before replying
7. Rise above
8. Troll back
9. Block or delete

Which of the 3 highlighted items works best?
Don’t feed trolls.