Originally posted by wolfgang59Yes I thought so too until I experienced it at chess dot com where someone called Babytigrrr did just that said that she was going to leave the site cause she was getting hassled. It became self evident that it was merely a ploy to gather sympathy for her cause.
I can't believe anyone would do this!
Say they are leaving a forum then return?
Nonsense.
Originally posted by robbie carrobieI' glad we don't get that nonsense here at RHP!
Yes I thought so too until I experienced it at chess dot com where someone called Babytigrrr did just that said that she was going to leave the site cause she was getting hassled. It became self evident that it was merely a ploy to gather sympathy for her cause.
“If you disagree with something, it's easier to say 'you suck' than to figure out and explain exactly what you disagree with. You're also safe that way from refutation. In this respect trolling is a lot like graffiti. Graffiti happens at the intersection of ambition and incompetence: people want to make their mark on the world, but have no other way to do it than literally making a mark on the world.” ~Paul Graham
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyBut wait, haven't a high proportion of your forum posts/pastes addressed to and/or aimed at divegeetser this last year or so amounted to little more than "you suck"?
“If you disagree with something, it's easier to say 'you suck' than to figure out and explain exactly what you disagree with. You're also safe that way from refutation. In this respect trolling is a lot like graffiti. Graffiti happens at the intersection of ambition and incompetence: people want to make their mark on the world, but have no other way to do it than literally making a mark on the world.” ~Paul Graham
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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby (OP)Interim Thumbs Update: "09 Sep '15 to 14 Sep '15" (5 days)
"Internet Trolls Are Narcissists, Psychopaths, and Sadists Trolls will lie, exaggerate, and offend to get a response."
Jennifer Golbeck Ph.D. Your Online Secrets [Posted Sep 18, 2014]
"In this month's issue of Personality and Individual Differences, a study was published(link is external) that confirms what we all suspected: Internet trolls ...[text shortened]... 9/internet-trolls-are-narcissists-psychopaths-and-sadists
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Your insights?
On pages one through ten, sixty nine (69) Thumbs Up and one hundred and eighty (180) Thumbs Down have been recorded by Red Hot Pawn [public forum software]. Any insights on their significance in terms of relevance to this thread's topic: "Internet Trolls..."? Thanks for your interest.
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyI've always assumed that thumbs down indicate disapproval or disagreement, and thumbs up signify the opposite.
On pages one through ten, sixty nine (69) Thumbs Up and one hundred and eighty (180) Thumbs Down have been recorded by Red Hot Pawn [public forum software]. Any insights on their significance in terms of relevance to this thread's topic: "Internet Trolls..."? Thanks for your interest.
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Originally posted by Grampy BobbyI think it's a positive thing that posters can indicate disapproval of or disagreement with stuff that's posted. I think it's an exercise of free speech that should be welcomed.
Agree; however, the dramatic disparity between these two approval/disapproval site forum options is the focal point of this interim update.
Some months ago, someone pointed out on a thread about Thumbs on the SF that I had received one thumbs down for every single post of mine stretching back 15 pages in the postings archive ~ including my contributions to word games.
I myself have no complaint about it ~ indeed, I think it's rather funny. It's still going on, as far as I can see.
Do you think all those thumbs down I received were the work of an "Internet troll"?
Originally posted by Shallow BlueWas going to write cheddar, but for some inexplicable reason Gorgonzola has more gravitas in the humour department. (In a more high brow joke i would of course have used Camembert),
Depends.
Is it good Gorgonzola?
'cause I'm quite partial to a bit of decent blue cheese...
Why are we talking about cheese?
