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Subject: [OM] Trolls[OT]
From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:42:32 -0800
One thing I learned while looking at the forums at dpreview.com is that 
are people who love to stir things up. They are called trolls, from the 
fishing term, not the mythological character. They post a message into 
a specialized list like the Nikon list and say something like how 
technically backward Nikon is and that they are switching to Canon. 
They frequently do not post again until the angry responses start to 
slow down. They achieve their goal when the responses exceed the 100 
message limit in a thread. They are more successful if they sound 
genuine and clueless because members of the list then defend them and 
the members fight among themselves. The goal is not discussion but 
disruption for amusement.

I would say that the same process goes on here when someone posts a 
negative off topic quote from someone known for bashing a particular 
computer and then when the thread has died someone attempts to revive 
it, ironically, not changing the subject from This Thread Should Die. 
It is not for purposes of discussion or information. It is just a way 
of sticking someone in the eye who is still smarting from the previous 
exchange. Don't fall for it. Don't be the source of someone's 
entertainment.







Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA

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