Sign up with GoogleBeen around the net long enough to smell a troll, and my nostrils have been picking up some strong scents lately [
]. Recognize any of these behaviours in our midst recently?
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><b>What is an Internet Troll (a forum troll)?</b>
An "Internet troll" or a "Forum Troll" is a person who posts outrageous message to bait people to answer. Forum Troll delights in sowing discord on the forums.
A classic CureZone troll is trying to make us believe that he is a skeptic. He is divisive and argumentative with need-to-be-right attitude, "searching for the truth", flaming discussion, insulting people.
While he tries to present himself as a skeptic looking for truth ... his messages usually sound as if it is the responsibility of other forum members to provide evidence that what forum is all about is legitimate science...
Sometimes, Internet troll is trying to spin conflicting information, is questioning in an insincere manner, flaming discussion, insulting people, turning people against each other, harassing forum members, ignoring warnings from forum moderators.
Trolling is a form of harassment that can take over a discussion. Well meaning defenders can create chaos by responding to trolls. The best response is to ignore it, or to report a message to a forum moderator. <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
For more info, best definition I've found is at http://curezone.com/forums/troll.asp .
Don't feed the trolls! (and by posting this I've probably done just that [])
]. Recognize any of these behaviours in our midst recently? <blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><b>What is an Internet Troll (a forum troll)?</b>
An "Internet troll" or a "Forum Troll" is a person who posts outrageous message to bait people to answer. Forum Troll delights in sowing discord on the forums.
A classic CureZone troll is trying to make us believe that he is a skeptic. He is divisive and argumentative with need-to-be-right attitude, "searching for the truth", flaming discussion, insulting people.
While he tries to present himself as a skeptic looking for truth ... his messages usually sound as if it is the responsibility of other forum members to provide evidence that what forum is all about is legitimate science...
Sometimes, Internet troll is trying to spin conflicting information, is questioning in an insincere manner, flaming discussion, insulting people, turning people against each other, harassing forum members, ignoring warnings from forum moderators.
Trolling is a form of harassment that can take over a discussion. Well meaning defenders can create chaos by responding to trolls. The best response is to ignore it, or to report a message to a forum moderator. <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
For more info, best definition I've found is at http://curezone.com/forums/troll.asp .
Don't feed the trolls! (and by posting this I've probably done just that [
])