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Some of us are too quick to use the term "Trolling." Take for example the following quote ...
Here's one by Trickblue ...
So, when things get a little rough for some of you tough C'boy fans you pull the "Troll" card! Lol
Thought this might help you out the next time things get a little rough ...Posts, and their authors, which inadvertently cause strife as collateral damage are not trolls.
Trolling is a game about identity deception, albeit one that is played without the consent of most of the players. The troll attempts to pass as a legitimate participant, sharing the group's common interests and concerns; the newsgroups members, if they are cognizant of trolls and other identity deceptions, attempt to both distinguish real from trolling postings and, upon judging a poster a troll, make the offending poster leave the group. Their success at the former depends on how well they—and the troll—understand identity cues; their success at the latter depends on whether the troll's enjoyment is sufficiently diminished or outweighed by the costs imposed by the group.
"Trolls can be costly in several ways. A troll can disrupt the discussion on a newsgroup, disseminate bad advice, and damage the feeling of trust in the newsgroup community. Furthermore, in a group that has become sensitized to trolling—where the rate of deception is high—many honestly naive questions may be quickly rejected as trollings. This can be quite off-putting to the new user who upon venturing a first posting is immediately bombarded with angry accusations. Even if the accusation is unfounded, being branded a troll is quite damaging to one's online reputation." (Donath, 1999, p. 45)
The term has negative connotations, and is often applied as an insult, while simultaneously being claimed as a 'badge of honour' by troll organizations or individuals. The sincere but controversial or naive poster may sometimes be mis-labeled a troll, but the term is generally considered to be correctly applied only to one intending to provoke outrage or discord.
The troll's reaction, once identified as a troll, can vary widely depending upon the forum in which the exchange takes place. Any person unjustly accused of being a troll may be hurt and will express indignation. The troll will sometimes react with verbal abuse, raising the stakes with inflammatory remarks maligning the motivation of the accuser. If a person pursues his/her perceived enemy from site to site, one is most certainly a troll.
Trolling is often described as an online version of the breaching experiment, where social boundaries and rules of etiquette are broken. The self-proclaimed troll will often style itself as a Devil's Advocate or gadflies, challenging the dominant discourse and assumptions of the forum it is "trolling", in an attempt to subvert and introduce different ways of thinking. Detractors who value etiquette claim the true "Devil's Advocate" generally identifies themself as such for the sake of etiquette, whereas the troll often considers etiquette to be something itself worthty of trolling.
The troll is sometimes caricatured as socially inept. This is often due to fundamental attribution error, as it is difficult to know the real traits of an individual solely from their online discourse. Indeed, since the intentional troll is alleged to knowingly flout social boundaries, it is difficult to typecast the troll as socially inept; trolls arguably prove adept at achieving the goal of inciting conflict.
The next time you have the urge to call someone a troll, look in the mirror, you may just be one yourself
Here's one by Trickblue ...
So, when things get a little rough for some of you tough C'boy fans you pull the "Troll" card! Lol
Thought this might help you out the next time things get a little rough ...Posts, and their authors, which inadvertently cause strife as collateral damage are not trolls.
Trolling is a game about identity deception, albeit one that is played without the consent of most of the players. The troll attempts to pass as a legitimate participant, sharing the group's common interests and concerns; the newsgroups members, if they are cognizant of trolls and other identity deceptions, attempt to both distinguish real from trolling postings and, upon judging a poster a troll, make the offending poster leave the group. Their success at the former depends on how well they—and the troll—understand identity cues; their success at the latter depends on whether the troll's enjoyment is sufficiently diminished or outweighed by the costs imposed by the group.
"Trolls can be costly in several ways. A troll can disrupt the discussion on a newsgroup, disseminate bad advice, and damage the feeling of trust in the newsgroup community. Furthermore, in a group that has become sensitized to trolling—where the rate of deception is high—many honestly naive questions may be quickly rejected as trollings. This can be quite off-putting to the new user who upon venturing a first posting is immediately bombarded with angry accusations. Even if the accusation is unfounded, being branded a troll is quite damaging to one's online reputation." (Donath, 1999, p. 45)
The term has negative connotations, and is often applied as an insult, while simultaneously being claimed as a 'badge of honour' by troll organizations or individuals. The sincere but controversial or naive poster may sometimes be mis-labeled a troll, but the term is generally considered to be correctly applied only to one intending to provoke outrage or discord.
The troll's reaction, once identified as a troll, can vary widely depending upon the forum in which the exchange takes place. Any person unjustly accused of being a troll may be hurt and will express indignation. The troll will sometimes react with verbal abuse, raising the stakes with inflammatory remarks maligning the motivation of the accuser. If a person pursues his/her perceived enemy from site to site, one is most certainly a troll.
Trolling is often described as an online version of the breaching experiment, where social boundaries and rules of etiquette are broken. The self-proclaimed troll will often style itself as a Devil's Advocate or gadflies, challenging the dominant discourse and assumptions of the forum it is "trolling", in an attempt to subvert and introduce different ways of thinking. Detractors who value etiquette claim the true "Devil's Advocate" generally identifies themself as such for the sake of etiquette, whereas the troll often considers etiquette to be something itself worthty of trolling.
The troll is sometimes caricatured as socially inept. This is often due to fundamental attribution error, as it is difficult to know the real traits of an individual solely from their online discourse. Indeed, since the intentional troll is alleged to knowingly flout social boundaries, it is difficult to typecast the troll as socially inept; trolls arguably prove adept at achieving the goal of inciting conflict.
The next time you have the urge to call someone a troll, look in the mirror, you may just be one yourself
