trolls

[buttercup]

wasent sure where to put this, mods feel free to move
anyway im quite active in another forum for people with health difficulties
ive on the odd occasion copy'd & pasted jokes & upbeat stories from here, i have done this with the best of intention, spread smiles right?
anyway recently i have been told this is troll behaviour, is it?
if it is im happy to ask the permission of the mods/posters first
if ive been naughty, hands up
i'd shout out one of the american amendments, but i dont know any lol

[minks]

hmmmmm not a mod but what an up tight bunch if they wont' accept your little snippets. I don't think that is tolling, I think trolling is posting utter useless garbage.
Again I am not a mod, that is just my opinion.

Yeah agree

Little snippets of humour is just what we want.
Whats the official line ?
Whats Trolling anyway?
Why so many questions?
Where am I ?

[abbey]

Most of us are guilty of trolling then!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll

[minks]

I always get the image of this evil little being with a crunched up face, huge pointed ears tand resides under a bridge who hates goats, when I see the word troll.
Buttercup I think you are far from it.

Originally Posted by minks

I always get the image of this evil little being with a crunched up face, huge pointed ears tand resides under a bridge who hates goats, when I see the word troll.
Buttercup I think you are far from it.

Yeah that sounds like me

[abbey]

Originally Posted by Jives

Hope that helps!

Dont know about Buttercup but it helped me, thanks Jives.

[minks]

Originally Posted by ArnoldLayne

Yeah that sounds like me

I wasn't implying that !!!

Originally Posted by minks

I wasn't implying that !!!

I know its not really ...I like goats

[capt_buzzard]

Originally Posted by Jives

Not at all!

Trolling = Deliberately posting inflammatory material or remarks designed to upset and insult members. For example, let's say I know a member is Jewish, then I post ProNazi propaganda just to get an emotional reaction from him. Or say I know that someone is rabidly anti-abortion, so I post something like, "I'm pro-death! There's too many people in the planet anyway!" even though I don't really believe that.

That's trolling. It's not just disagreeing, or debating, it's being deliberately mean-spirited.

Really good trolls can actually make it seem like they are discussing and debating, but you'll notice that they keep coming back to the one statement that they know will make everyone mad.

Trolls are usually desperate for attention. No matter what the subject matter, it will keep coming back to what they want and need. Personal attention, usually of the inappropriate kind. Yo may even see some "unwarranted disclosure." For example you ask them how they are feeling and they tell you that their mate slept with someone else last night and proceed to give you WAY more details than yo0u want or need.

So no...You aren't trolling, especially if what you post is upbeat and funny.

There's also 'flaming" = calling others vulgar or profane names, and

"Spamming" = posting useless information, web-scams, or posts with no value what so ever. Like posting "post" or "thread bump" or just talking to yourself in the threads to increase your post count.

General "netiquette" says that in a forum, you are supposed to let someone reply to your post before you post again. It's considered "bad form" to do that, but it's not enforced. We break that "rule" a lot around here, but we still stay to the spirit of a forum pretty well, "a place to exchange and discuss ideas freely."

Hope that helps!

Profane names. I've had a few of them,but I'm a buzzard.