In a message dated 10/7/2007 11:31:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The Group is about to be ruined again. The group is ruined at certain times by some known and some anonymous members who practice "trolling." The following from Wiki and Urban dictionary. “A troll is a person who approaches a board with the specific intention of stirring things up, either as a goal in and of itself or as a means of attacking the board perhaps motivated by opposition to the ethos of the board. “The general element, that determines whether a malicious user is a troll or not, is the person's history with the forum or group. “A troll's main goal is usually to arouse anger and frustration among the message board's other participants, and will write whatever it takes to achieve this end. One popular trolling strategy is the practice of Winning by Losing. While the victim is trying to put forward solid and convincing facts to prove his position, the troll's only goal is to infuriate its prey. The troll takes (what it knows to be) a badly flawed, wholly illogical argument, and then vigorously defends it while mocking and insulting its prey. The troll looks like a complete fool, but this is all part of the plan. The victim becomes noticeably angry by trying to repeatedly explain the flaws of the troll's argument. Provoking this anger was the troll's one and only goal from the very beginning.” _http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=troll_ (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=troll) _http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll) Along the same lines: _Click here: asburypolitics : Message: Ignore ____: Attacking _____Only Encourages Him_ (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/asburypolitics/message/181) ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com
