Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: > Tom wrote: > >> Wallace wrote: >>> Trolls are insulting people who insist there view is right. >>> They call people names and rant without reasoning. >> >> From Wikipedia: >> An Internet troll, or simply troll in Internet slang, is someone >> who posts controversial and irrelevant or off-topic messages in >> an online community, such as an online discussion forum or chat >> room, with the intention of provoking other users into an >> emotional response or to generally disrupt normal on-topic >> discussion. > > ...I do not believe my efforts meet that criteria. Nor is my > purpose here now or ever has been to provoke hostile rants or to > disrupt list concerns. [snip..snip...snip]
Sorry, Wallace, I wasn't accusing you of being a troll. I'm just pointing out that your understanding of the term "troll" ("hostile rants")is NOT internet-current. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---