How Disruptive is Trolling To You? - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Minor or occasional issue. Luckily, I do not encounter trolling much; only when I watch certain PF videos on YouTube.

"Composing itself, in a way, is a simplifying process, just trying to pick some (strands?) out [of] the clamour in the head." - Robert Wyatt.

Originally posted by RoyFairbank

Originally posted by Dayvenkirq

Minor or occasional issue. Luckily, I do not encounter trolling much; only when I watch certain PF videos on YouTube.

Youtube is indeed not a good place for human communication in general. There is such a diversity of people of all ages, they are not committed to making a legitimate comment on any one of those temporary pages, so you get fragments of fragments, usually trollish. I've noticed however that even serious websites like the world news section of reuters for example tends to have equal weight in troll posts as in genuine posts. So I agree with wikipedia that it is a pervasive phenomenon.

World news section of Reuters has trolling posts? ... Oy.

"Composing itself, in a way, is a simplifying process, just trying to pick some (strands?) out [of] the clamour in the head." - Robert Wyatt.

I think trolling can be pretty funny if it's done well. It can be annoying but that's usually only if you take the bait and get sucked in.

"The meaning of life is to give life meaning."-Arjen Lucassen

i think the word has an old-norse relation, but it i haz nothing to do with Trolls but with the fishing techniqies used when you set out bait, for fish and come back laiter to pull in the fish = trolling

Trolling is a method of fishing where one or more fishing lines, baited with lures or bait fish, are drawn through the water. This may be behind a moving boat, or by slowly winding the line in when fishing from a static position, or even sweeping the line from side-to-side, e.g. when fishing from a jetty. Trolling is used to catch pelagic fish such as salmon, mackerel and kingfish.

Trolling can be phonetically confused with trawling, a different method of fishing where a net (trawl) is drawn through the water instead of lines. Trolling is used both for recreational and commercial fishing whereas trawling is used mainly for commercial fishing.

A troll is a mythological creature, related to elves, dwarves, or monsters.

The verb troll originates from Old French troller, a hunting term. The noun troll comes from the Old Norse word for a mythological monster.^[7]

In modern English usage, the verb troll is a fishing technique of slowly dragging a lure or baited hook from a moving boat.^[8] The word evokes the trolls of Scandinavian folklore and children's tales, where they are often creatures bent on mischief and wickedness.

you know Procol Harum created their own nieche in prog in the 70s like theyr own symph prog sound which they molded to their own IMO, quote Aginor

I find a****les much more annoying. Trolls are usually easily ignorable.

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I've learned this: when reading something a news website... When watching a video online... When reading a webcomic... Never... Listen me well... NEVER ever read the comments!
It's not only that the trolls are annoying most of the time and that most of them seem to be real morons, it's also that reading their insane and inane rantings (ratings?) leave a taste of bile in the mouth.

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Originally posted by Blacksword

Other.

I don't give a sh!t.

Other option:

I'm a troll, myself

but in the poll, I chose vaguely funny, but ultimately, like Andy, I don't care much.

"Irritant" mostly, but then again, if I think it's funny or somehow subversive (e.g. knocking people out of their complacency and making them think about what they do for a change), then I don't really think of it as trolling anyway. In general, the trolling I've seen is pretty asinine and just begging for attention, which is pretty pathetic to watch.

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There's a clear difference between
1 - deliberately thought provoking polemic
2 - trolling

One is designed to encourage people to question their own assumptions and the other is just social brinkmanship of the worst kind Confused

The problem is that trolling and internet bullying and intimidation have become to mean the same thing.

Coldness doth get away with the badness.

Poll Question: How disruptive is trolling
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Major Social Problem	4	[8.89%]
Irritant	11	[24.44%]
Minor or Ocassional Issue	6	[13.33%]
Kind of Funny Usually	18	[40.00%]
What's the Big Deal?	2	[4.44%]
Tragically Misunderstood	4	[8.89%]
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