Max Mustermann wrote:
"Trolls" are people (or posts) that make use of a discussion forum the same
way public bathroom walls are used by some for graffiti. These posts are
sometimes malicious and inflammatory, racist, sexist, insulting - anything
that can disrupt a discussion thread and turn attention to the troll.


Or just boring...sort of like your posts, Maxie. Troll on.

Definition of Max, eh?


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Max Mustermann wrote:
"Trolls" are people (or posts) that make use of a discussion forum the
same
way public bathroom walls are used by some for graffiti. These posts are
sometimes malicious and inflammatory, racist, sexist, insulting -
anything
that can disrupt a discussion thread and turn attention to the troll.


Or just boring...sort of like your posts, Maxie. Troll on.

Very Nice!

It was also funny, because as I read every one, one person came to mind that
would fit perfectly into every category!

I don't know if he's still around (kill filed years ago), but his name was
Harry Krause.

You should add one more for Harry..."Clown troll". That's a troll who uses
his grammar and spell checker, to try to show off how smart he is...even tho
most can clearly see how dumb he really is...

--
-Netsock

"It's just about going fast...that's all..."
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"Max Mustermann" wrote in message
age.info...

"Trolls" are people (or posts) that make use of a discussion forum the
same
way public bathroom walls are used by some for graffiti. These posts are
sometimes malicious and inflammatory, racist, sexist, insulting - anything
that can disrupt a discussion thread and turn attention to the troll.

Blue Troll - A relatively benign species, interested primarily in the
gathering and dissemination of useful and nteresting information -- a
"scholar among trolls", if you will.

Bee Troll - A species much like the above, butunfortunately, have an
irresistable streak inside them that will not let them dly pass up a
spelling mistake without correcting it.

Grey Troll - Who posts an inflammatory comment, and then claims later
that they were asking a legitamate question. These trolls seem to
have a problem with math, as they don't make their second post on any
given number. Their alignment would probably be more Chaotic than the
Bee, or the Blue.

Viva-Troll - Who subsists on a diet of straight caffein, and sugar
injections. These trolls usually embroil themselves in a flame war,
then post a "comeback" after every post by other users, any time of
day, or night.

Math Troll - These Trolls are strictly lawful, beleiving victory can
only be obtained through the sheer number of posts they made. To
ensure their victory in a battle, they will post singular sentences
over numerous posts, to counter one persons idea. These trolls are
extremely annoying, and dangerous, seeing as how they continue to
attack at every turn, but say very little at what it is they are
attacking.

Rip Van Troll - Who wakes up in time to be in the middle of a
flamewar, and decides to repost the first message on his/her
newsreader with a nasty comment, while the world has already moved
beyond the first post (whatever it may be) and delved into the deep
psychology of Gary Gygax.

High Cleric Troll - These trolls are fully capable of resurrecting old
flamewars and starting them fresh, simply by laying on hands, and a
few words of wisdom. Unfortunately for us, their following is
extremely large.

Anti-Troll (AKA Troll Hunter) - A special type of Ranger (read: Ranger
kit) that has Trolls as their species enemy and will fixate on flaming
a specific Troll and being rude to all other Trolls sometimes
aleinating friends and allies in his quest to rid the world of Trolls
or die trying.

Doppleganger Troll - This troll is really a regular in the newsgroup
he's posting in, but in times when he wishes to troll, he forges his
headers and assumes another email address and takes upon a separate
identity. He sometimes enteres the thread as his old self to try to
confuse other posters into not believing it's really him 8)

Cowardly Troll - I have encounterd him in my journeys among Usenet.
This type of troll is quite obvious, but when a poster calls him a
troll and points it out to him, this troll vehemently denies trolling
and insists that he's enlightening the masses.

Ego Troll - Who seems to reply to his own comments or question under
another personality. He starts a flamewar against himself hoping some
people will hate and insult one of the two. He also likes waffles.

Noble Troll - This troll does his best to make an entire newsgroup
into one huge flamewar. But, what separates this troll from the
others is that this troll takes pride in being a troll and even starts
to brag on a newsgroup that he gets fan mail. These trolls think
their actions are works of art much like a Michaelangelo, but they
turn out to be anything but.....

Impotent Troll - A troll who is genuinely malicious and malevolent,
but the newsgroup readers regard him/her/it as comical in his/her/its
monotonous rantings. It is usually highly susceptible to
counter-trolling.

Thoul (Ghoul Troll) - This breed commonly feeds in soc.history.ancient.
We could define it as someone who is at first glance seems to be very
fearsome. He's ghoulishly attracted to issues long dead and theories
long killed. His chief attack is a continuing flamefest, which will
ultimately paralyse the victim with boredom.

PseudoTroll - That's the type who after getting brutally trolled and
caught hook line and sinker, posting response after response to trolling,
claims that, in actuality, THEY are the troll, trolling the original troll
by
pretending to be really worked up and upset at the troll.

That's a troll who
uses his grammar and spell checker, to try to show off how smart he
is...even tho most can clearly see how dumb he really is...

Perfect.

Has your foot ever come out of your mouth Greenhalgh?

Joe S. wrote:
That's a troll who

uses his grammar and spell checker, to try to show off how smart he
is...even tho most can clearly see how dumb he really is...


Perfect.

Has your foot ever come out of your mouth Greenhalgh?



It's in much deeper than his throat...