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I hate the whole "internet trolling" thing. It seems like such a waste of time, although admittedly when I was younger I did it a bit too. Zed's a reasonably
by frio 16y ago
I hate the whole "internet trolling" thing. It seems like such a waste of time, although admittedly when I was younger I did it a bit too. Zed's a reasonably smart guy, he's made some decent software and generally, when he mouths off about something, he very much follows through on some sort of solution - the most recent example that comes to mind being the attempt at a Python book. This post makes me respect him less :/.
Regardless of which crowd I identify with (both), the whole concept of trolling - intentionally making a group of people dislike you, for no ostensible reason other than you feel like being a wanker - is dumb.
- bediger 16y agoYour conception of trolling is totally inadequate. What you want to do is state something obvious (inflammatory or not) and see who is self-righteous enough to correct you on it. Sure, it's easier to troll with inflammatory material, but it's more fun with the banal. This sort of thing even has a little merit. Given people's propensity to pick on the first, most obvious point in any given article, you just throw them a bone up front, put in something about how "Windows Sux" or whatever, and let that be a lightning rod for the Instantly Hostile Crowd. You can just delete or ignore their comments. Anyone who passes up the lightning rod probably has something thoughtful to say. Or at the very least can keep their temper.