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As lostlogin noted, words have different meaning in different contexts, and the fishing definitions do not apply to online discussions - except perhaps on a fis
by Stratoscope 6y ago
As lostlogin noted, words have different meaning in different contexts, and the fishing definitions do not apply to online discussions - except perhaps on a fishing forum!
Here's an example:
I went trawling through your HN comments to find something I didn't like so I could downvote it.
Naw, I didn't really do that, I'm just trolling you!
- fnord77 6y agoTheir used all the time as metaphors outside of fishing. I've seen "trolling" in the metaphorical fishing sense used in the context of online forums before.