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It's definitely subversive, as it's subverting communications norms by being rude in the first place.
by freejazz 4y ago
It's definitely subversive, as it's subverting communications norms by being rude in the first place.
- jchw 4y agoI mean in a different sense, in the sense that it is insincere. That's the problem with trolling right there. If you're sincere, it's obviously not trolling. Argueing that something is trolling because it solicits a reaction, or that because it's disruptive it counts as trolling, doesn't make sense. You can't distinguish trolling without knowing someone's motivations. Posts that could be trolling could just as easily be venting, or bringing up a genuine concern that just happens to be contentious, or etc. Otherwise, flaming people in general is obviously trolling. That's not the way the word trolling has been used historically.