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I think creative, high quality trolling can be considered art in its highest form (see Andy Kauffman, Sacha Baron Cohen, 4chan at its best, etc.) but simply sla
by stfu 14y ago
I think creative, high quality trolling can be considered art in its highest form (see Andy Kauffman, Sacha Baron Cohen, 4chan at its best, etc.) but simply slapping someone's name on a spambot is uninteresting, unoriginal, childish, and above all, uncreative
I disagree with that idea. In my view the level of trolling is defined not by the troll, but by those being trolled. Obviously the guy in the video is taking their relatively unsophisticated level of trolling as a serious matter. Just by doing so their trolling is in my view justifiable, as it achieves its objective. Also I personally find the way they were approaching this interview quite amusing, i.e. they are shifting in a concern-trolling mode, almost taking a therapeutic stand. This lets the interviewer argue to a certain degree against a wall as they try to imply some deeper motivations by the interviewer, and find the "hidden" intentions for why he becomes so concerned about a bot spouting random information - that apparently still enough other people take serious enough to communicate with.