It has become clear from some of the threads here that we need a new
term to describe a certain behaviour, where someone engages in something
resembling trolling ("sowing discord on the Internet by starting
arguments or upsetting people, by posting inflammatory, extraneous, or
off-topic messages in an online community (such as a newsgroup, forum,
chat room, or blog) with the deliberate intent of provoking readers into
an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic
discussion."), but with a specific intent to promote a belief system or
commercial agenda. In that sense, it also resembles astroturfing ("the
use of fake grassroots efforts that primarily focus on influencing
public opinion"), sockpuppets ("misleading uses of online identities,
such as those created to praise, defend or support a person or
organization") and meatpuppets ("community members that have been
recruited by an existing member to support their position").The best terms I can think of are "astrotroll" for those with a commercial agenda, and "cosmotroll" for those with a purely ideological, non-commercial agenda, but I would love to hear suggestions for terms better describing these behaviours. "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Julf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42050 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103950 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
