Julf wrote:
> 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.
Or like the wankers who troll the audiophile forum just so they can feel
self important as they set upon anyone who dares to try and talk about
AUDIOPHILE Stuff in the AUDIOPHILE forum?
Like those guys?
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