On Sunday 14 August 2005 12:27, Steve Langasek wrote: | On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 11:43:50AM +0200, Siward de Groot wrote: | > Package: jargon | > Version: 4.0.0-4 | > Severity: wishlist | > | > With the current discussion about trolling on debian-project | > i tried 'dict troll' to find what it was about. | > 'troll' is well described in jargon, | > but it contains a note about "don't feed the troll" that | > mentions that it exists, but not what it is. | > Adam McKenna posted a contribution in which this concept is defined : | > | > The trolls are only half of the problem with Debian lists. | > The other half of the problem is that | > | > many people can't restrain themselves from | > replying to comments | > that are arguably trollish | > with an equivalent amount of vitriol | > (also known as 'feeding the troll'). | > | > Could you please add this definition to jargon ? | > | > I am CCing debian-project in case someone disagrees with this definition, | > in which case they can attach their opinion to this bug in the BTS. | | Yes, I disagree with this definition. To feed a troll is to give the troll | the satisfaction of having disrupted a discussion; there is no particular | requirement that the responses be vitriolic, merely that the discussion is | disrupted by directing the attention of the group to the troll's comments. | | This is what makes it particularly insulting to call someone a troll who | isn't, because the implication is that their primary goal is to be | disruptive.
I have forwarded your message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your definition of troll agrees with that of jargon. However, i suspect that frequent useless postings (without malicious intent) could be termed troll for lack of a better word. Thus in the first definition troll would be more interpreted as the ongoing action of trolling, as in 'feeding the fire' . | Oh, and "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" is not a bug submission address... I thought it was rather funny, but perhaps it is getting a bit stale. I'll try to remember to desist from using it. have fun ! Siward de Groot (home.wanadoo.nl/siward) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
