On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 11:22:14PM +1300, Rik Tindall wrote: > FWIW, I never knew the term 'troll' until I read about it here. Over > time, I took it to mean 'an M$ user who acts on-list to rubbish > gnu/Linux, so has double reason not to be here'. Think about it.
You're ascribing the actions of a troll to malice; specifically malice to a specific small set of people - GNU/Linux users. There's nothing so specific about trolls on the Internet, they do not exist specifically to denigrate your personal beliefs and values. Trolls are generally less directed; they are just annoying people, because it's "fun". Juvenile behaviour, not malicious. > Do we have a better definition? In any case, instead of trying to intuit a meaning for a difficult piece of jargon, do a little research :-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_%28Internet%29 http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/T/troll.html > How about this for a basic (unstated) rule: 'if you don't know the > subject under examination, please keep quiet'? - I'm sure that's most of > what other people are doing. How can you ask questions about things you don't know, then? > So yes. Tedious OT drivel is a pain. - Get rid of it / show restraint. Great advice :-) -jim
