Re: [FairfieldLife] Troll study

2014-02-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 2/15/2014 11:31 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: Trolling is the same as button-pushing. > You are incorrect and you are just trying to push our buttons! Button Pusher: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Button_pusher

Re: [FairfieldLife] Troll study

2014-02-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 2/15/2014 9:33 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: Slate's readers are more than hip enough (as are FFLers) to know what trolling is. > Applying the term "troll" is subjective. Some readers may see a message as informative and a contribution to a discussion - others may see the same message as

Re: [FairfieldLife] Troll study

2014-02-15 Thread authfriend
Trolling is the same as button-pushing. Barry himself calls what he does "pushing buttons." (Third or fourth time I've pointed this out to you.) << he is a troll, and the article's description of the troll personality fits him perfectly. Calling someone a "troll" makes assumptions about a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Troll study

2014-02-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 2/14/2014 10:47 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: he is a troll, and the article's description of the troll personality fits him perfectly. > Calling someone a "troll" makes assumptions about a writer's motives that are impossible to determine. The term troll is highly subjective, and some po

Re: [FairfieldLife] Troll study

2014-02-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 2/14/2014 10:32 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: The button pushers are actually the ones wasting their own time while the others simply marvel at the stupidity of it. > Button pushers often state extreme positions to make his or her actual beliefs seem moderate. Go figure.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Troll study

2014-02-15 Thread authfriend
Slate's readers are more than hip enough (as are FFLers) to know what trolling is. The actual study, I'd guess, does define it, but the text is behind a paywall. In any case, folks know it when they see it. But we can use the definition in your "Troll FAQ": "Troll - A person who sends duplicitou

Re: [FairfieldLife] Troll study

2014-02-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 2/14/2014 1:19 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: A new psychology paper studied the personalities of those who engage in trolling (known in some quarters as "pushing buttons") on the Internet: > There is a fib in this se

Re: [FairfieldLife] Troll study

2014-02-14 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: My phrase "in some quarters" was ironic. I was referring, of course, to you-know-who. "Button pushing" is the term he himself uses for what he does because "trolling" has such disagreeable connotations. But most of his posts are, in fact, trolli

Re: [FairfieldLife] Troll study

2014-02-14 Thread authfriend
My phrase "in some quarters" was ironic. I was referring, of course, to you-know-who. "Button pushing" is the term he himself uses for what he does because "trolling" has such disagreeable connotations. But most of his posts are, in fact, trolling; he is a troll, and the article's description of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Troll study

2014-02-14 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: On 2/14/2014 1:19 PM, authfriend@... mailto:authfriend@... wrote: trolling (known in some quarters as "pushing buttons") on the Internet: > One of the greatest themes in trolling is the idea that you can spend one or two seconds of your time po

Re: [FairfieldLife] Troll study

2014-02-14 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 2/14/2014 1:19 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: trolling (known in some quarters as "pushing buttons") on the Internet: > One of the greatest themes in trolling is the idea that you can spend one or two seconds of your time posting a button-pusher post, causing 10 other people to waste ten m