Bill Judson wrote:
>>For example, posting MACS SUCK AND MAC USERS ARE
>>A$$HOLES! to seattle.users.macintosh would be
>>a definite troll. The term comes from fishing where
>>you pilot a boat really slowly, dragging bait on
>>a hook.
>>
>
> That's "trawling". As I understood it when I 1st got on the net the word
> trolling was used because you're trying to pose as a troll. You eat up
> anyone who is stupid enough to cross your bridge (take the bait).
>
> As the old saying goes -- Don't engage in a battle of wits with half-wits;
> you have to lower yourself to their level & they have lots more experience
> down there.
A "trawler" is a fishing boat...a net-tender. "Trolling" Is fishing with a line
dragging behind a boat.
--Kyle
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