We have updated this to include 12 levels; in this case, I am Level 11.
The Troll Ranking System
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what level of troll you are?
Why not just join World of Warcraft and call it a day if you want to level up? ;)
TrollU - Education(?) for Silly People.
I believe I am an Expert Troll.
MarcoBR444 wrote:
I believe I am an Expert Troll.
what trolling skills do you have?
May 23, 2016
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#7
MarcoBR444 wrote:
I believe I am an Expert Troll.
You are correct.
Shouldn't Troll Norris be higher up the list?
Joseph_Truelson wrote:
lol
I think Robert must creat a special level for Joseph Trollson:
the True Troll.
I'm level 7.
I'm of course the master of trolling and I would be number 13 on your list.
Application of the term troll is subjective. Some readers may characterize a post as trolling, while others may regard the same post as a legitimate contribution to the discussion, even if controversial. Like any pejorative term, it can be used as an ad hominem attack, suggesting a negative motivation.
As noted in an OS News article titled "Why People Troll and How to Stop Them" (25 January 2012), "The traditional definition of trolling includes intent. That is, trolls purposely disrupt forums. This definition is too narrow. Whether someone intends to disrupt a thread or not, the results are the same if they do."[6][7] Others have addressed the same issue, e.g., Claire Hardaker, in her Ph.D. thesis[7] "Trolling in asynchronous computer-mediated communication: From user discussions to academic definitions",[8] and Dr. Phil.[citation needed] Popular recognition of the existence (and prevalence) of non-deliberate, "accidental trolls", has been documented widely, in sources as diverse as Nicole Sullivan's keynote speech at the 2012 Fluent Conference, titled "Don't Feed the Trolls"[9]Gizmodo,[10] online opinions on the subject written by Silicon Valley executives[11] and comics.[12]
Regardless of the circumstances, controversial posts may attract a particularly strong response from those unfamiliar with the robust dialogue found in some online, rather than physical, communities. Experienced participants in online forums know that the most effective way to discourage a troll is usually to ignore it,[citation needed] because responding tends to encourage trolls to continue disruptive posts – hence the often-seen warning: "Please do not feed the trolls".
The "trollface" is an image occasionally used to indicate trolling in Internet culture.[13][14][15]
At times, the word can be abused to refer to anyone with controversial opinions they disagree with.[16] Such usages goes against the ordinary meaning of troll in multiple ways. Most importantly, trolls don't actually believe the controversial views they claim. Farhad Manjoo criticises this view, noting that if the person really is trolling, they are a lot more intelligent than their critics would believe.[16]
Origin and etymology
There are competing theories of where and when troll was first used in Internet slang, with numerous unattested accounts of BBS and UseNet origins in the early 1980s or before.
The English noun troll in the standard sense of ugly dwarf or giant dates to 1610 and comes from the Old Norse word troll meaning giant or demon.[17] The word evokes the trolls ofScandinavian folklore and children's tales: antisocial, quarrelsome and slow-witted creatures which make life difficult for travellers.[18][19]
In modern English usage, trolling may describe the fishing technique of slowly dragging a lure or baited hook from a moving boat[20] whereas trawling describes the generally commercial act of dragging a fishing net. Early non-Internet slang use of trolling can be found in the military: by 1972 the term trolling for MiGs was documented in use by US Navypilots in Vietnam. It referred to use of "...decoys, with the mission of drawing...fire away..."[21]
The contemporary use of the term is alleged to have appeared on the Internet in the late 1980s,[22] but the earliest known attestation according to the Oxford English Dictionary is in 1992.[23]
Another claim sets the origin in Usenet in the early 1990s as in the phrase "trolling for newbies", as used in alt.folklore.urban (AFU).[24][25] Commonly, what is meant is a relatively gentle inside joke by veteran users, presenting questions or topics that had been so overdone that only a new user would respond to them earnestly. For example, a veteran of the group might make a post on the common misconception that glass flows over time. Long-time readers would both recognize the poster's name and know that the topic had been discussed a lot, but new subscribers to the group would not realize, and would thus respond. These types of trolls served as a practice to identify group insiders. This definition of trolling, considerably narrower than the modern understanding of the term, was considered a positive contribution.[24][26] One of the most notorious AFU trollers, David Mikkelson,[24] went on to create the urban folklore website Snopes.com.
By the late 1990s, alt.folklore.urban had such heavy traffic and participation that trolling of this sort was frowned upon. Others expanded the term to include the practice of playing a seriously misinformed or deluded user, even in newsgroups where one was not a regular; these were often attempts at humor rather than provocation. In such contexts, the nountroll usually referred to an act of trolling—or to the resulting discussion—rather than to the author.
I know lol.
May 24, 2016
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#17
I think you've been using a Wikipedia page. It's surprising some trolls haven't edited that page more
Here at chess.com we seem to on the Cutting edge of trollcraft,
Blurring the line between humor, provocation, and ridiculous role play and at times, there is also the self-righteous rant.
you guys at trolls U really have contributed alot to the forums. Hats off to you!
you forgot the Trollops, the women trolls, they're the best.
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