Talk:Don't feed the Troll

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Hey, I know this guy! Now, where's that confounded bridge? human^{be in} 12:51, 2 June 2007 (CDT)

Can I take it to the bridge? --The hardest working editor in wiki business

That depends - can you get the bassist to walk over to IV? human^{be in} 14:03, 2 June 2007 (CDT)

You gonna let me get up and do my thing? Uh. Spica 16:08, 2 June 2007 (CDT)

This whole site is a trollsite, isn't it? Designed to capture CP users? Heart♥Gold ^tx 16:06, 2 June 2007 (CDT)

Mostly it's randomness, far as I can see, but I'm hoping we grow out of it and into some real debunking soon. --Kels 16:11, 2 June 2007 (CDT)

We'll still be saying that to new users in five years. human^{be in} 17:07, 2 June 2007 (CDT)

I'm slowly starting to get down to some serious work. I'm gonna expand atheism and work on the whole stupid breast cancer/abortion thingy.--PalMD^{-yada yada} 17:10, 2 June 2007 (CDT)

I've got a couple of "bedrock" pieces I want to do, might start tonight. At least that'll be a beginning. --Kels 17:14, 2 June 2007 (CDT)

Yeah, if I don't drink myself into a stupor, drive to the hospital, and try to remove a uvula, I'm gonna do the same.--PalMD^{-yada yada} 17:16, 2 June 2007 (CDT)

How'd that "serious bedrock work" work out for you guys? I drank myself into a stupor and apparently created such useful and informative articles as Fun:Carlos Mencia... if the logs are to be believed. human^{be in} 12:29, 3 June 2007 (CDT)

Contents 1 finally... 2 I fed myself 3 Title 4 Trolling 5 Removal 6 Troll - (vb) 7 A short guide to trolling 8 real motives

[edit] finally...

..An article about me :) -Ĭ₠ŴΣĐĝё 01:23, 3 June 2007 (CDT)

Actually I thought I was describing somebody else when I wrote this - but I can see where you're coming from.  :-) --Bob_M (talk) 06:30, 3 June 2007 (CDT)

but...but....trolls have to eat too. How about all his little trollings back at home? Poor guy, he's just trying to make a living and keep "food on his family" (as george would say)...poor troll  :( Instead of starving them, just carpool them over to CP and let them eat their fill. If they're hungry enough, they'll eat the skunks and rodents over there. Remember, a good troll is a terrible thing to waste. --Sproutky 09:36, 25 August 2007 (CDT)

[edit] I fed myself

To the troll... ɧєɭıסş^{-get sunburn!} 02:53, 13 June 2007 (CDT)

[edit] Title

This now is Don’t feed the Troll‎; is this deliberate? (and the post is a beta test)--Bob^{bing up and down} 01:05, 11 September 2007 (MDT)

If that's the only error we find, we're in pretty good shape. The rest of the site looks intact to me. human^{be in} 01:07, 11 September 2007 (MDT)

Aw, there's no place like home :) Nice fucking work, Trent!!! human^{be in} 01:09, 11 September 2007 (MDT)

[edit] Trolling

Unless I'm greatly mistaken, which I don't think I am, the term "troll" arose after the term "trolling" came about, trolling being the activity of attempting to get as many responses to a post as possible (as in trolling for fish) and it was the blatantly offensive posting that trollers used (effective in getting responses) that lent itself to calling the poster (troller) a "troll." Anybody mind if I include this in the article? Or does anyone have information to the contrary? -Smyth 16:54, 19 September 2007 (EDT

[edit] Removal

I've removed this from the article because I don't understand what it's getting at and I think it may confuse others.--Bob^{bing for apples} 05:53, 26 October 2007 (EDT)

Welcome to RationalWiki, Don't feed the Troll! Please see our guide for newcomers and our community standards. If you are interested in contributing, please read what our articles are intended to be. Tell us how you found RationalWiki here!

Someone had to... human 01:59, 26 October 2007 (EDT)

I think this resulted from someone transcluding this entire page on a new troll's user's talk page, and me then trying to add the welcome template by clicking on a link from this page, not their page. Maybe we should put some "includeonly" tags (or whatever works) in this article if people are going to use it as a template as well (to get rid of the see also section, which creates a spurious edit link)? human 13:22, 26 October 2007 (EDT)

I have removed the following paragraph because it is covered in the "caveat".--Bob^{bing for apples} 13:38, 26 October 2007 (EDT)

'It must always be remembered however that the accusation of “Troll” is easy to make and most controversial posts are not the work of trolls, but of people who genuinely have differing opinions.'

Or would it be better to remove the caveat as removing this has messed up the flow a bit.

I removed the next word, I think that clears it up? human 13:45, 26 October 2007 (EDT)

[edit] Troll - (vb)

troll : to walk about (esp. looking for trade)

(trade: sex)

[1]

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Polari (also seen as 'Palare') is a gay slang language, which has now almost died out. It was more common in the 1960's when gays had more need of a private slang. When I started to research Polari, it was difficult to find any written material about Polari as what little used to exist was out of print. However, in the last few years, more and more people have been finding out about it, and several web sites and magazine articles have been written.

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Susan^{speak your mind} 06:06, 26 October 2007 (EDT)

[edit] A short guide to trolling

I don't know how many others here have activity trolled but I confess that I have in the past. It's really good fun. First of all you post something which is contrary to the ethos of the group. It's best not to write something you actually believe in, as then you yourself may become emotionally involved in the outcome. In fact, it's best to post something you completely disagree with as it's easier to laugh off the insults your post generates.

In any event, your post should make a few enemies. Identify these enemies, cultivate them, insult them, abuse them, really annoy them. What happens next is that whatever you post (sensible or not, logical or not, helpful or not) will get a negative reaction from these enemies. This is because many people don't think too much about what they say (or write) but automatically disagree with people they don't like.

This is great because you can make the most innocent of statements and guarantee disagreement. You can say what you like and the result will be abuse. When that happens you can appeal to others to back you up and you are on a roll. The trick is to keep some people annoyed while making enough sense to get casual users on your side.

Logging in in the morning and finding lots of people talking about you is a fantastic ego boo. It really sets you up for the day. I should point out that I no longer do this, but I do understand where the people who do this come from. It's also clear why the motto "Don't feed the Troll" works.--False Flag (talk) 17:10, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] real motives

all trollery is about beating people up. sometimes you punch, sometimes you stab, sometimes you troll. sometimes you beat the people you love, sometimes the people you hate. there's never a plan. the motive is always either depression or intoxication. there's never a complex psychological motive. should the world be beaten up? idk --Swedmann (talk) 22:27, 17 February 2010 (UTC)