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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Does nobody know the difference between flaming and trolling any more?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(Internet)
(, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 21:28, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)
hehe, nice work, quixote
you totally trolled the troll
(, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 21:31, Reply)
Yes. That's exactly what just happened.
It totally wasn't an example of somebody not knowing what a troll is while making a bravado post about their internet cojones.
(, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 21:32, Reply)
oh dear
OK, I'll rise to it.

to quote your earlier linked WIkipedia artical: "In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory[citation needed], extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking readers into an emotional response"

this is clearly what you are doing, not totally without success.

as for internet cojones, not really, I'd claim some experience with far worse than you, enough not to get wound up, but no more.
(, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 21:37, Reply)
Again, I must agree with Herr Docktor Fuckwit
I didn't troll him, I'm not trying to make him angry or wind him up.
(, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 21:34, Reply)
(I said that to wind him up, too)

(, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 21:37, Reply)
Ah, sorry Cavey
been drinking (nearly a whole pint of fruity cider!) and I'm being dense.
(, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 21:40, Reply)
Yay
Look I gots one too!
b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post1287986
(, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 21:45, Reply)
you're point?
OK, the two terms have gotten rather conflated of late, but I'd argue coming over here to be a tit constitutes fairly gentle trolling and you chosen method is indiscriminate flaming. it might actually be worth while if "I raped your mother today" was not a perfectly acceptable replacement for "good morning" on even the fluffy parts of b3ta.
(, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 21:32, Reply)

b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post1287894
(, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 21:34, Reply)
something of a non sequiter old boy
either I'm being dense or you're being unclear.
(, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 21:36, Reply)
He'll get bored and piss off eventually.
They all do.
(, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 21:34, Reply)
meh, he will if we stop talking to him

(, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 21:36, Reply)
We all now that's not going to happen.
And I'm hardly going to leave after eight years because a couple of blue-namers have had a whimper at me.
(, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 22:21, Reply)

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