On 04/07/05, Jack Lynch jack.i.lynch@gmail.com wrote:
is "trolling" identical to saying things you dislike? I think it is obvious some people intentionally annoy others on the wiki, as well as the mailing list, but this certainly didn't seem like an example of that to me. This "troll" word is an ugly slur, an intellectually dishonest powerword. Call a spade a spade.
I think you've misunderstood something here: "Trolling" is the answer to "what do Slashdotters do to relieve stress?" In that context, it's not necessarily even an insult, from the trolls point of view. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot_subculture and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot_trolling_phenomena
On 7/3/05, Fredrik Johansson fredrik.johansson@gmail.com wrote:
On 7/3/05, Skyring skyring@gmail.com wrote:
Slashdot is a similar large project, explicitly aimed at the nerds of the world. Does anyone know how they relieve stress?
Trolling.