Cheney Shill wrote:
Anthony wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:The only real difference between satire and trolling is whether or not you get the joke! Of course the word "trolling" has basically become meaningless at this point. People use the term for basically anything and everything.
Anthony _______________________________________________
No, trolling is to illicit a response, preferably an extended, irate one. Satire, as you may be aware, has a long history in non-interactive media, such as books.
If wikiality hasn't disrupted it, I'm sure wikipedia's entry for each can help you better understand both and their distinctions.
You are mostly right but there is a very large amount of "Trolling" hat goes on which is quite obviously a joke. In this case the troll is really only going after the users who are either too easily agitated to read carefully or just plane dumb. In that instance it really is a matter of "getting the joke".
Dalf