on 8/27/07 2:40 PM, George Herbert at george.herbert@gmail.com wrote:
It's not trolling to ask "are you looking at this?" or state "I'm very concerned about this".
George,
Thanks for this. The word "trolling", the phrase "to troll", and what defines "a troll" all seem to have different meanings to different people in the Community. One person, writing in this thread, defined it as "stirring shit up".
If trying to call attention to issues you feel are important to the health of the Community - but you believe are being ignored - is "trolling" - then I qualify. In fact, using my definition - my university offered a Ph.D. program in Trolling (subtitled: stirring shit up) :-).
Marc Riddell