Ο ορισμος:
An Internet troll, or simply troll in Internet slang, is someone who posts controversial messages in an on-line community such as an on-line discussion forum with the intention of baiting other users into an emotional response. [1] The rise of the expression "concern troll" reflects an expanded definition of troll as someone whose posts have the primary goal of disrupting or de-railing an internet community.
Τα ειδη:
A troll is a bulletin board participant who posts for one or both of two reasons: 1) to disrupt; 2) to gain attention.
THE MAJOR BREEDS
The Vulgar Troll. These, the crudest of all trolls, make no attempt to
hide their species. Often, they make racist comments, or they may post
porn and other spam. Vulgars usually confine their comments merely to
primitive, profane, off-topic observations. When you log into the
Really Profound Serious Philosophical Discussions board and see the
post, "I smell my farts," you've spotted the Vulgar Troll. Other
species of troll sometimes revert to this form when cornered.
The Deceptive or "Classic" Troll. More sophisticated but often easily
identified and exposed, the Classic Troll gratifies his ego by
pretending to be someone or something he or she is not. Classics make
up elaborate stories about themselves, sometimes weaving some amounts
of truth into their lies. As a web of lies is difficult to build with
consistency, however, Classics are often "outed" by other forumites.
When this happens, Classic Trolls have a bag of tricks to which they
turn:
– Classic Troll Tactic Number 1: If the heat gets too much for you,
claim it was all "a joke." In this way you can excuse any and all
deceit by claiming people just weren't smart enough to "get" the humor
of it.
– Classic Troll Tactic Number 2: Create another account, and log on
pretending to be someone else, in order to show support for the Troll
in Question (TiQ). These puppet accounts sometimes claim to be
disinterested third parties. At other times they pretend to be
"friends" of the TiQ.
– Classic Troll Tactic Number 3: When your lies paint you into a
corner, claim that your little brother, or some unnamed friend, has
commandeered your account and made you look foolish. This technique can
also be applied in claiming that the puppet account(s) you created may
not, in fact, be disinterested third parties or friends, but that they
are your relatives ("little brother" is most common) only trying to
help support you.
– Classic Troll Tactic Number 4: When nothing else works, claim that
now, finally, you're telling the truth about all the lies you told
before. Make up a fresh set of lies, and throw yourself on the mercy of
the forumites.
– Classic Troll Tactic Number 5: When all else fails, claim to be
leaving forever. Trolls who claim they are leaving never do, of course;
you can bet that anyone who proclaims, "I'm never coming back here,"
will most certainly at least check back for responses, and probably
will not be able to resist posting again.
– Classic Troll Tactic Number 6: Have a tantrum. When all their other
tricks are exhausted, Classic Trolls will become angry and start
shouting. Often they revert to Vulgar Trolls when this happens.
– Classic Troll Tactic Number 7: The insincere apology. Similar to
Tactic 4, this involves pretending to repent for one's trolling and is
accompanied often by great melodrama. Insincere troll apologists
hope that they'll be forgiven if only they act disgusted enough with
their own behavior.
Classic warning sign behaviors may be shared by other breeds.
Virtual Tough Guys are a subspecies of Classic Troll.
Virtual Senseis are a more dangerous breed of Virtual Tough Guy.
The Contrarian Troll. A sophisticated breed, Contrarian Trolls frequent
boards whose predominant opinions are contrary to their own. A forum
dominated by those who support firearms and knife rights, for example,
will invariably be visited by Contrarian Trolls espousing their beliefs
in the benefits of gun control. It is important to distinguish between
dissenters and actual Contrarian Trolls, however; the Contrarian is not
categorized as a troll because of his or her dissenting opinions, but
due to the manner in which he or she behaves:
– Contrarian Warning Sign Number One: The most important indicator of a
poster's Contrarian Troll status is his constant use of subtle and
not-so-subtle insults, a technique intended to make people angry.
Contrarians will resist the urge to be insulting at first, but as their
post count increases, they become more and more abusive of those with
whom they disagree. Most often they initiate the insults in the course
of what has been a civil, if heated, debate to that point.
– Contrarian Warning Sign Number Two: Constant references to the forum
membership as monolithic. "You guys are all just [descriptor]." "You're
a lynch mob." "You all just want to ridicule anyone who disagrees with
you."
– Contrarian Warning Sign Number Three: Intellectual dishonesty. This
is only a mild indicator that is not limited to trolls, but Contrarians
display it to a high degree. They will lie about things they've said,
pull posts out of context in a manner that changes their meanings
significantly, and generally ignore any points for which they have no
ready answers.
– Contrarian Warning Sign Number Four: Accusing the accusers. When
confronted with their trolling, trolls immediately respond that it is
the accusers who are trolls (see Natural Predators below). Often the
Contrarian will single out his most vocal opponent and claim that while
he can respect his other opponents, this one in particular is beneath
his notice.
– Contrarian Warning Sign Number Five: Attempts to condescend. Pursued
by Troll Bashers (see Natural Predators below), the Contrarian will
seek refuge in condescending remarks that repeatedly scorn his or her
critics as beneath notice – all the while continuing to respond to them.
– Contrarian Warning Sign Number Six: One distinctive mark of
Contrarian Trolls is that every thread in which they dissent quickly
devolves into a debate about who is trolling whom. In the course of
such a debate the Contrarian will display many of the other Warning
Signs mentioned above.
Contrarian warning sign behaviors may be shared by other breeds.
The EuroTroll. A subspecies of Contrarian Troll, EuroTrolls
frequent US-based forums, or forums that are otherwise dominated by
Americans. They never tire of disagreeing with American
sentiments or challenging statements and concepts favorable to the
US. EuroTrolls generally believe that Americans are arrogant and
ignorant of the great civilizations in Europe and elsewhere –
civilizations far superior to America, if only Americans would stop to
notice this fact. Usually quite proud of socialism and other
European institutions and conventions unpopular among American
individualists, EuroTrolls often devolve into some lesser species of
troll when they can find no one but other trolls (and fellow
foreigners) to agree with them.
The UK EuroTroll. The most common manifestation of EuroTroll, the
UK EuroTroll is often sexually ambiguous and prone to making homoerotic
comments. Vulgar and hostile, UK EuroTrolls are also the most
hoplophobic* of trollkind. The breed is characterized by a
penchant for pontificating from ignorance and will speak at great
lengths about subjects on which its kind are totally uninformed.
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http://forums.station.sony.com/mxo/posts/list.m?topic_id=12200012985
Ενα FAQ:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.troll/msg/bc2e71e19c590d8e?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&[email protected]&lr =&hl=en-us
Και η wikipedia με πολλα Links για το φαινομενο αυτο:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll
