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#70677 28-Oct-2010 19:37
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Gawd the deception troll sounds like me! Embarassed

Trolls are an eternal part of the internet. However, Trolls have become increasingly common in the physical world too! Please read on if you would like to understand the troll culture, which is the peak of human civilization.

Professor Troll
You have realized you can look up ANYTHING on the Net, so spend your time pointing out EVERY POSSIBLE error in postings. To be truly effective, try to act helpful, but also imply that each tiny error makes the whole article invalid. There's no faster way to suck the joy out of an article than this! Your mewling complaints serve as inspiration for the Critic troll...

Critic Troll
You see the comments section as an open invitation to tell everybody how bad things are. Your goal is to convince everybody that the golden age of the site is in the past. To be truly effective, try to make it seem like it COULD be possible to please you - talk about how you USED to like the articles or discussion. Your goal is to make people feel like they should abandon ship before the shark is FULLY jumped. Your superior tone can really set off the Screamer troll....

Screamer Troll
Subtlety isn't your strong suit. Caps Lock, cusses and hatred for every human are. Its easy to be truly effective. Flame and spam until you get banned, then come back. Make sure you pick a similar screen name, so people know its you. Project an aura invincibility. This really riles up the Prophet troll...

Prophet Troll
Most people don't even know you ARE a troll. Think of yourself as the ''healer'' class for the trolls. You are forever wailing about how bad the trolls are and how they're going to take over and destroy the site. This is best fuel that a troll could ask for. You single handedly keep them going when times are tough! To be truly effective, keep quiet until a troll outburst has started to die down, then start wailing and you will attract the Robot troll...

Robot Troll
You are almost certainly somebody who owns a site or is paid by someone that does spam advertisements on the message board. It is SUPER easy to be truly effective. Just spam your rotten little heart out, and a few morons will check out your site. If you are actually a bot reading this, then you've achieved sentience, and you terrify me!

Hired Commentates
Hired commentates are professionals, their expertise is to manipulate public opinion through the internet. The most well know type of internet commentates are probably the Chinese 50 cent party. The 50 cent party are a group of trolls who bump and post threads that support the views of the China Communist Party.

***ADVANCED TROLL TYPES*** (yes you can work your way up to advanced troller)

Deception troll
deception trolls are trolls that act normal, until the environment is ideal for trolling operations. They could be your friend, your wife, or your dog. Deception trolls show no troll characteristic. These trolls are almost everywhere, waiting for the right conditions to strike....

Moderator troll
These are moderators that moderate forums, they have fallen to the dark side, and have taken up the art of trolling. Moderator trolls are commonly the most dangerous trolls. As the saying goes. "if you can't beat them, join them" these trolls are past moderators that have had their soul corrupted and have joined the ranks of the trolls. These trolls are the most fearful, since they commend a large amount of respect, and they have the most experience on the internet.

Hacker trolls
Hacker trolls will troll you first, if that doesn't succeed, they would steal your account and use it to troll others. We all know that, just like how Arnold Schwarzenegger can't sing, master trolls can't be master hackers at the same time. However, master trolls have time and most of us have simple passwords, they would go through everything you have ever said, and use it to guess your password.

Female trolls
Most trolls are men, Female trolls are quite rare. They are a gem, worthy of preservation and cultivation. NEVER have a romantic or sexual relationship with one.




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  #397014 28-Oct-2010 20:40
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I vote sbiddle as a Professional Troll.  He even introduced himself as one at the recent TelecomONE conference we were both at.

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  #397037 28-Oct-2010 21:29
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nate: I vote sbiddle as a Professional Troll.  He even introduced himself as one at the recent TelecomONE conference we were both at.


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sbidlle = ?moderator troll (professional troll according to the list)

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  #397039 28-Oct-2010 21:35
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What troll type do fanboys fall under? :P




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  #397041 28-Oct-2010 21:37
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michaelmurfy: What troll type do fanboys fall under? :P


Screamer troll

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  #397044 28-Oct-2010 21:41
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nakedmolerat:
michaelmurfy: What troll type do fanboys fall under? :P


Screamer troll


hahahaha, good one. 




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  #397052 28-Oct-2010 21:55
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Haha good read and soo true. I think maybe even the wanna be troll deserve a mention their the ones who think they know there stuff go about telling as many people as possible until such time as someone comes along and goes something like ......Umm you do realise what your saying is wrong right??? Can also be called baby trolls as they can easily grow up to be some of the above named trolls over time.

 
 
 

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  #397106 28-Oct-2010 23:46
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Deception troll reporting in...or am I?

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  #397126 29-Oct-2010 01:37
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nakedmolerat: sbiddle = ?moderator troll (professional troll according to the list)


Ah, you are right.

Wonder if I should mention I told sbiddle I'd give him a $1 if he said he was a troll. Meh.

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