Trolling culture (120)

1 Name: Alexander!DxY0NCwFJg 2005-04-08 11:34 ID:PZgrzRXJ This thread was merged from the former /net/ board. You can view the archive here.

ITT we discuss words and even techniques that work well when trolling.

If you think trolling = behaving badly, check http://www.jargon.net/jargonfile/t/troll.html or similar first.

My initial vote for a good trolling word goes to 'frankly'.

101 Name: 404 - Name Not Found : 2007-02-22 05:12 ID:SFkH4lJ4

Hey, you want Trolling? Go to 4chan on /b/itch and videogames. They the word weeaboos like the n word. All the time.

102 Name: 404 - Name Not Found : 2007-02-27 11:02 ID:BTNi20Yj

Slightly off topic, but I've noticed alot of people misusing the word "literally" when trolling/responding to trolls.

103 Name: 404 - Name Not Found : 2008-02-19 12:50 ID:L6JsQLR9

Bumping this topic because it deserves it.

104 Post deleted.

105 Name: 404 - Name Not Found : 2008-02-21 04:59 ID:Heaven

>>104
I don't think anyone in the west would keep that spelling of that name.
However, if you look to India...

106 Name: 404 - Name Not Found : 2012-03-12 04:08 ID:qI3PCot3

How to troll anonymous forums:

  • Create an identity.
  • Post a LOT with it, and don't break the rules explicitly.
  • Astroturf your popularity. Reply to yourself with off topic posts like "Shut up, ______." or "How have you been?"
  • Create the same threads over and over again.
  • Turn the forum into your blog.

107 Name: 404 - Name Not Found : 2012-03-13 13:31 ID:Heaven

>>106
Shut up, Tokiko.

108 Name: 404 - Name Not Found : 2012-08-24 02:10 ID:T50/kaUj

>>107
*smirks

You're catching on1!

109 Name: 404 - Name Not Found : 2012-08-26 04:31 ID:Xbk7kBWc

Equation for dealing with potential trolls.

let P be the probability that he is a troll (1 for certainly a troll, 0 for definitely not a troll).

let A be the benefit of being nice to him if he is not a troll and let B be the benefit of being nasty to him if he is a troll.

Now calculate Action = P*A - (1-P)*B.

If Action is positive treat him nicely and if it's negative just ignore him or kick him out.

For example, says everyone hates him and he has friends then the benefit of being nice is high because he might cheer up, but the benefit of being nasty is low because you'll just be playing into his game so if you don't know if it's a troll or not (P = 0.5) the best action is just treat him nice for now.

Another example, if a guy is acting ridiculously "concerned" about a minor topic you probably wont change his mind by being nice and explaining the truth, but you will get more benefit (people reading the discussion wont get tricked by him) by just saying he's doing a typical troll, in that case even if you aren't realy sure if he's a troll or not the calculation will tell you to treat him like one.

Post if you get any more mathematical formula useful for dealing with trolls.

110 Name: 404 - Name Not Found : 2012-08-26 10:28 ID:Heaven

>>109
That's nice :-)

111 Name: 404 - Name Not Found : 2012-08-28 08:35 ID:Xbk7kBWc

>>110
you come across as a tard

112 Name: 404 - Name Not Found : 2012-08-28 15:07 ID:jQeVMMAE

>>111
Yeah, that usually happens to people who don't like reading more than half a paragraph.

113 Name: 404 - Name Not Found : 2012-08-29 13:06 ID:Heaven

>>111
But I was just treating you nicely like you said :-(

114 Name: 404 - Name Not Found : 2012-08-31 13:07 ID:jQeVMMAE

>>113
EAT SHIT

i'm sorry i didn't mean that

115 Name: 404 - Name Not Found : 2014-10-01 01:08 ID:0jJ5ReBX

gooby plz

116 Name: 404 - Name Not Found : 2015-06-13 02:20 ID:FIzNBxox

trolling is lawful good now, dont bother. Just harm things without chool intro plays.

117 Post deleted.

118 Name: 404 - Name Not Found : 2015-06-26 07:00 ID:SpaCvVXR

Trolling is a art.

119 Name: 404 - Name Not Found : 2015-07-07 18:56 ID:Heaven

When trolling is done right, no one can figure out if it's trolling or not. If people can figure it out, you're just a miserable failure.

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