Editing Troll
The edit can be undone. Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then publish the changes below to finish undoing the edit.
| Latest revision | Your text | ||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
The word '''troll''' means many things, all important to the culture of [[trolling]] | The word '''troll''' means many things, all important to the culture of [[trolling]] (of which [[Consumerium]] is necessarily a part, since it always will be perceived as "[[trolling]] perfect corporations with bad untrue things" until of course the corporation must admit that all the "trolling" is true - see [[Wikimedia]] and [[Bomis]] for examples of trolling that is totally true). | ||
=== definitions of the noun "troll" === | === definitions of the noun "troll" === | ||
| Line 10: | Line 10: | ||
=== definitions of the verb "to troll" === | === definitions of the verb "to troll" === | ||
*verb: circulate, move around, e.g. "he [[trolled]] all the [[large public wiki]]s" | *verb: circulate, move around, e.g. "he [[trolled]] all the [[large public wiki]]s" | ||
*verb: speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice | *verb: speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice | ||
*verb: praise or celebrate in song (Example: "All tongues shall troll you") | *verb: praise or celebrate in song (Example: "All tongues shall troll you") | ||
*verb: sing loudly and without inhibition, especially the [[USENET troll song]] | *verb: sing loudly and without inhibition, especially the [[USENET troll song]] | ||
*verb: angle with a hook and line drawn through the water | |||
*verb: sing the parts of (a round) in succession, especially [[heroic songs about trolls]] | *verb: sing the parts of (a round) in succession, especially [[heroic songs about trolls]] | ||
*verb: cause to move round and round (Example: "The child trolled her hoop", "the [[Lowest Troll]] trolled the [[sysop vandalism|sysop-vandal]] [[fork off|off]] to other [[large public wiki]]s, but it always came back") | *verb: cause to move round and round (Example: "The child trolled her hoop", "the [[Lowest Troll]] trolled the [[sysop vandalism|sysop-vandal]] [[fork off|off]] to other [[large public wiki]]s, but it always came back") | ||
=== | === Internet trolls === | ||
On the Internet, "today, the word troll are both verb and noun, and are applied loosely to any outsider. If you don't like someone's manners, he is a troll. If you don't like a gadfly, he is a troll. If you don't like a philosopher, he is a | On the Internet, "today, the word troll are both verb and noun, and are applied loosely to any outsider. If you don't like someone's manners, he is a troll. If you don't like a gadfly, he is a troll. If you don't like a philosopher, he is a | ||
| Line 33: | Line 27: | ||
"I find that the term "troll" means pretty | "I find that the term "troll" means pretty | ||
much nothing, or it just means "somebody doing something I don't like." - [ | much nothing, or it just means "somebody doing something I don't like." - [http://mail.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2004-May/012437.html Theresa Robinson] | ||
"...a term of abuse that is levelled both at genuinely problematic users and | "...a term of abuse that is levelled both at genuinely problematic users and | ||
users with contentious but potentially legitimate views." - [ | users with contentious but potentially legitimate views." - [http://mail.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2004-May/012438.html Mark Richards] | ||
=== | === trolls vs. sysops === | ||
Obviously, under these definitions, we are all trolls from time to time, that is, we are all likely to be in some [[dispute]] or [[conflict between users]] and then if there is some [[sysop power structure]], we can be labelled "troll" and so marginalized. This is a fairly typical process, not different from authorship: | Obviously, under these definitions, we are all trolls from time to time, that is, we are all likely to be in some [[dispute]] or [[conflict between users]] and then if there is some [[sysop power structure]], we can be labelled "troll" and so marginalized. This is a fairly typical process, not different from authorship: | ||