"Cherie" > skrev i meddelandet
...
>
> "dick" > wrote in message
> news
> > Thanks for the post. I thought it was the little Troll dolls with long
> hair
> > that my sister played with years ago.
> >
> > Now I have the facts!!!! :-)
> >
> >
> > "Mark Lipton" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Cherie wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Anyway, I have a question regarding the use of the "Troll" term.
I'm
> > not an
> > > > idiot, I certainly get the gist of it, but can you explain to me its
> > exact
> > > > usage in the NG?
> > >
> > > Bonjour, Cherie!
> > > "Troll" is a time-honored USEnet term, referring to someone who
> > > purposefully attempts to "stir the pot" in a newsgroup with
inflammatory
> > > and/or insulting posts. Many other newsgroups have quite regular
> > > trolling, though this one thankfully has been reasonably troll-free.
> > > In truth, the term "troll" is a neologism, derived from the action of
> > > "trolling" for a reponse -- an activity that dates back to the dawn of
> > > the Internet.
> > >
> > > HTH
> > > Mark Lipton
> >
> >
> I always picture a little evil thing living under the bridge in, is it,
> Billy Goat's Gruff???
Hello;
Yes, you remember correctly. Itīs about the three billygoats, brothers I
think, who pass the bridge under which the evil troll lives. The billygoats
refer, one after the other to the next billy goat, and the last, which is
the largest, knocks the troll into the ... ford, or whatever caused the
construction of the bridge.
Hence the exhortation to "crawl back udner the bridge, you troll" in certain
newsgroup.
However, in some net cultures, a distinction is made between the troll, and
the kook. The troll typicaly does not answer any posts re his/hers messages.
The kook keeps on defending his/hers opinions and prejudices.
Persons who have answered the troll may get the greeting
YHBT YHL HAND
which translates into "you have been trolled - you have lost - have a nice
day"
from somebody more knowledgable, or more cynical, I dunno ...
We did have a kook here who presented as a woman, wanted to make wine of
very disgusting things ... the thing with newsgroups is that, by and large,
gender is optional ... in some newsgroups, you get the impression some of
the partiocipants are really cyborgs ...
not here though
HTH
Cheers
nils gustaf
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