tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post2352914044527630126..comments2024-03-28T00:23:01.632-04:00Comments on Lem's Levity: "The Art of Trolling: A Philosophical History of Rhetoric"Trooper Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-76337127384803934292017-04-13T23:30:14.524-04:002017-04-13T23:30:14.524-04:00Most of the thoughts and feelings that we repress ...Most of the thoughts and feelings that we repress in order to get on with civilization are somewhat trollish. Many people find it liberating to finally be able to tell those troll assholes how irritating they truly are and, in so doing, become trolls themselves. Here on the internet we are all latent trolls.Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07837540030934495651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-38160437948910837622017-04-13T13:44:15.625-04:002017-04-13T13:44:15.625-04:00A troll is NOT someone who posts a comment counter...A troll is NOT someone who posts a comment countering the majority opinion on a given thread. It has become so common to answer a contrary comment with the one word dismissal, "Troll," that the term has been rendered almost as meaningless as "Racist."ricpichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01321511130788764861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-88855751667090856222017-04-13T13:30:38.007-04:002017-04-13T13:30:38.007-04:00Troll rock star.
https://twitter.com/GodfreyElfwi...Troll rock star.<br /><br />https://twitter.com/GodfreyElfwickLem the artificially intelligent https://www.blogger.com/profile/03569712564034666751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-16887696220671731632017-04-13T13:13:15.387-04:002017-04-13T13:13:15.387-04:00"The goal of this investigation is not to pro..."The goal of this investigation is not to provide a definitive history of trolling or its involvement within specific subsets of internet trolls, e.g. the Alt-Right Movement."<br /><br />Interesting that the default example of a troll is an alt-right commenter. (And I doubt the author even knows what "alt-right" is.) Trolling is just a way of disrupting the status quo, getting people to consider a perspective that is outside the conventional wisdom, so for the people who think they're in charge of the status quo and conventional wisdom I can imagine it's annoying. Otherwise, it's interesting. There are different methods of trolling and it can be quite the art. Merely showing up and spraying insults around is not really trolling.Amartelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636450794507517534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-14716970222885435392017-04-13T12:54:36.117-04:002017-04-13T12:54:36.117-04:00Studies show that none of that is true.
So there!...Studies show that none of that is true.<br /><br />So there!The Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05354536924604187137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-59773955035224621092017-04-13T12:45:21.254-04:002017-04-13T12:45:21.254-04:00I'd quarrel with the definitions in the sense ...I'd quarrel with the definitions in the sense most trolling is more annoying, not to mention boring, than anything else.<br /><br />Very little "cleverly, and secretly" about it.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.com