I'm not very computer savoy and I hear this term being tossed around. I thought it meant some kinda spam but now I'm not sure. What the hell is a troll? Other than the obvious "it's a little creature that lives in Glenn's house".

A troll is a poster with a hidden agenda, usually counter to the purpose of the board where he is posting. For example, an anti-gun person could create an account here and pose as a new or uneducated gun owner and try to solicit illegal or incorrect advice from us, then use that for his own purposes and put us in a bad light.

"it's a little creature that lives in Glenn's house".

 

 

So it has nothing to do with spam or viruses?

So it has nothing to do with spam or viruses?

 

Nope.

So it has nothing to do with spam or viruses?

 

 

not normally.. just annoying.. and whats worse is when people "feed the troll" and the troll engages the community and the situation is even more annoying... most of the time ignoring or banning is the best solution...

My link

Paul, your link is broken. It takes me to your home page.

A troll could be someone that signs up on this forum and starts a thread asking how to answer the mental health question and reveals they have the same mental issues as Jared Loughner and also want a Glock 19, the same gun Jared Loughner used to murder people with in Arizona. That would be a troll.

Paul, your link is broken. It takes me to your home page.

I think that may be a joke. That is something a troll might do as well. People have described it pretty well so far. It's pretty much someone who creates an account simply to be annoying, or even harm the community.

A troll could be someone that signs up on this forum and starts a thread asking how to answer the mental health question and reveals they have the same mental issues as Jared Loughner and also want a Glock 19, the same gun Jared Loughner used to murder people with in Arizona. That would be a troll.

That kind of person could also be classified as a f***ing idiot who needs their internet privileges revoke, and their man-card ripped up.

Edited February 9, 201115 yr by Maksim
no need for that.

A slightly less serious, and more likely scenario is one in which a troll asks very basic question about firearms and pretends not to understand the answer.

 

i.e.

 

Troll "Hey guys should I get a glock18c or a real m4 machinegun. I think the glockz (im getting 2 btw) would be more fun to shoot like in callof duty but having a real machinegun would be so cool lolz"

 

Normal Poster "sigh"

 

Well meaning poster "You can't own either of those, and your abysmal grammar/firearms knowledge isn't helping your case; here is some helpful information"

 

Troll "wut u don't like glocks?"

While none of the answers are really wrong, they aren't completely correct.

 

Sometimes trolls post nonsense like MrP said. But often times they post things quite seriously that are meant to do nothing but stir up an argument. They will post stuff that seems quite valid, but isn't really what they think, just to argue. It is actually something that is quite easy to end up doing. Of course you would never do this in person (usually), but on the internet, why not? Right?

 

They seek out people who they know will argue with them, confront them, counter them.

 

The difference between a troll, and a normal poster, is while the questions, the arguments, the posts can be the same, the trolls are actively seeking confrontation while the rest are honestly looking for others opinions and views. It really doesn't take much...

And luckily for any troll, anyone on the forum is within a 2 hour drive of an ass kicking. =)

Could a troll be a normal member that makes comments that he/she knows will stir the pot?

 

ie, AR's are plastic bottles or Glocks suck

 

I, along with many of you here, are guilty of that.

Could a troll be a normal member that makes comments that he/she knows will stir the pot?

 

ie, AR's are plastic bottles or Glocks suck

 

Trolls post lies. What you posted is the truth! *hides* LOL

Could a troll be a normal member that makes comments that he/she knows will stir the pot?

 

ie, AR's are plastic bottles or Glocks suck

 

I, along with many of you here, are guilty of that.

 

Yes, that's also trolling.

 

The term really has two meanings...one as if you're fishing for something and the other as if you're a big ugly troll that's just being disruptive.

 

The new poster, claiming paranoid delusions from the Mary Jane is clearly sitting in his basement thinking how he's going to "get over" on us gun guys. "Watch this, ha ha ha, I'll make these people think I'm like Jared Loughner, and they'll tell me it's ok to buy a glock and then it'll be so funny. Ha ha ha ha, I'm so clever, they'll never be able to tell, they're so dumb"

 

In fact, you asking about trolls could be a troll.

 

http://www.politicsforum.org/images/flame_warriors/flame_28.php

 

 

Troller is looking for a response...ANY response, and he will chum the waters with complaints, insults, compliments, and inflammatory tidbits hoping that someone...ANYONE, will take the bait. Generally quite harmless - practices a form of catch and release. Nonetheless, he can upset the delicate ecology of a discussion forum. Once a forum becomes aware of his presence, however, all feeding activity ceases and Troller must move on to more promising waters.

 

Over the years, I've made a bunch of different toll pics...here's a couple.

 

A troll is someone who posts arguably annoying or illegal stuff just for the shock value. They cause problems. They can sometimes be from the opposite end of the spectrum when it comes to the agenda, or mission of the forum. (as said).

 

They generally don't want to comment or an answer, they are more interested in the argument, and causing a ruckus.

Inquiring minds want to know:

 

What's the name for a guy who posts the same thing as (at least) three guys before?

Inquiring minds want to know:

 

What's the name for a guy who posts the same thing as (at least) three guys before?

 

Slowpoke

How someone has the patience to troll is beyond me.

HAY GUYZ, M16 VS AYKAY 47?!

 

LAWL

Haha, a post about 'trolling' is not complete without troll face-- thanks, Nick

And luckily for any troll, anyone on the forum is within a 2 hour drive of an a** kicking. =)

 

 

+1

How someone has the patience to troll is beyond me.

 

When you have no life things like that come easy.

Mark, so this thread that I started here. It makes me a troll?

 

AKs are ghetto blasters that are a spray and pray bullet thrower, and all other Polymer guns wish they were Glocks!

Mark, so this thread that I started here. It makes me a troll?

 

Depends. If you knew what a troll was and are just stirring shiesa, yeah, that makes you a troll...for the thread anyway.

 

 

 

AKs are ghetto blasters that are a spray and pray bullet thrower, and all other Polymer guns wish they were Glocks!

 

Remingtons and revolvers suck.

Mark, so this thread that I started here. It makes me a troll?

 

AKs are ghetto blasters that are a spray and pray bullet thrower, and all other Polymer guns wish they were Glocks!

 

I've been loving this thread so far... Ray - you're like our resident domesticated Troll you and Glenn

but seriously, no this thread doesn't make you a troll. You've been on the forum for a while and most people have come to know you and many have met you. What we sometimes get on here is spambots that wiggle through. They usually post something in horrible English, usually in the middle of someone's "Introduction" thread and end it with a link to some spammy site. like this:

 

I likes very much rifles of big calibers. Want to be helping to the forum. Please look. link to spammy site

 

not let's fill the rest of this thread with troll-like comments:

 

ARs suck!

...now let's fill the rest of this thread with troll-like comments:

 

ARs suck!

 

 

No, thats just truth

 

*flame suit on*

Guess I will join in.

 

Glocks wish they didn't go ka-boom and that they were XD's.

AK's are illegal in NJ.

I think starting a healthy debate or playing devil's advocate for reasons beneficial to the members is fine sometimes. But just outright signing up to create problems is, well, kinda lame.