Trolls

[kumakuma]

(grin) I see your point. However, I am not at all convinced it is "trolling" when people have a little bit of fun, especially when it lightens the mood when the subject is relatively difficult and certainly depressing. One thing that does separate it is when the people involved are not attempting to undercut, embarrass, or otherwise diminish the other people, but are essentially, trying to win a smile.

 

Trolling on the other hand, never seems to take into account the worth and valuable contributions of the other parties, but instead is focused like a laser on gaining the troll some advantage - real or imagined.

 

Besides which, punning is quite contagious... it allows one to be quite droll about the goal of rolling the not so droll troll.

 

-Paul

 

+1

 

To me "trolling" is mean spirited.

 

The posts that sdolezalek refers to weren't in that spirit, as far as I could tell. More like a few guys kidding around over a few beers.

[wdw]

Even trolls love rock and roll

 

[kilroy]

Like the digital guy who was looking for a fight on this thread.

 

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