Trolling 101 Lecture 7 - Effective trolling - Positive

delicious_cocktail

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Please take your seats. Shh. Please, quiet down. This is your own time you're wasting. Ahem.

Thank you.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Today in Trolling 101, we are going to cover a specific subset of "effective trolling."

First let us also briefly recapitulate ineffective trolling. While this has many subsets, the principle commonality is that the troll becomes the trolled - - the troll will eventually resort to extremely rudimentary insults, logical fallacies, and display an ever-diminishing appetite for conflict evidenced by an ever-increasing volume of progressively simpler retorts. This always, inevitably, results in abandonment of the troll.

As we discussed last week, there are many types of effective trolling. Effective negative trolling is an attempt to deeply upset individuals through the invocation of taboos or the ignorant expression of controversial opinions.

Effective positive trolling occurs when one creates an atmosphere of conviviality around the troll. It conveys no mockery of individuals, includes no insults, and any negativity is directed either at the Troll themselves, or nigh-universally-condemned societal abnormality.

Effective positive trolling by itself has the tendency to 'snowball' and pull more individuals into the troll, to the point that it becomes a group game.

As a professor on the subject, I strongly urge our new members to consider excellence first in all of their trolling endeavors, lest they become damaged by the massive weight of the existing trolls in any given forum.

Don't forget the exam after winter break. It will be closed book.

xXSWEETzXx

Lmao this is great

Sinisterly

-pulls up a chair-
Your posts amuse me.

mister_universe

TL;DR MONKEYBUTT FLAMEPOOP TOSSER!!!!!

Mia_RagazzaTosta

In

FrenchMob

delicious_cocktail

TL;DR MONKEYBUTT FLAMEPOOP TOSSER!!!!!

Please Mr. Universe, take your seat! If you need an audience I suggest you head out to the quad where our own The Shakespearean Slayers are doing Taming Of The Shrew as a cowboy western.

MysteriousMerlin

You know, we kill trolls where I come from...*adjusts bow and arrows*

sunnshhiine

:laugh: :flowerforyou: :drinker:

Illini_Jim

Can you forward this to that *kitten* munch named “Benny_haha” that has been annoying as hell today?

xXSWEETzXx

I'm crying. It's so buriful

ScottF83

War is over, if you want it

War is ooooover. AHHHhhhhhhhhhhhHhHHHHhhhhh

So Happy Christmas.

Mother_Superior

doug

mister_universe

TL;DR MONKEYBUTT FLAMEPOOP TOSSER!!!!!

Please Mr. Universe, take your seat! If you need an audience I suggest you head out to the quad where our own The Shakespearean Slayers are doing Taming Of The Shrew as a cowboy western.

*ragequits*

delicious_cocktail

doug

Ladies and Gentlemen! Please, please quiet down. Please. Yes, yes very funny.

While I am certain that none of you appreciate Mother's interruption, it does make for an excellent case study in what we might call "the reverse troll".

This however falls into the category of Negative Effective Trolling, and I'll thank you Mother not to derail the lecture.

Potato.

arghbowl

TL;DR MONKEYBUTT FLAMEPOOP TOSSER!!!!!

Please Mr. Universe, take your seat! If you need an audience I suggest you head out to the quad where our own The Shakespearean Slayers are doing Taming Of The Shrew as a cowboy western.

*ragequits*

Well that escalated quickly...

miss_jessiejane

How do we know if we're trolling? What if we're just obnoxious and don't know the difference?

Cranquistador

heh

xXSWEETzXx

TL;DR MONKEYBUTT FLAMEPOOP TOSSER!!!!!

Please Mr. Universe, take your seat! If you need an audience I suggest you head out to the quad where our own The Shakespearean Slayers are doing Taming Of The Shrew as a cowboy western.

*ragequits*

Well that escalated quickly...

You don't say?

Mia_RagazzaTosta

TL;DR MONKEYBUTT FLAMEPOOP TOSSER!!!!!

Please Mr. Universe, take your seat! If you need an audience I suggest you head out to the quad where our own The Shakespearean Slayers are doing Taming Of The Shrew as a cowboy western.

*ragequits*

You'll be back...

delicious_cocktail

How do we know if we're trolling? What if we're just obnoxious and don't know the difference?

Excellent question, Ms . . . Ms . . . Garcia? No matter.

The actual "accidentally obnoxious person who is so unbelievable irritating as to effectuate a troll" is in fact, not a troll.

For instance, a user with some sort of brain damage that routinely asks the same questions again and again while always discarding the advice she was provided would NOT be considered a troll (even if very pretty.) She is merely an unfortunate individual.


Or "he", ha-ha no need to provoke the wrath of my women's studies students, amirite?

Mother_Superior

Cranquistador

How do we know if we're trolling? What if we're just obnoxious and don't know the difference?

Excellent question, Ms . . . Ms . . . Garcia? No matter.

The actual "accidentally obnoxious person who is so unbelievable irritating as to effectuate a troll" is in fact, not a troll.

For instance, a user with some sort of brain damage that routinely asks the same questions again and again while always discarding the advice she was provided would NOT be considered a troll (even if very pretty.) She is merely an unfortunate individual.


Or "he", ha-ha no need to provoke the wrath of my women's studies students, amirite?

so should I lift heavy and eat at deficit? and log my food?

FatHuMan1

Iron_Lotus

You make my brain wet.

homerjspartan

xXSWEETzXx

lolz what is that from?

SpeSHul_SnoflEHk

Did someone make an attempt at a troll post and fail?

miss_jessiejane

How do we know if we're trolling? What if we're just obnoxious and don't know the difference?

Excellent question, Ms . . . Ms . . . Garcia? No matter.

The actual "accidentally obnoxious person who is so unbelievable irritating as to effectuate a troll" is in fact, not a troll.

For instance, a user with some sort of brain damage that routinely asks the same questions again and again while always discarding the advice she was provided would NOT be considered a troll (even if very pretty.) She is merely an unfortunate individual.


Or "he", ha-ha no need to provoke the wrath of my women's studies students, amirite?

Wait. So I'm NOT a troll, I'm unfortunately pretty and effeminate? I'm so confused. Is this because I'm short? 'Cause that's racist.

mister_universe

TL;DR MONKEYBUTT FLAMEPOOP TOSSER!!!!!

Please Mr. Universe, take your seat! If you need an audience I suggest you head out to the quad where our own The Shakespearean Slayers are doing Taming Of The Shrew as a cowboy western.

*ragequits*

You'll be back...

I hate it when you're right. But I love it, too. :flowerforyou:

iamanadult