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From: "L.L. Scott" <>
Subject: Re: [APG] Recognition
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:01:51 -0500
References: <182BCC7315CA4FADB5B950D5BC1E5F67@Eileen>
In-Reply-To: <182BCC7315CA4FADB5B950D5BC1E5F67@Eileen>


troll

v.,n.
1. [From the Usenet group alt.folklore.urban] To utter a posting on Usenet
designed to attract predictable responses or flames; or, the post itself.
Derives from the phrase "trolling for newbies" which in turn comes from
mainstream "trolling", a style of fishing in which one trails bait through a
likely spot hoping for a bite. The well-constructed troll is a post that
induces lots of newbies and flamers to make themselves look even more
clueless than they already do, while subtly conveying to the more savvy and
experienced that it is in fact a deliberate troll. If you don't fall for the
joke, you get to be in on it. See also YHBT.
2. An individual who chronically trolls in sense 1; regularly posts specious
arguments, flames or personal attacks to a newsgroup, discussion list, or in
email for no other purpose than to annoy someone or disrupt a discussion.
Trolls are recognizable by the fact that the have no real interest in
learning about the topic at hand - they simply want to utter flame bait.
Like the ugly creatures they are named after, they exhibit no redeeming
characteristics, and as such, they are recognized as a lower form of life on
the net, as in, "Oh, ignore him, he's just a troll."

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eileen Polakoff" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: [APG] Recognition


> Apparently Mr. Boswell is a beginner at national genealogical
> organizations,
> or maybe Jack Butler is correct and he is merely a pot-stirrer. One with
> lots of time on his hands to write posts. Like Jack, I hope to be proved
> wrong.
>


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