Re: [Harp-L] A Truly Sad Situation! Huh? Wha?



A troll is not a noun, it's a verb. Troll is often conflated to mean one of those short ugly things that hang around under bridges being generally curmudgeonly and harasssing billy goats at every turn. Trolling is a style of posting. Derived from lets go trolling in our trawler as in fishing. Trolls are a type of post designed to elicit a response. Oddly baiting the list. Trolls can be malignant or benign. A listowner might post trying to spark a discussion on a particular topic, that would be a benign troll. An example of a malignant troll would be Jahn Pawper is a terrible harmonica player and why does he call that dumb band bluz trvler they don't play blues at all? Most of the trolling that has occured on this list is of a much more subtle nature. Clearly the quickest way to pull the rug out from under a trolling poster is to simply not respond at all. The response is what they're in it for. Another form of trolling is attempting to provoke controversy or a fight. fjm




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