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Apr 16, 2016 at 09:01 PM
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I 'm on the older side and have no idea what trolling is. Can someone explain what it means.
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Apr 16, 2016 at 09:10 PM
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(From Dictionary.com) To post inflammatory or inappropriate messages or comments online for the purpose of upsetting other users and provoking a response.
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Apr 16, 2016 at 09:11 PM
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They live under a bridge too
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Apr 17, 2016 at 07:46 AM
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It's also a technique used in fishing
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Apr 17, 2016 at 10:22 AM
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Thanks for asking that question, otherg. I'm your age and I too am confused by terms such as "trolling and catfishing".
 Not to mention some acronyms I've learned along the way. Thanks, Rachel, for posting the answer.  And special thanks to Amon and fishin' fool's welcome humor. 
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Apr 17, 2016 at 10:55 AM
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Then maybe you'll want to visit the meaning of abbreviations/acronyms in Tutorials & How-To's thread in the Community Feedback & Technical Support Forum. There's lots of answers for questions like that in that location.
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Apr 17, 2016 at 10:57 AM
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yeah, you should probably read the 3 billy goats gruff. lol that has trolls in it and he lives under a bridge but to make it clearer (back to the actual original thread), say if you ran a forum for a football team you liked, and then people came on the site constantly saying they were a rubbish team, or saying that they knew nothing about football, that's a form of trolling trolling is not the same as spamming spamming is when someone comes on a site to advertise stuff (holiday homes, 3 memberships to online cacinos,) anything that's just not appropriate. |
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Apr 17, 2016 at 03:17 PM
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You can look up terms like 'trolling' and 'catfishing' on urbandictionary.com
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Apr 18, 2016 at 02:34 AM
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Or the newest one is called Click Bait. Where less than truthful sites toss up less than truthful information guised as a newsfeed. They get clicks which advertisers want to see happen.
Which is funny because a friend and I were chatting about a what's this in triplicate where the site mentioned a famous actor moving to someplace local. Further along I did find trolling behavior in one comment section. That's where the person took the community and took the fantastical headline and let loose hateful remarks. See that a ton where I am. The internet can be a free for all in bashing despite the less than anonymous accounts. Gives new meaning to mud on one's face, but it is what it is. Or Shannon Sharpe or someone using his own twitter, went "trolling" on a Patriots board the night that Denver won an important game. There was a screen shot in the released media. |
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Apr 18, 2016 at 12:08 PM
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i admit i don't have any idea what cat fishing is need to look it up.. |
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Apr 18, 2016 at 05:39 PM
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