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A comment on Aristotle, “On Trolling”. Parent comment

Re:Aristotle, “On Trolling” by emmelaich on Monday May 09, 2016 @11:34PM (#11664999)
What was called 'griefing' is now called trolling too, unfortunately.

I think trolling can be positive and well-done. I'd say Swift's "A Modest Proposal" is an example.

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Re:Aristotle, “On Trolling” by vintermann on Tuesday May 10, 2016 @04:27AM (#11665859)
Swift is satire. People reading it weren't supposed to believe it was sincere.

People use the word differently, but to me a troll is someone who really wants people to think he has opinions that he doesn't have - for whatever reason.

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