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Re:Trolls are winning the internet, technologists say by dredmorbius on Saturday April 01, 2017 @11:36PM (#14015622)
"Trolling: A person who posts inflammatory or otherwise unwanted material on an electronic forum, especially anonymously."

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/trolling

"Troll: One who posts a deliberately provocative message to a newsgroup or message board with the intention of causing maximum disruption and argument."

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=troll&defid=...

Provoking gangland warfare to the tune of http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-open-le...

There's been an absolute epidemic within this thread of people attempting to redefine trolling in such a way as to minimise either the problem or the source article. It's beyond stupid, beyond credible, and beyond sustaining any credibility of those doing it.

Ya trollin' me, bra?

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Re:Trolls are winning the internet, technologists say by dredmorbius on Monday April 03, 2017 @03:03AM (#14021082)
For some reason, most of what I'd posted to the above comment (quotes from the letter) don't appear to have made it through. Sigh.
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