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Re:Google+ Is Going To Mess Up The Internet by dextorious on Wednesday January 04, 2012 @04:21PM (#3425951)
"""I think Jon's post was a troll post, """

Is "troll" now a synonym for "he uses bad arguments"?

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Re:Google+ Is Going To Mess Up The Internet by ori_b on Wednesday January 04, 2012 @06:55PM (#3426588)
No. Troll means "Says things in order to rile people up, often to attract attention or amuse the troll". Bad arguments are one popular method of trolling.
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