What is Trolling? - MassNole's Blog

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What is Trolling?

Posted on April 6, 2009 at 11:33 AM.

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I am asking because I sure as hell would really like to know. The TOS defines this as an offense.

Quote:


	Flaming, Bashing, and Trolling Hate posts and personal attacks will not be tolerated on the Operation Sports boards. Treat others on these message boards as you would expect them to treat you. Talking trash about another user is a quick way to earn a banning, as is posting topics and responses specifically to provoke a negative response (aka trolling).

On it's face it would seem pretty simple to understand, but the disconcerting application of these rule lately leaves me scratching my head. In the College Football Forum, SEC fans are allowed to run rampant with their conference supremacy bull**** in nearly every single thread, but I have never seen a single one of them get an infraction for trolling, despite their blatant attempts to provoke negative responses, often where the topic had nothing to do with their favorite team, any SEC team, or the conference as a whole.

So could someone please explain to me what exactly trolling is on OS?

Comments

# 1 JohnnytheSkin @ Apr 6

When a mod says it's trolling.

I wonder about the personal attack prohibition and when that rule is applied, LOL.

# 2 JBH3 @ Apr 6

Very vague indeed.

I once got a redcard when engaging in 'discussion' w/ a mod. I was kind of 'smart' in a few responses, but nonetheless cohesive.

I then got a redcard, not for our little quipping back and forth, but because my signature was too political??? It was a quote from Barack Obama from his book "Audacity of Hope", and was talking about values and ideology. I guess the only reason it was considered political was because of the person who I was quoting, but nothing in the quote itself was political. Besides, he's our President and already was at the time of this infraction.

Booooooooo!!!!