"Internet Trolls..."

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
Yes you are a scourge of windbags. It says so under your avatar. Surely you are scourging
them to bring them to their senses and make amends for their misdemeanours. I just
wonder if you saw yourself as a redemptive figure, helping them to see the error of their
ways by scourging them.

The proverbial Windbags sometimes call me a "troll". Sometimes over and over again. I am sure they have their reasons.

Originally posted by FMF
robbie, your defensive concept of "retrospective trolling" is jargon for not taking responsibility for your own behaviour and things you have said in the past. I unequivocally stand by everything I have said on this web site since 2007. If anything I've said is no longer my view I will just come out and say so and/or apologize for the contradiction.

On the contrary FMF, people regret many things they have said, are prone to aberration
and make mistakes which they may also regret and change over time, to cast these
elements up serves no purpose other than to remind them of something they may have
found painful and is cruel and unforgiving. Flip sake have you never made a mistake,
regretted something you have said and wished you had done something differently, well
then, enough!

Originally posted by FMF
The proverbial Windbags sometimes call me a "troll". Sometimes over and over again. I am sure they have their reasons.

So you scourge them again and again, a little sadistic tis it not?

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
So you scourge them again and again, a little sadistic tis it not?

It's a debate and discussion forum. People are going to disagree.

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby (OP)
"Internet Trolls Are Narcissists, Psychopaths, and Sadists Trolls will lie, exaggerate, and offend to get a response."
Jennifer Golbeck Ph.D. Your Online Secrets [Posted Sep 18, 2014]

"In this month's issue of Personality and Individual Differences, a study was published(link is external) that confirms what we all suspected: Internet trolls ...[text shortened]... 9/internet-trolls-are-narcissists-psychopaths-and-sadists
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Your insights?

"Top Definition Internet Troll: A person whose sole purpose in life is to seek out people to argue with on the internet over extremely trivial issues. Such arguments can happen on blogs, Facebook, Myspace and a host of others. The best thing you can do to fight an internet troll is to not answer..or report them."

"God, Jeromy won't stop posting about Larry's bad spelling in that conversation."
"Yeah, I know, what a Internet Troll."

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Internet+Troll

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
On the contrary FMF, people regret many things they have said, are prone to aberration
and make mistakes which they may also regret and change over time, to cast these
elements up serves no purpose other than to remind them of something they may have
found painful and is cruel and unforgiving. Flip sake have you never made a mistake,
regretted something you have said and wished you had done something differently, well
then, enough!

This is an attempted defence of the daft "retrospective trolling" deflection. I think it's utter hogwash. Sorry.

Originally posted by FMF
It's a debate and discussion forum. People are going to disagree.

Yes but you need to scourge them for it?

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
Flip sake have you never made a mistake,
regretted something you have said and wished you had done something differently, well
then, enough!

Good grief, are you even reading the posts you are responding to? As I said, I unequivocally stand by everything I have said on this web site since 2007. If anything I've said is no longer my view I will just come out and say so and/or apologize for the contradiction.

Originally posted by FMF
This is an attempted defence of the daft "retrospective trolling" deflection. I think it's utter hogwash. Sorry.

Yes I am sure that you do, personally i found it quite moving myself.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
Yes but you need to scourge them for it?

You're using "scourge" as a verb which is incorrect. I use it as a noun and it means "A person who inspires fear or dread" which is, of course, intended self-deprecatingly.

Originally posted by FMF
Good grief, are you even reading the posts you are responding to? As I said, I unequivocally stand by everything I have said on this web site since 2007. If anything I've said is no longer my view I will just come out and say so and/or apologize for the contradiction.

yes but we are only interested in you as far as you scourge people for being human and
making mistakes.

Originally posted by FMF
You're using "scourge" as a verb which is incorrect. I use it as a noun and it means "A person who inspires fear or dread" which is, of course, intended self-deprecatingly.

I see, it pays not to be assuming 😀

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
Yes I am sure that you do, personally i found it quite moving myself.

When you use the "retrospective trolling" defence you seem furtive and lacking in integrity, at least in my book. It's one of the weakest moves in your playbook.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
yes but we are only interested in you as far as you scourge people for being human and
making mistakes.

Like I said, you're using "scourge" as a verb which is incorrect.

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
"God, Jeromy won't stop posting about Larry's bad spelling in that conversation."
"Yeah, I know, what a Internet Troll."

What's your insight into people criticizing spelling, is it "trolling"? Is your definition of "trolling" a kind of fuzzy catch-all term like robbie's?