@seaturnip said:
@belgariontheking said:Well all trolls are people. Get rid of people and you take care of the trolls.You might say "get rid of the internet." That would accomplish nothing, as people can troll in real life. Seriously, I work with a guy who has no respect for anyone. Just walks around and tries to start shit and watch the carnage ensue.
This is why I never use the word 'troll'. People have gotten confused about what it means.
A troll, in the original meaning, means someone who pretends to believe things he doesn't in order to stir up responses. It's not an asshole or idiot. It's a clever bad-faith manipulator. And no, nobody trolls in real life.
Isn't "Troll" in it's original meaning a verb, not a noun? It's supposed to be a reference to fishing trollers, casting your net (post) to catch fish (responses) over a large distnace. "Troll" the noun came from that, and unfortunately has gotten mixed up with the fantasy type of troll.