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When you suspect someone is a troll, but...

MoeDantesMoeDantes
edited 2011-04-24 23:22:48 in General
no longer cuddly, but still Edmond
You only started suspecting it after arguing with them for pages on end, so by that point, if you call them on it, everyone will think its just sour grapes/needing a quick out because you're "losing" the argument (even if you're the only one who is making any sense or has even presented a case--but internet goers in general are so easily confused that they probably thought Napoleon was doing good at Waterloo). I'm not talking about an obvious troll, who logs on and says "TV tropes sucks and ur all fags!" I'm talking about the subtle ones, the ones that seem like they're just probing you to find your berserk buttons so they can subtly press them again and again and keep an argument going, for their own personal enjoyment. These guys blend in so well its easy to think that they're just legitimate posters with views different from yours, and the signs are easy to miss until you've been embroiled with them for awhile. What do you do with those types of people?

Comments

  • GelzoGelzo
    Pony Sleuth
    I think the person is more likely to be an inconsiderate idiot than a troll.
  • MoeDantesMoeDantes
    no longer cuddly, but still Edmond
    That's part of the problem, how do you tell a troll from an idiot?

    So far the best rule of thumb I've had is if they're repetitive and seem to just ignore (rather than actually answer) any arguments they get. Even that though, could just be an idiot (I did use it once though, to successfully predict one user was a troll... a full year before he got banned from the forums)
  • GelzoGelzo
    Pony Sleuth
    Know who else is repetitive and ignores arguments?

  • MoeDantesMoeDantes
    no longer cuddly, but still Edmond
    ...Fast Eddie?
  • BobBob
    edited 2011-04-26 22:02:48

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  • TuefelHundenIVTuefelHundenIV
    Patrol Time
    Nice bob

  • GelzoGelzo
    edited 2011-04-25 01:18:16
    Pony Sleuth
    I better not be the only one who watches Regular Show.

    But there's also a non-memetic answer to that question that I'm not going to give.
  • BobBob
    edited 2011-04-26 22:02:29

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    [Reason: Shitpost]



  • GelzoGelzo
    Pony Sleuth
    ^I came a demon. Now we're going to spend the last three minutes of the episode defeating it.
  • CommandoDudeCommandoDude
    CRIMINAL SCUM!
    Glenn Beck people.

    Great Troll?

    or GREATEST TROLL?

    World may never know.
  • MoeDantesMoeDantes
    no longer cuddly, but still Edmond
    Okay, so it wasn't Fast Eddie.

    Lemme think...

    George Bush?

    Santa Claus?

    God?

    Your middle-school teachers?
  • MousaThe14MousaThe14
    Writer, Artist, Obscure.
    Edmond, I implore you to watch Regular Show.
  • GLORIOUSLeaderGLORIOUSLeader
    When in Turkey, ROCK THE FUCK OUT
    Well, in order to do that he'd have to avert his gaze from their nether regions while they simultaneously set up the correct time on their handheld chronological devices. 
  • VorpyVorpy
    ☭Unstoppable Sex Goddess☭
    MD is talking about Ponicalica, correct? or is it somebody else?
  • LouieWLouieW
    Loser
    MoeDantes,
    I guess one possible solution would be to avoid getting in arguments with users you have not seen post already. Your mileage may vary on whether you find the benefits worth the costs in doing that. I do think that in some places, not wanting to get into arguments or dropping out of them can make you look weak. Still, if you think internet users tend to get confused easily then I do not really see much of a reason to worry about their perceptions of you.

    If you think someone is trolling though I would recommend reporting it to a moderator. I guess that does not always solve these kinds of problems and in that case I suppose I do not really have much advice to give.


  • MoeDantesMoeDantes
    no longer cuddly, but still Edmond
    @Vorpy - Why would I be talking about Ponicalica? We have disagreements, but he's not a troll.
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