CP/M User
Veteran Member
"Terry Yager" wrote:
> I think there's a distinction between a good troll
> and outright flame-bait. Flame-bait is usually quite
> obvious to all who view it, where a troll is more
> subtle. The person being trolled shouldn't be aware
> that it is a troll until after they have made an ass
> of themself. Creating a true troll (as opposed to
> plain-vanilla flame-bait) is something of an art
> form. It requires a good deal of care and imagination
> to be able to troll without being "caught" by being
> too obvious.
Well, occasionally I've done this, which is the biggest
problem I have with Usenet, by talking about stuff related,
but off-topic & occasionally I've gone completely off-topic by
talking about stuff which others have laid out. Generally
depends on the individual in this case, to people who've use
Usenet for a long time & by that I mean before WWW came around
& the 'net was more accessible to the public (which in a way
doesn't include schools - after all I think that's one of the
groups who used to use this system), so really Usenet is
nothing like it once was. Have a look at it through Google
Groups & you can see what I mean. Back in the '80s for example
trolling or flaming wasn't evident, in particular people were
more than helpful in posting useful articles & other posts in
the form of newsletters were posted for interested people. I
believe that since the public have come in it's been more
debates, flaming & trolling. Having little care for a fairly
old system & failing to see what it means.
Usenet is supposed to be more about helping people depending
on the group, so a group on programming languages would help
people with querys on that language (or it could even be used
to post programs), comp.os.cpm can relate to things relating
to this os, including computers, maybe languages (in general),
software announcements & anyone who needs help with CP/M.
alt.folklore.computers actually beats me in terms of what they
do, but it seems the comments relate to earlier Systems of the
earlier generations. Some argue that Micros belong there, but
unless they have their own group, it's not really advisable to
post in there.
Cheers,
CP/M User.
> I think there's a distinction between a good troll
> and outright flame-bait. Flame-bait is usually quite
> obvious to all who view it, where a troll is more
> subtle. The person being trolled shouldn't be aware
> that it is a troll until after they have made an ass
> of themself. Creating a true troll (as opposed to
> plain-vanilla flame-bait) is something of an art
> form. It requires a good deal of care and imagination
> to be able to troll without being "caught" by being
> too obvious.
Well, occasionally I've done this, which is the biggest
problem I have with Usenet, by talking about stuff related,
but off-topic & occasionally I've gone completely off-topic by
talking about stuff which others have laid out. Generally
depends on the individual in this case, to people who've use
Usenet for a long time & by that I mean before WWW came around
& the 'net was more accessible to the public (which in a way
doesn't include schools - after all I think that's one of the
groups who used to use this system), so really Usenet is
nothing like it once was. Have a look at it through Google
Groups & you can see what I mean. Back in the '80s for example
trolling or flaming wasn't evident, in particular people were
more than helpful in posting useful articles & other posts in
the form of newsletters were posted for interested people. I
believe that since the public have come in it's been more
debates, flaming & trolling. Having little care for a fairly
old system & failing to see what it means.
Usenet is supposed to be more about helping people depending
on the group, so a group on programming languages would help
people with querys on that language (or it could even be used
to post programs), comp.os.cpm can relate to things relating
to this os, including computers, maybe languages (in general),
software announcements & anyone who needs help with CP/M.
alt.folklore.computers actually beats me in terms of what they
do, but it seems the comments relate to earlier Systems of the
earlier generations. Some argue that Micros belong there, but
unless they have their own group, it's not really advisable to
post in there.
Cheers,
CP/M User.
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