MetaFilter posts tagged with trolling

the bee's knees

quoquo — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:49:23 -0800

A talented Slovenian typographer creates the first handmade subpixel type family, ever.

Malwebolence.

Sticherbeast — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:44:17 -0800

Zeno of Elea, Socrates and Jesus, Weev said, are his all-time favorite trolls. He also identifies with Coyote and Loki, the trickster gods, and especially with Kali, the Hindu goddess of destruction. “Loki was a hacker. The other gods feared him, but they needed his tools.” The New York Times investigates the ever-evolving, LOL-corrupting, epileptic-seizuring, iPod-leaving-on-gravestone-ing phenomenon of major Internet trolling, featuring interviews with Jason Fortuny, Weev, and a gentleman named Christopher Poole (prev). Choice bit from the article: One promising answer comes from the computer scientist Jon Postel, now known as “god of the Internet” for the influence he exercised over the emerging network. In 1981, he formulated what’s known as Postel’s Law: “Be conservative in what you do; be liberal in what you accept from others.”...Trolls embody the opposite principle. They are liberal in what they do and conservative in what they construe as acceptable behavior from others. You, the troll says, are not worthy of my understanding; I, therefore, will do everything I can to confound you.

Are MetaFilter users too cynical? Or simply more intelligent and analytical?

mathowie — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 08:32:22 -0800

The online confession of a childhood murderer. The story behind a trolling comment that caught notice here long ago and I never stopped wondering about.

Ubertroll

Hat Maui — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 01:02:15 -0800

Won't somebody call bullshit on Ann Coulter? it is possible to believe that this new level of infamy* is about anything other than book sales.

It's pointless for you to comment on this

Artw — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 09:56:11 -0800

"For half a nanosecond I was tempted to join in the discussion. And then I remembered that all internet debates, without exception, are entirely futile. So I didn't." - Charlie Brooker on Internet discussions.

elevated blood pressure bursts head.....

troutfishing — Tue, 25 Feb 2003 07:42:15 -0800

The troll gap - Despite heroic American efforts such as the "Kick/nuke their ass and take the gas" troll, "Each year, the Institute for Comparative Troll Studies publishes a report on the state of trolling vis a vis national security of the United States. This year, the outlook is not good..."(via Kuro5hin)

Settle — Mon, 01 Apr 2002 20:38:55 -0800

Trolling is a lot like flirting. It can be very hard to identify, and when the beloved perpetrator is confronted, he or she may become a little mushmouthed or downright rude. Nevertheless, many still adore these people and their craft, even if we are a bit afraid of them. And for those lucky, wonderful few, it's all just a game....*sigh*...