What is a troll?

[AmandaJR]

For me it's commenting to be deliberately provocative. Most of the issues on here are down to stubborness, bloody-mindedness, arrogance and an inability to be anything but 100% right, 100% of the time.

Hmmm. I think I prefer trolls

 

[PJ87]

For me it's commenting to be deliberately provocative. Most of the issues on here are down to stubborness, bloody-mindedness, arrogance and an inability to be anything but 100% right, 100% of the time.

Hmmm. I think I prefer trolls

World tour is a pretty good film tbh

 

[Deleted member 31467]

When 2 people on here have a 'disagreement' and the usual suspects start 'liking' posts. That's trolling.

 

[Beezerk]

I thought they lived under a bridge and scared people.

It's a term that gets trotted out way to quickly on here, often just because you disagree with someone's opinion.

Agree with this but there’s quite clearly a very small minority on here who post things purely to get a reaction or to try and wind folk up. For me that is trolling.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

An “internet” troll is someone who posts with the sole purpose to try and gain a confrontational reaction and is looking to deliberately wind up a poster or a group of posters by posting something they know will get a reaction

Twitter etc is full of them.

 

[larmen]

If just a handful of people go on and on about a thing and no one moves, let it rest. Be it Titleist v. Taylormade, red tees v. Women tees, liv v. PGA , Liverpool v. City, electric car v. diesel, …

If a threat is called ‘everything great about xyz’ and you come in just to say that you don’t like xyz, keep it to yourself.


But everything got a lot better here since the no politics rule came in. Before people started to disagree with others on golf topics just because they disagreed with them on politics.

 

[Pin-seeker]

I believe there are only 2 members on the forum that have had to be restricted to 20 posts per day due to arguing on every thread
@GreiginFife post pretty much sums them up
Dread to think what their other social media’s are like

 

[Billysboots]

The question posed in the opening post was what is a troll, not who.

I’m more than happy for this thread to remain open so that the original question can be discussed. But if it strays any further from the what to who, expect it to be locked.

Stay on topic please.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

It's the lack of face to face contact that makes forums the sometimes hostile place they are, if you were sat opposite the person you were "debating" with you'd be much less likely to come out with the snide or insulting comments.

We're all guilty to a greater or lesser degree, many's the time I've posted something and then realised I've behaved like a complete knob.
Even more often I've written what I thought was a clever riposte, only to read it again and have second thoughts and not actually post it.

…or to post it and then think “oh I can’t be bothered, it’s pointless trying to reason or point out a truth“ and so just immediately delete it.

 

[Jigger]

I thought they lived under a bridge and scared people.

It's a term that gets trotted out way to quickly on here, often just because you disagree with someone's opinion.

I use it for people who act like the OPs description consistently to always disagree with me. Some people just need telling to change their attitude though and all if fine.

Also agree they live under bridges too but also the worlds most worst rated film is trolls 2 (1990). I’d recommend watch a clip on IMDb

 

[Hobbit]

A typical forum member turning up for a meet

 

[nickjdavis]

I believe there are only 2 members on the forum that have had to be restricted to 20 posts per day due to arguing on every thread
@GreiginFife post pretty much sums them up
Dread to think what their other social media’s are like

RESTRICTED to 20 posts per day?

I dont have time to make 10 posts per day!!!

 

[PhilTheFragger]

A typical forum member turning up for a meet

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Nice pic Brian, maybe trim the ear hair

 

[Hobbit]

Nice pic Brian, maybe trim the ear hair

 

[PhilTheFragger]

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Thanks just been sick in my mouth

 

[Voyager EMH]

Recent management committee meeting at my club

 

[Robster59]

Recent management committee meeting at my club

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I thought it was three moderators with one errant forummer.

 

[Oddsocks]

When 2 people on here have a 'disagreement' and the usual suspects start 'liking' posts. That's trolling.

I’ll disagree with that.

Liking a post is nothing more than agreeing with that persons comment without the need to post just to ad fire and stir the pot for no reason.

 

[Pin-seeker]

I’ll disagree with that.

Liking a post is nothing more than agreeing with that persons comment without the need to post just to ad fire and stir the pot for no reason.

Sometimes it’s just brown nosing

 

[Deleted member 31467]

I’ll disagree with that.

Liking a post is nothing more than agreeing with that persons comment without the need to post just to ad fire and stir the pot for no reason.

I'll disagree with that.

It's all to do with who the comment is against and nothing to do with the contents of the post.