On the subject of Trolls

[elmo]

Originally Posted by Taruby

Why did you add lurker to that? Lurkers are called lurkers because they lurk (e.g. they read threads without posting).

Trolls, on the other hand, troll for newbies and lolcows that frequent boards. If you were to establish groups. The trolls would be those in the elite (in) group along with everyone else who is intelligent and savvy, while everyone else who falls for it belong in the sucker (out) group.

I have a feeling that the topic post is only describing the useless trolls, or those who want to be savvy but aren't witty enough to achieve the satisfaction of being among the elite. Like those who try to post on a fansite telling the users there that whatever they are obsessing about sucks. I prefer calling these kinds of trolls a flaming troll. But, that's only if the person is not serious about it or merely joking, like you said. People who are actually serious about such things usually belong to the flamer and kook label.

Successful trolls are rarely identified as such and usually post just like any other user on a board. When a board goes into a troll-witch-hunt, where they begin accusing other posters of being trolls, is probably the work of a troll who will not be identified as a troll.

take thejakeman for example he's the most well known troll i know of