Anatomy of a troll ? ( ANONYMOUSPOSTER ) by AURaptor

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Anatomy of a troll ? ( ANONYMOUSPOSTER )

POSTED BY: AURAPTOR
UPDATED: Friday, October 15, 2004 04:27
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Wednesday, October 13, 2004 3:42 PM

America loves a winner!

Troll or not, this flurry of posting by said person might want to be redirected to more appropriate pages?

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

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Wednesday, October 13, 2004 4:32 PM

TAUSETIPRIME

This kind of random flurry reminds me of another stream of social strangeness I ran into in school.

There were these 2 girls (identical twins) who dressed alike, never left eachothers side, wore their hair the same way, and always went to class together. To spice things up, they would wear alternating colors in there clothes ( i.e. blue shirt with green pants, and green shirt with blue pants, always the same). They were NEVER seen more than that 2 feet away from eachother.

Now, some of you may say this is normal for identical twins...but I left something out.

The girls were 22 years old, and the school I was going to when I ran into them was Georgia Tech. They said they would only marry another pair of identical twins.

I thought it was the strangest thing Ive ever seen...

They didnt call it the dark ages because it was dark.

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Wednesday, October 13, 2004 5:04 PM

CAPNRAHN

His/Her posts are in the General Discussion section - where else should they be here on FFFn - in your opinion?

OR - Did you mean an entirely different WebSite from FFFn?

"Remember, there is only ONE absolute - There ARE NO absolutes!!!"

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Wednesday, October 13, 2004 5:19 PM

EMBERS

Quote:
Originally posted by AURaptor:
Troll or not, this flurry of posting by said person might want to be redirected to more appropriate pages?

Do you think this individual is really a troll?
I thought maybe they were trying to spark discussions that they were interested in...
true, they were using the copy and paste method,
but at least the things that were posted were of some kind of interest...
sort of.

Now to see a real troll (someone who seriously needs their medications checked) look at what is happening over here at the E! online forum:
http://www.eonline.com/Interact/Backtalk/Boards/1,13,38-5,00.html

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Wednesday, October 13, 2004 5:21 PM

GOJIRO

I admit that I think it's odd that this person is copying things from other sources and posting it here. And as a writer, it bothers me more than a little that he/she/it isn't citing the source material -- smacks a little much of plagiarism to me.

Other than that, though, I ignore the posts. It's nice that AP puts the subjects in ALL CAPS, so I know which ones to skip.

gojiro

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Wednesday, October 13, 2004 6:13 PM

SOUPCATCHER

I agree with Gojiro on the whole not citing sources thing as being bothersome. Some of the stuff is copied whole cloth from web sites, others appears to be modifications of existing material. The posts are interesting. Troll? I don't know.

There are three kinds of people: fighters, lovers, and screamers.

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Wednesday, October 13, 2004 7:21 PM

CREVANREAVER

Quote:
Originally posted by embers:
...true, they were using the copy and paste method,
but at least the things that were posted were of some kind of interest...

Exactly, they were interesting. Yeah, the poster should have mentioned his or her sources, but come on, its not like the person is making money off of these postings.

As a science fiction fan, I for one rather like these threads and am thankful for them.

So lay off this anonymous poster!

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Wednesday, October 13, 2004 7:36 PM

GOJIRO

No, he/she/it is not making money off these postings, but he/she/it is claiming ownership tacitly by not citing the original source.

Maybe it's an writer thing.

gojiro

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Thursday, October 14, 2004 1:15 AM

GAVIDA

Quote:
Originally posted by gojiro:
No, he/she/it is not making money off these postings, but he/she/it is claiming ownership tacitly by not citing the original source.

Maybe it's an writer thing.

gojiro

No, it is not a writer thing. I don't write, but I am annoyed when I see people taking credit for other people's work by not telling the true source.

The posts are made up to look like he/she made the stuff up by him-/herself.

If the sources are "forgotten by accident", then it would only be fair to correct this as soon as the first reply says "The stuff you make up is pretty cool" (or something else with that meaning) with a reply "Sorry, it is not from me, I found it here (where "here" is the source)"

At least that would be better manners than taking credit for it.

Keep flying,
Gavida

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Thursday, October 14, 2004 3:01 AM

BROWNCOAT1

May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

I think that the posts should be moved to the Other Sci Fi section as they are related to other sci fi series.

I also find it a bit odd that the poster is not citing the source of the post and giving a link.

The length of the posts is burning up a lot of space too. If people are interested, fine, but if not why post them?

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

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Thursday, October 14, 2004 3:35 AM

EMBERS

you make a very good point about band width...
and actually if the individual had simply posted a link to the discussion lj or whatever then they would have solved two problems at once:
1. the source would have been self evident
2. it wouldn't have taken up band width here

but I still wouldn't have labeled them 'troll'

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Thursday, October 14, 2004 5:02 AM

BEATLE

I don't see anything wrong with what was posted. I agree that posting a link with a description in the title would have been a better way. But I have seen much more pointless posts here before and nobody have a problem with it.
If you don't like it, do what I did when I clicked on the post: don't read it.

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Thursday, October 14, 2004 9:24 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Quote:
embers wrote:
Wednesday, October 13, 2004 17:19
Do you think this individual is really a troll?
I thought maybe they were trying to spark discussions that they were interested in...
true, they were using the copy and paste method,
but at least the things that were posted were of some kind of interest...
sort of.

Well, that's kinda why I posted it as a question, to see if others saw it as I did. As was pointed out, there's no reference or source given for any of these post, nor were they following up any other post relevent to Firefly. Not flaming or annoyed in the least, just making a casual observation. While interesting to read, I don't see why they warrent being on a FIREFLY page, when other sci fi section seems ( to me ) more suitable. Just my 2 cents.

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

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Thursday, October 14, 2004 9:38 AM

UNCHARTEDOUTLAW

If AP is a troll, he's at least a thought-provoking troll. :)

-Taylor

Uncharted Outlaw!

Haulin' goods from one end of creation to th' other. Keepin' my nose clean 'round the Alliance. See my Firefly Store: http://www.cafepress.com/NorCalRiviera

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Thursday, October 14, 2004 4:05 PM

CREVANREAVER

Quote:
Originally posted by UnchartedOutlaw:
If AP is a troll, he's at least a thought-provoking troll. :)

Good point, and now we won't read any more information provided by him or her.

http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=8&t=7537

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Thursday, October 14, 2004 4:26 PM

THEREALME

I was under the impression that AP was a terribly creative person. If (s)he is posting other people's work, that is very annoying to me.

But regardless, unless it deals with Firefly, I think it should all be under Other SF Series.

The Real Me

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Thursday, October 14, 2004 8:08 PM

NEEDLESEYE

Quote:
Originally posted by AURaptor:
Quote:
embers wrote:
at least the things that were posted were of some kind of interest...
sort of.

...other sci fi section seems ( to me ) more suitable.

I'm with y'all on this. I haven't a huge amount of time to read much when I get to FFF.net and I got hung up on some very odd thread that was like the pre-history of history of some such, with picts, etc.
After I read nearly half, all I could think was a Mal-esque "huh". Why was I reading it and what did it have to do with FF? Well, yes it was interesting, sort of... but confusing, mostly. :/

Keeper of Jayne's goggles. 8)

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Friday, October 15, 2004 2:18 AM

BROWNCOAT1

May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

TheRealMe wrote:

Quote:
But regardless, unless it deals with Firefly, I think it should all be under Other SF Series.

I could not agree more.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

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Friday, October 15, 2004 4:27 AM

UNCHARTEDOUTLAW

And Amen to that...but I really did enjoy the speculative nature of some of what he posted. At least what I've seen in the few weeks I've been here regularly. Life always goes on.

-Taylor

Uncharted Outlaw!

Haulin' goods from one end of creation to th' other. Keepin' my nose clean 'round the Alliance. See my Firefly Store: http://www.cafepress.com/NorCalRiviera

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