What are they?
2007-05-06 18:41:54 · 7 answers · asked by sweetheart 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
I am talking about the terms used on yahoo answers for certain people.....
why are some people called that?
2007-05-06 18:50:22 · update #1
An "Internet troll" or "Forum Troll" is a person who posts outrageous messages to bait people into answering: they post things they KNOW are going to piss people off. Forum Troll delights in sowing discord on the forums. A troll is someone who inspires flaming rhetoric, someone who is purposely provoking and pulling people into flaming discussion. Flaming discussions usually end with name calling and a flame war.
I believe that most trolls are sad people, living their lonely lives vicariously through those they see as strong and successful.
Disrupting a stable forum gives the illusion of power, and the attention they crave. To them, it doesn't matter if they get good attention or bad attention, any response is 'recognition'; they are unable to distinguish between irritation and admiration; their ego grows directly in proportion to the response, regardless of the form or content of that response.
Trolls, rather surprisingly, dispute this, claiming that it's a game or joke; this merely confirms the diagnosis; how sad do you have to be to find such mind-numbingly trivial timewasting to be funny?
Remember that trolls are cowards; they'll usually post just enough to get an argument going, then sit back and count the responses (Yes, that's what they do!).
2007-05-06 23:39:34 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A troll or a gargoyle is a creature that does not judge anyone else, when they don't know what they are talking about, (Reference one of your questions tonight.)
2007-05-07 01:54:41 · answer #2 · answered by Pat C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mythical creatures. a troll lives in cave or under a bridge. gargoyles have wings, trolls don't. gargoyles will live on my rib cage real soon. i'm getting a pair tattooed on my ribs soon.
2007-05-07 01:48:29 · answer #3 · answered by jason g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
trolls are like little men/creatures that live under bridges. Gargoyles are like imp creatures made of stone .
2007-05-07 01:47:23 · answer #4 · answered by ஐButterfly Effectஐ 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Trolls live under bridges
Gargoyles are on the tops of buildings
2007-05-07 01:47:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I was wondering that myself actually! Hey, at least I read your question right hun!? LOL
2007-05-07 01:53:47 · answer #6 · answered by Sherluck 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gargoyle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll
I don't know why they call people on Yahoo answers that.
2007-05-07 01:57:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋