"Every now and then I come back to 'Land to see what's happening, then I read a post like this and I'm reminded why I shouldn't bother."

Sound familiar?

Yes, i know not much is happening this time of year but we are really scraping the bottom of the year with this topic!

Yes, i know not much is happening this time of year but we are really scraping the bottom of the year with this topic!

like scratching the bottom of bbo's tongue after a big night

Not a cliche but calling a poster a troll is particularly offensive.

A troll is someone like a sad person who feels the need to send endless messages to the parents of an abducted child suggesting they are responsible.

Even at its most pathetic the exchanges here are juvenile and abusive (and boring) but not trolling.

Don't use it.

troll¹

trəʊl,trɒl/

noun

noun: troll; plural noun: trolls

1. (in folklore) an ugly cave-dwelling creature depicted as either a giant or a dwarf.

Origin

from Old Norse and Swedish troll, Danish trold ; adopted into English in the mid 19th century.

troll

trəʊl,trɒl/

verb

1. 1.

   make a deliberately offensive or provocative online posting with the aim of upsetting someone or eliciting an angry response from them.

   "if people are obviously trolling then I'll delete your posts and do my best to ban you"
2. 2.

   carefully and systematically search an area for something.

   "a group of companies trolling for partnership opportunities"

   • fish by trailing a baited line along behind a boat.

     verb: troll; 3rd person present: trolls; past tense: trolled; past participle:trolled; gerund or present participle: trolling

     "we trolled for mackerel"
3. 3.

   BRITISH

   walk in a leisurely way; stroll.

   "we all trolled into town"
4. 4.

   sing (something) in a happy and carefree way.

   "he trolled a note or two"

noun

noun: troll; plural noun: trolls

1. 1.

   a person who makes a deliberately offensive or provocative online posting.

   "one solution is to make a troll's postings invisible to the rest of community once they've been recognized"

   • a deliberately offensive or provocative online posting.
2. 2.

   a line or bait used in trolling for fish.

Origin

late Middle English (in the sense ‘stroll, roll’): origin uncertain; compare with Old Frenchtroller ‘wander here and there (in search of game)’ and Middle High German trollen‘stroll’.

Not a cliche but calling a poster a troll is particularly offensive.

A troll is someone like a sad person who feels the need to send endless messages to the parents of an abducted child suggesting they are responsible.

Even at its most pathetic the exchanges here are juvenile and abusive (and boring) but not trolling.

Don't use it.

Where the hell did you get that definition?

Good god.

A troll, when used on an internet forum, is someone who is only trying to say things and direct conversation designed to get a rise out of people for their own enjoyment.

We have had a few of those other the journey.

See troll (verb) No 1 definition above.

Winding someone up is very different to abusive and belittling verbal assaults.

And I got my understanding from wide main stream media use. This is the only forum I participate in and I was not happy to be called a troll for pointing out, in a relevant thread, that all clubs,including our own, have idiot supporters and whilst stereotyping may be fun it does not necessarily reflect reality. A reasonable point I thought and not worthy of abuse.

If it means something different here then that difference has clearly escaped me but I refer again to Daisycutter's definition above.

See troll (verb) No 1 definition above.

Winding someone up is very different to abusive and belittling verbal assaults.

And I got my understanding from wide main stream media use. This is the only forum I participate in and I was not happy to be called a troll for pointing out, in a relevant thread, that all clubs,including our own, have idiot supporters and whilst stereotyping may be fun it does not necessarily reflect reality. A reasonable point I thought and not worthy of abuse.

If it means something different here then that difference has clearly escaped me but I refer again to Daisycutter's definition above.

This one?: "make a deliberately offensive or provocative online posting with the aim of upsetting someone or eliciting an angry response from them."

That is not what you described: "A troll is someone like a sad person who feels the need to send endless messages to the parents of an abducted child suggesting they are responsible."

You are confusing 'trolling' with perhaps cyber bullying? Or sociopathic criminal behaviour?

I don't like trolls on internet forums, but they are not what you think they are.

You are quite possibly correct.

Just objected being labelled that way for making a reasonable point.

Cheers.

I would like to withdraw my initial contribution to this thread.

If the completion of this year's trade and draft period didn't feel like getting KOTD, then I don't know what will (other than a premiership).

Thanks St Kilda.

Sidenote - it was refreshing (for me) to read that back in 2011, I was far from being aboard the Gysberts train...

I would like to withdraw my initial contribution to this thread.

If the completion of this year's trade and draft period didn't feel like getting KOTD, then I don't know what will (other than a premiership).

Thanks St Kilda.

Sidenote - it was refreshing (for me) to read that back in 2011, I was far from being aboard the Gysberts train...

Wise man!

If the completion of this year's trade and draft period didn't feel like getting KOTD, then I don't know what will (other than a premiership).

Winning games week in and week out.

Watching players steadily improve week in and week out.

Being in the papers for all the right reasons not the wrong reasons

Not turning over a coach every five minutes

Have quality players from opposition clubs wanting to join us

Having our players not wanting to leave the club for premiership opportunities because we are also in that window.

Having players drafted actually become great footballers not just ok footballers.

After all of the above - then I will get excited about drafting in players that may or may not make the grade. ( oh yeah ...and after a premiership too)

Real men don't use cliches.

Not really cliches, but the things that annoy me are terms like "spud" and spelling fails such as defiantly or definately (for definitely).

Yes, in the same way that:

"I'm rapped with his development"

"I'm really wrapped the way this kid has developed"

"I'm really wrapt with his development"

..annoys me.

I'd be rapt if people took the time to get it right.

Edited December 4, 201410 yr by McQueen

Pedent.

Pedent.

I'm far from the worst.

surreal

"Cringe."

"I don't want to derail the training thread but..."

"If you don't like what I post, don't read it. Simple."

"i believe in xxxxx"

"If you don't like what I post, don't read it. Simple."

Well, that would equate to zero readers for you Loon

"if you don't want people to disagree with you go and start your own blog site"

Well, that would equate to zero readers for you Loon

You forgot the quotation marks around that extreme cliché BBO.

"ZZZZZ"

NeaRLY goes without saying.

"i believe in xxxxx"

Already mentioned in this thread from three years ago...

I think what should be banned is "bump".

Personally hate it when people bump an old thread. I have had some brilliant work since I started posting in 2009, and I've also had some terrible stuff. I've been intoxicated at times when posting, where I'm sure there I have posted stuff that I don't want rearing its ugly head. If, in a drunken state, I've admitted to having a feeling of lust toward BBO, I don't want that brought back to haunt me.