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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 09:49 PM Original message |
The Internet Troll As The Trickster Archetype |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. Been There... Seen That... |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. Howard Dean was a troll magnet. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 10:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I can tell already, this will be a fun thread. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. The Psychopathological Troll, The Missionary, The Apprentice |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. nothing like hot troll |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. But someone screen-named "L. Coyote" should also know that tricksters... |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 10:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. "All the better to eat you my dears." Close relative of the wolf, you know! |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 12:57 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. But Coyote, and Raven, and Pan, and Anansi, and whichever tricksters you care to name... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 11:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Yeah, which is why I questioned the term |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
7. "I'm offended by all the Larry Craig threads." |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. Bad As It Is to Be Attacked In Cyberspace |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
9. "If you eat chicken nuggets, you are as guilty as Michael Vick" |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
10. Check out my balls! |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. So, You Want to Learn About Trolls… |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 12:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. I think we have some definite Destroyers about. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 02:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Destroyers is a good choice of terms. Political fora have way worst than trolls |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 05:37 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Strange things indeed |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
12. _______ is a RWeffort to distract us from _____!!11!1!one! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
13. I can't think of any tricksters that are malicious? |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 12:37 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Indeed, the classic trickster is a teacher, albeit with alternate methods |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
15. I'd rather deal with one hundred trolls... |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 10:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Good point. How many trolls are paid to disrupt political discourse today? |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
16. Ready for this: A thesis on Trolls = Psycho-Sociological Discourse on Internet Trolls |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
18. "I really, really hate to admit this but I was once a "paid poster." " |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
21. Oh man, have you ever frequented Usenet |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 12:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Something Awful, Fark etc |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
23. If troll is an archetype, that would mean |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 12:10 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Trickster is the archetype, and seemingly misused here. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 04:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. The first thing I did when I discovered the political internet |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
25. Pure trolling I don't get too upset about it. |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
26. The example the article gave was a shitty one |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
31. What do you call the people who accuse everyone they disagree with of being trolls? |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 07:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. That has to be a Trollmonger. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
32. Trolls are boring and predictable, tricksters ain't. |
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TenkaiKitsune (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
34. There are also Teaching Trolls |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
36. New Troll Species. Homoferus inundatus |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
37. When a troll has that much power over you, it's time to log off |
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