Examples
“I agree that oftentimes ignoring the trolls is the way to go.”
“Kay, I imagine one of the trolls is a professional drug addict, the other troll is a professional pedoph*le and the other troll peddles drugs to his neighbors and school kids in his trailer park”
Think Progress » Rep. Trent Franks: African-Americans were better off under slavery.
“The behavior of the trolls is the mark of a coward and a loser!”
Think Progress » “Left-Wing Radical”: Hannity Kicks Off Next Wilson Smear Campaign
“One of our regular trolls is particularly stupid, shallow and racist today.”
Think Progress » Mississippi school district cancels prom after same-sex couple planned to attend.
“The saddest part for the trolls is that the legislation the right pushed for against acorn is unconstitutional.”
“The average IQ however OF those trolls is like a MENSA meeting compared to the morons who troll here”
Think Progress » Glenn Beck says his smear campaign against Van Jones was ‘not a personal thing.’
“These silly spam attacks by you trolls is so 2007.”
“My biggest issue with responding to trolls is with those of us who copy and paste the entire text of troll stupidity into their own comment — it never goes away!”
Think Progress » Lieberman Gets A Chuckle Out Of Peddling Far-Right Nuke Myth
“Having happy trolls is like having a neighbor with 14 sick St Bernards and no fence around his yard.”
“I suggest that Mr. Bowie here has demonstrated that he, like most trolls, is a moron and not worth the time.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘trolls’.
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• Little pains in my butt
Annoying, little, things. In a single word.
psoriasis, interjections, sultriness, spam, mice, mosquitoes, dust, mould, ipod, pimple, blister, sliver and 93 more...
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cindywrites's Words
chiaroscuro, mollycoddle, feckless, evocative, provocative, invocation, beckon, allay, becalm, console, lull, soothe and 479 more...
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Meta
Because in this crazy place, technical feedback on site bugs goes on the page for the word 'bugs'. See also Meta Squared, plethora's list of meta lists.
bugs, features, mobile, wordie, wordnet, madeupical, tagging, merch, weirdnet, tag, meta, search and 83 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for trolls.
reesetee Ditto what c_b said--and I'll fight the urge next time. Apr 6, 2009
vanishedone There's a previous discussion on troll. Apr 5, 2009
chained_bear Thanks for your attention, John. It is much appreciated. Thanks for all you do.
I took the bait this time, for which I apologize (particularly if it results in more idiocy), but as a rule I believe your approach is the best one. Apr 5, 2009
john Folks, I really, really appreciate it when bad actors are brought to my attention. It happens infrequently, given the volume of traffic here, and I have a small bag of tools for dealing with them. It hasn't, knock on wood, been much of an issue.
But my opinion is that we should refrain from rising to the bait on the site. Most trolls are just out for attention, so yelling at them leaves them emboldened, not chastened. Though of course everyone is free to say what they will, and do what they want (except for the trolls, who I will nuke). And if anyone has any other suggestions, feel free to chime in here or let me know directly. Thanks.
Wow. The ads on this page are awesome. Apr 5, 2009