Forum Post of the Day: How to Troll a Forum
by David Nelson 
Nov 21st 2006 at 10:15PM
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The other day I watched the U of Michigan and Ohio State game in a bar where I was severely in the minority. When Michigan scored the first touchdown of the game, I smiled, nodded and was pleased with a 7-0 lead. You see, there is no reason to rub something in the face of a bunch of people for no reason whatsoever. Besides, U of M lost, so I would have ultimately gotten laughed at and mocked relentlessly. Sort of like this guy.He has taken the "I'm quitting" post to new levels. He basically makes a laundry list of things he hates about WoW, why it sucks and why other MMORPGs are better. Um, OK. It is one thing to have these opinions, which I totally respect. But it is another thing to go and post them in the official forums of the game you are unhappy with, as that is trolling. And his trolling was especially successful as I am writing a blog post about it.
Good for that guy! He is the ultimate troll!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Scalin Nov 22nd 2006 5:30AM
I wouldn't call him a troll. Emo, maybe, but I'm a forum troll when it comes to my guild forums. I get bored easily so I'll check them 4+ times a day. Most of them doesn't take long, no new posts and I'm out in 25 seconds. But when there is an abundance of new posts, I'll take my time to read all of them, and reply to the ones that spark my interest somehow. Usually, that's all of them. If I get someone else to troll with me, I can get over 100 posts in a month or so.
To me, that's a forum troll. Someone who is on the forums often and posts a lot, even if the posts aren't really that good (3:30am postings ftw)
Kahja Nov 22nd 2006 10:46AM
@1
I'm the same way... on my guild forums I have 800ish posts and everyone else is sitting at like.... 80... lol