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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by breakingbenjamin4444</i> <br /><br />A whole bunsh of people have been telling me I'm star chasing. I know what that is and I'm not doing it. My posts aren't that bad are they. But also some one told me I'm trolling. What does that mean. Also, if you think I'm star chasing, tell me, so I can ignore you for the rest of my life. <br /> <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />"trolling".. as it pertains to net forum nomenclature, has two applications: <br /> <br />A) just like when fishing, you put a big, juicy controversial subject on a hook, and drag it around in the water looking to see what "will bite" on your baited line. <br /> <br />B) Just like a mythical troll who hides out under a bridge to prey upon unsuspecting passers by trying to cross the bridge, the forum troll puts out emotionally charged subjects for the other forum members to "run into" then leaps out to incite heated debate on the sensitive subject once somone has responded. <br /> <br />Just as in mythology, the best way to unseat such a troll from either a forum or from beneath a bridge, is with a good flaming,..burn the ugly little rudder out.
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