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Subject: Should Skillful Trolling Be Allowed?

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Not the all-too common "HAR HAR YOUR MOM HAR HAR", but intricate posts that make you wonder if the OP is actually being serious or not. Or just threads/posts that are obviously trolling but it's so well done that everyone enjoys it.

Should these types of posts/threads be banned?

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  • 09.23.2012 3:06 PM PDT
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A skillful troll is not detected, so yes?

  • 09.23.2012 3:08 PM PDT

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Posted by: lime013
A skillful troll is not detected, so yes?
That's one type of skillful trolling, but another type could be something like this. (example)

It's obvious that it's a troll, but it's still pretty entertaining.

  • 09.23.2012 3:09 PM PDT

Posted by: Dropship dude
No, acnboy. Spartain Ken 15 is a lesser being. Much like the bacteria that lives in your shi­t.
Posted by: mike120593
My shi­t bacteria takes offense to that comparison.

Don't make me lel. You won't like me when I lel.

What constitutes trolling is very hard to pin down, it's not a good idea to add another layer of complexity to it. Just about nobody on this site can do it right and the number of people that will understand it is only slightly higher (see Primo's last joke thread).

  • 09.23.2012 3:10 PM PDT

Posted by: Dropship dude
No, acnboy. Spartain Ken 15 is a lesser being. Much like the bacteria that lives in your shi­t.
Posted by: mike120593
My shi­t bacteria takes offense to that comparison.

Don't make me lel. You won't like me when I lel.

Posted by: HOOBLA 911
this. (example)
This is considered trolling now?



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  • 09.23.2012 3:11 PM PDT

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clockman style?

  • 09.23.2012 3:12 PM PDT

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Posted by: UnveiledArk
clockman style?
Exactly.

  • 09.23.2012 3:14 PM PDT

Key

Clockman was good trolling because nobody thought he was trolling, and those who thought he was were in the vast minority. The thread you linked is just a blog post. It's not trolling. You should learn what trolling is.

However, masterful trolling doesn't have to be opaque. It can be translucent, but then only works if those who get the joke play along.

Amazing example.

And there's nothing wrong with it.

  • 09.23.2012 3:19 PM PDT

Clockman was amazing!

I say go for it, though eventually they should slowly phase out...running the same joke for months might just make it sour.

[Edited on 09.23.2012 3:24 PM PDT]

  • 09.23.2012 3:21 PM PDT

"That's about all that can be said for plots, which anyway are just one thing after another, a what and a what and a what.

Now try how and why."

A sufficiently good troll will always have plausible deniablity.

  • 09.23.2012 3:25 PM PDT

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Not when Sken does them. he does them poorly. When they are done right? Yes.

  • 09.23.2012 3:39 PM PDT

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Not when Sken does them. he does them poorly. When they are done right? Yes.
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  • 09.23.2012 3:41 PM PDT

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Posted by: lime013
A skillful troll is not detected, so yes?

  • 09.23.2012 3:43 PM PDT
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I don't know, but skillful littering should be legal...

  • 09.23.2012 3:55 PM PDT

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Just drink a beer and everything will be ok

A good troll makes the Flood worthwhile.

  • 09.23.2012 4:00 PM PDT

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Is a thread full of specifically provoked responses considered spam?

  • 09.23.2012 4:00 PM PDT

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When it's to a point where it's more of a joke than a troll is what you guys are saying. I don't see much of a problem with that.

  • 09.23.2012 4:04 PM PDT

@spawn031

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I have no idea what you're talking about. Reminds me of this thread.

  • 09.23.2012 4:16 PM PDT

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Can someone point out the "no trolling" rule in the rules for me? I don't see it.

  • 09.23.2012 4:22 PM PDT

Key


Posted by: True Underdog
Can someone point out the "no trolling" rule in the rules for me? I don't see it.
Some instances of "trolling" can violate the "don't be a jerk" rule. But, other than that, stuff like the Primo thread I linked are perfectly legal, imo.

  • 09.23.2012 4:24 PM PDT
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Whoo.

There's a difference between "trolling" and "satire".

A lot of people seem to not be capable of understanding the distinction, it's quite saddening.

  • 09.23.2012 4:27 PM PDT

~:O>~~

The Community forum is slowly becoming the Flood...

  • 09.23.2012 4:47 PM PDT

Key


Posted by: Carthurlane
The Community forum is slowly becoming the Flood...
How?

  • 09.23.2012 4:47 PM PDT

~:O>~~


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Posted by: Carthurlane
The Community forum is slowly becoming the Flood...
How?
Just kidding... I was trolling. (:

  • 09.23.2012 4:49 PM PDT

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Posted by: homocidalham
A sufficiently good troll will always have plausible deniablity.
Textbook really

  • 09.23.2012 4:55 PM PDT

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