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Subject: Is Trolling just another form of Bullying?

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  • 12.09.2012 10:12 AM PDT

I'm not sure what you're looking for.

"Reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing" -- Proverbs 12:18

Its what happens when you try to find acceptance over the internet.

  • 12.09.2012 10:12 AM PDT
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Depends on the level of trolling. Most of the time people do it to be funny, but there are some who take way too far.

[Edited on 12.09.2012 10:14 AM PST]

  • 12.09.2012 10:14 AM PDT

If good looks could kill, I'd be a weapon of mass destruction.

Q: Hey, what did Hitler say to the black jew?
A: Get to the back of the oven.

Maybe

  • 12.09.2012 10:14 AM PDT

"There's a very fine line between not listening, and not caring. I'd like to think that I walk that line every day."

In rare cases, I suppose.

I mean, most of the time it's just stupid and isn't targeting anyone in particular, and not really to make someone else's life miserable.

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  • 12.09.2012 10:15 AM PDT

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Just look at Rose and his 50 alts. Is being an ass considered bullying?

  • 12.09.2012 1:35 PM PDT

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Discussing the Sangheili anatomy offends others?

  • 12.09.2012 1:36 PM PDT

Everything is bullying these days.

  • 12.09.2012 1:36 PM PDT

"There's a very fine line between not listening, and not caring. I'd like to think that I walk that line every day."

Posted by: MadGiggy
Posted by: BROWN HAWK
In rare cases, I suppose.

I mean, most of the time it's just stupid and isn't targeting anyone in particular, and not really to make someone else's life miserable.
But in this case, the trolls are targetting the Kid's parents.
Seriously, what kind of screwed-up individual does that?
Well, personally, I think all trolls are -blam!-s to some degree or another.

Anyways, in that particular case, I don't think it was so much bullying as harassment. Of course there's supposedly a grey area there, maybe they're one in the same, but I think it's heavily on the harassment side and not really bullying, strictly speaking.

[Edited on 12.09.2012 1:37 PM PST]

  • 12.09.2012 1:36 PM PDT


Posted by: WhiterRain12
Its what happens when you try to find acceptance over the internet.


This.

  • 12.09.2012 1:36 PM PDT
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So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.

-Gandalf

Trolling =/= bullying.

Those are two different things.

  • 12.09.2012 1:38 PM PDT

So thats where an hero comes from. Is it sad i find it funny that the source for this meme is a classmates bad spelling in a memorial. It's just too outrageous...

  • 12.09.2012 1:51 PM PDT

My Brahman is ready.


Posted by: MadGiggy

Posted by: Decimator Omega
Trolling =/= bullying.

Those are two different things.


It can be bullying if people take it too far


But by then, it's now bullying instead of trolling. So the statement still stands.

  • 12.09.2012 1:55 PM PDT

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I'm either a fool or an inteligent man, depending on how sleepy or angry I am.

I originaly made an account on 07.27.2007 but I wanted to link my GT and made this account. Don't forget your passwords!

Bullying: Purposefully being mean to another member for the sake of being mean to them.

Being a dick: Doing dickish things accidentaly or without care.

Trolling: Purposefully messing with other players in verious ways while laughing at the results.

These things can obviously lead into eachother and people's definitions vary.

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  • 12.09.2012 2:01 PM PDT

Wheres Meh Sniper?

Youtube page

I think they're separate.

  • 12.09.2012 2:02 PM PDT
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I like my trolling with a side of classy. For example, playing Fresh Prince earape edition while driving my warthog casually around trying to mow down teammates and enemies.

  • 12.09.2012 2:03 PM PDT
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The term "troll" has too wide of a meaning. The kind that harasses people and constantly insults people online is definitely a bully.

  • 12.09.2012 2:04 PM PDT
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So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.

-Gandalf

This.
Posted by: Rokklaggio

Posted by: MadGiggy

Posted by: Decimator Omega
Trolling =/= bullying.

Those are two different things.


It can be bullying if people take it too far


But by then, it's now bullying instead of trolling. So the statement still stands.

  • 12.09.2012 2:08 PM PDT

I am assuming direct control.

Some people are mentally disturbed.

  • 12.09.2012 2:16 PM PDT
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Without The Flood, I wouldn't know what an opinion is.

I'd compare trolling to practical jokes in real life. With the most general definition, both are done with the intent of provoking a reaction. Both can also be taken too far.

Likewise I wouldn't say that trolling is a form of bullying, so much as --like pranks-- they are a way through which one can bully.
Posted by: JMcDon15
The term "troll" has too wide of a meaning. The kind that harasses people and constantly insults people online is definitely a bully.

  • 12.09.2012 2:29 PM PDT

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