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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI don't think that Rachel Maddow gets the idea of a Troll as it is used in the modern way...
I guess it means someone waiting under cover to observe and pounce when they think it is advantageous.
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I don't think that Rachel Maddow gets the idea of a Troll as it is used in the modern way... (Original Post)
WCGreen
Jan 2013
OP
The traditional use of 'troll' on the Internet is to refer to someone intentionally posting
PoliticAverse
Jan 2013
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RKP5637
(67,103 posts)1. I think of Charles and David Koch as trolls, for starters. n/t
nolabear
(41,959 posts)2. I thought she was doing pretty well. Get attention, excite the base.
Besides, she's diminishing the NRA and I'm ALL about that!
WCGreen
(45,558 posts)4. Trolls hide...
It they are Trolling for bites, a kind of fishing, then she would be right.
But she used the billy-goat gruff tale as an example and that would mean a troll is waiting under cover to pounce at the right time...
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)3. The traditional use of 'troll' on the Internet is to refer to someone intentionally posting
something they don't really believe to provoke a strong reaction from others.
Coulter is an example of a classic, professional troll.
Limbaugh frequently trolls (he often laughs at what he is saying when he does it).
longship
(40,416 posts)5. Throw bear!
Sorry! Very obtuse geeky cultural reference.
Hint:
A sign on the bridge says, "Stop! Pay troll!"