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WCGreen

(45,558 posts) Wed Jan 16, 2013, 10:39 PM Jan 2013

I 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

I think of Charles and David Koch as trolls, for starters. n/t RKP5637 Jan 2013 #1

I thought she was doing pretty well. Get attention, excite the base. nolabear Jan 2013 #2

Trolls hide... WCGreen Jan 2013 #4

The traditional use of 'troll' on the Internet is to refer to someone intentionally posting PoliticAverse Jan 2013 #3

Throw bear! longship Jan 2013 #5

RKP5637

(67,089 posts)

1. I think of Charles and David Koch as trolls, for starters. n/t

Reply to WCGreen (Original post)

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 10:42 PM

Jan 2013

nolabear

(41,937 posts)

2. I thought she was doing pretty well. Get attention, excite the base.

Reply to WCGreen (Original post)

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 10:43 PM

Jan 2013

Besides, she's diminishing the NRA and I'm ALL about that!

WCGreen

(45,558 posts)

4. Trolls hide...

Reply to nolabear (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 10:56 PM

Jan 2013

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

Reply to WCGreen (Original post)

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 10:54 PM

Jan 2013

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!

Reply to WCGreen (Original post)

Thu Jan 17, 2013, 12:54 AM

Jan 2013

Sorry! Very obtuse geeky cultural reference.

Hint:

A sign on the bridge says, "Stop! Pay troll!"

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