From [Wikipedia]() (because I'm lazy):
"In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion"
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"Because the people posting here are angry or sad."
-> primary intent. Also, are 'angry' or 'sad' the only emotional responses there are ?
"Because this is the first off-topic post."
So ? Where does it say it has to be the first ?
"Because I'm disrupting an on-topic discussion."
Yeah, you're right - no one on this forum is having an on-topic discussion about the bloody Summer Sale... o_O
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Who says I intended to provoke an emotional response? I wanted to make people giggle. Also, just because I only give two examples doesn't mean that I'm saying those two are the only options. Angry and sad are just, in my opinion, the typical responses. Please, if you disagree call me wrong.
I said that with sarcasm, because by your logic every person who hasn't posted about a game is a troll.
Who says the topic of this entire forum is the Steam summer sales? (applying your above logic)
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"Who says I intended to provoke an emotional response? I wanted to make people giggle."
Yes, and amusement is an emotional response.
"Angry and sad are just, in my opinion, the typical responses. Please, if you disagree call me wrong."
See above.
"I said that with sarcasm, because by your logic every person who hasn't posted about a game is a troll."
No, they're off-topic at best. If they post primarily to evoke an emotional response and disrupt the normal on-topic discussions, too, then they are trolling. Also, this isn't 'my logic', it's an encyclopedic definition I dug up.
"Who says the topic of this entire forum is the Steam summer sales? (applying your above logic)"
It's not. But are you really suggesting the topic of this forum is Steam trains ? As for the 'logic' part, see above.
(All of that said, I'd like to point out that personally, I think that was some quality trolling, and it did make me laugh ^^)
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To start off, you posted an 'encyclopedic definition,' which by nature usually doesn't apply in social situations. You're going to say I'm wrong on that, but it's actually common knowledge.
The way you, or should I say not your opinion, put it, I thought you meant a strong emotional response. As such, I said anger or sadness, which are usually expressed strongly when invoked.
How are they off-topic at best? What IS the topic? every single post here that isn't about Steam Gifts must then be off-topic. And by your definition, just the fact that they are off-topic makes their poster a troll.
What? That makes no sense. It doesn't even make dollars (a joke I make a lot, haha). And you did say that the topic of the entire forum is Steam summer sales. By saying that no one is making any on-topic posts about them, you implied that the topic is Steam summer sales. You couldn't have meant just this topic, because I never mentioned the Steam summer sales, YOU did, which is weird because I never did.
(All of that said, I'd like to point out that personally, I had no intent of being a 'troll,' I wanted to make people laugh. Which is the exact opposite of what a troll wants. Also, if you enjoyed what I did, why did you go in length to try and prove to me that I did something bad?)
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"To start off, you posted an 'encyclopedic definition,' which by nature usually doesn't apply in social situations"
Sorry, what ? o_O
"How are they off-topic at best? What IS the topic?"
Are you seriously suggesting that steam trains are on-topic on Steamgifts forum ? Come one ! (And if they were, your joke wouldn't have been a joke, now would it ?)
"And you did say that the topic of the entire forum is Steam summer sales. By saying that no one is making any on-topic posts about them, you implied that the topic is Steam summer sales"
No, I did not say that. Saying steam train related threads that pretend to be Steam summer sales related (that was the joke, right ?) are clearly off-topic does not equal me saying Steam summer sales are the only valid topics.
"Also, if you enjoyed what I did, why did you go in length to try and prove to me that I did something bad?"
I didn't. I was merely pointing out that your definition of trolls (namely, that in order to be a troll, you have to lie) was lacking. Relevant
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how is this not trolling? you put a "secret steam related news" title to lure people in and link a report about a steam train. If your intention is not trolling you could simply put steam train on your title. And get your definitions right, trolling does not equates to lying
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Steam train stops in Oxfordshire for first time in 50 years
Not actually secret, but steam related! :D
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