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nerdy_kid
January 19th, 2010, 02:20 AM
title says it all :)

mechro
January 19th, 2010, 02:28 AM
As Daffy would say...

Desthpicable!!

Hyporeal
January 19th, 2010, 02:31 AM
I assume you mean official with respect to the Ubuntu Forums:



An "Internet troll" or "Forum Troll" is a person who posts outrageous message to bait people to answer. Trolls delight in sowing discord on the forums. A troll is someone who inspires flaming rhetoric, someone who is purposely provoking and pulling people into flaming discussion. Flaming discussions usually end with name calling and a flame war.


Source: The definitive guide to Trolls (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1032102)

nerdy_kid
January 19th, 2010, 02:31 AM
As Daffy would say...

Desthpicable!!

um ok......

nerdy_kid
January 19th, 2010, 02:36 AM
I assume you mean official with respect to the Ubuntu Forums:



Source: The definitive guide to Trolls (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1032102)
thanks!

saulgoode
January 19th, 2010, 03:21 AM
troll (n) - Anyone who holds an opinion differing from that of the website administrators.

mamamia88
January 19th, 2010, 03:28 AM
i would say it was someone who posts on a forum with the intent of annoying and angering others. Like if i was to start a thread titled "why ubuntu sucks"