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I looked up the definition of trolling and found the following on wikipedia -
"an attempt to incite a negative or argumentative reaction in an online discussion"
and an internet troll as -
a person who posts to an internet discussion group or chat room with the sole purpose of disrupting it.
I believe that some people post here without awareness that they are trolling.
They look upon a post as an opportunity to launch a criticism of something
partly relating to the main post but not directly a reply to the main gist of that post. The original poster, then replying to the unrelated attack, will then defend himself and thus complete the derailment of the original post. As an example, go to the 'Olympiad Fundraiser results' now derailed to page 2 of CT.
The problem arises when the inadvertent troller fails to read the post accurately or fails to take the time to understand what has been said and then goes on on an unrelated rant. There have been many other examples of this on ChessTalk in the past. The troller then comes across as being mean-spirited if not an ignoramus. I can think of a number of individuals who I would like to see their posts on ChessTalk but who are not thick-skinned enough to engage in a trolling attack.
So, before posting a response on ChessTalk, please read the original post carefully and ask yourself if you are on-topic. If not, please start a new thread.
"an attempt to incite a negative or argumentative reaction in an online discussion"
and an internet troll as -
a person who posts to an internet discussion group or chat room with the sole purpose of disrupting it.
I believe that some people post here without awareness that they are trolling.
They look upon a post as an opportunity to launch a criticism of something
partly relating to the main post but not directly a reply to the main gist of that post. The original poster, then replying to the unrelated attack, will then defend himself and thus complete the derailment of the original post. As an example, go to the 'Olympiad Fundraiser results' now derailed to page 2 of CT.
The problem arises when the inadvertent troller fails to read the post accurately or fails to take the time to understand what has been said and then goes on on an unrelated rant. There have been many other examples of this on ChessTalk in the past. The troller then comes across as being mean-spirited if not an ignoramus. I can think of a number of individuals who I would like to see their posts on ChessTalk but who are not thick-skinned enough to engage in a trolling attack.
So, before posting a response on ChessTalk, please read the original post carefully and ask yourself if you are on-topic. If not, please start a new thread.
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