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What was the worst troll thread for 2009?? (just wondering)
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Posted by perennialfan273 zone 5 (My Page) on Tue, Jan 19, 10 at 18:40
| OK, I'm not trying to open up a can of worms or anything, but I was just wondering, in your opinion, what was the worst troll thread of 2009?? |
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RE: What was the worst troll thread for 2009?? (just wondering)
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| Pardon my ignorance, but WTH is a "troll thread"? |
RE: What was the worst troll thread for 2009?? (just wondering)
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- Posted by whaas 5a Milwaukee (My Page) on
Tue, Jan 19, 10 at 19:50
| Haven't you heard of google, even ignorant people can use it. That is an example of a troll post...please take no offense, only using as an example. |
RE: What was the worst troll thread for 2009?? (just wondering)
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| Still doesn't explain WTH a 'troll thread' is... |
RE: What was the worst troll thread for 2009?? (just wondering)
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| The humanure threads for sure!!! |
RE: What was the worst troll thread for 2009?? (just wondering)
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| This goes a bit further back, though something that comes to mind was when a woman had mentioned about having put a toad in the deep freeze and then thawing it to see if it would come back to life ... an act done out of pure innocence and curiosity, though something that was best to go unmentioned here ... for some had launched such an attack upon her that you'd think she had committed a heinous crime worthy of the death sentence, it was definitely overboard ... the poor gal said she had been reduced to tears and would leave the forum. Terry |
RE: What was the worst troll thread for 2009?? (just wondering)
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| I can't say that I've noticed troll threads on this forum or the other GW forums I participate in--New England, Cottage, and a few others. Maybe it's a problem somewhere else and I'm glad I haven't discovered them. |
RE: What was the worst troll thread for 2009?? (just wondering)
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- Posted by whaas 5a Milwaukee (My Page) on
Wed, Jan 20, 10 at 9:13
| I'm assuming a trail of troll posts would create a troll thread, lol. I haven't noticed any either. |
RE: What was the worst troll thread for 2009?? (just wondering)
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| A "troll" is someone who visits (or should I say crashes) Internet forums or chatrooms and posts off-topic or inflammatory threads or responses to threads just to stir things up and get folks bickering or arguing. I can't say that I've noticed any recently as well. The GW powers that be tend to curb these individuals pretty rapidly but now and again the same troll will reappear in various disguises and cause a ruckus by a single post only to vanish into cyberspace until the next visit. |
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| Good description gardengal48 Teresa |
RE: What was the worst troll thread for 2009?? (just wondering)
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- Posted by mxk3 z5b/6 MI (My Page) on
Fri, Jan 22, 10 at 15:04
| It's usually pretty quiet around here - I can't even think of a troll post that I've seen on this forum. Some heated discussions, yes (but nothing compared to the Rose forums - yikes it can get intense over there at times...) :0) |
RE: What was the worst troll thread for 2009?? (just wondering)
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| Not sure about this forum, but the Topiary forum seems to attract that Culinary Cooking school or whatever person every so often. Or is that considered spam? Probably more spam than troll. Trolling is more like what whaas posted as an example. |
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| I think the soil forum gets it's share of trolls. It's really an easy target I think because those guys get real emotional about their dirt and compost. Not a place for wimps or the weak of heart! That's not a criticism, I like that forum and have followed it for years. There's a troll thread there now, something about frozen soil. Apparently some of his past threads have been pulled but searching the forums reveals a lot of similar posts over a long period of time. A troll is a person with no life and too much time I think. Karen |
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| Wow; if there were any, why would we want to remember them? This seems to be a fairly civil place. Another non-gardening forum I use was plagued with this one guy who jumped into every discussion with something that was designed to rile everyone up. He was finally banned for good. It was like Venus tossing the apples, in the old myth. Everyone would lose track of what they were talkng about and go after those apples. |
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| Forgot to say, I opened this because I was thinking decorative garden GNOMES were what was meant! Wondered who wanted any....and why. |
RE: What was the worst troll thread for 2009?? (just wondering)
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| linnea, my thoughts were traveling along a similar path. |
RE: What was the worst troll thread for 2009?? (just wondering)
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| The sound you hear is joyful laughing, linnea and hostaholic-too cute and probably why we don't have trolls here or on hosta or cottage forums-everyone is too nice to be mean! |
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