Mark K. Bilbo wrote:
> In our last episode
> <1105207851.175319.50260@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>, David lept
out of
> the bushes shouting:
>
> > Well, as I understand it, Usenet parlance is that a "troll" enters
> > material into newsgroups with no desire to discuss the issues
raised in
> > that material.
>
> Interestingly enough, it originally meant someone who cross posted
> inflammatory materials to start a flame war between two (or more)
ngs.
That's right! I had forgotten!
That seems to be a reasonable definition, considering the traditional
understanding.
> Rather like, oh say, posting religious crap to alt.atheism, trying to
draw
> people into a spat with, picking a random example, free.christians...
Ah, yes.
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