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Is internet trolling really all that bad?
There were a couple of surveys done about what SC should do with trolls in 2006, but I don't know how to link them here.
An Internet troll, or simply troll in Internet slang, is someone who posts controversial and usually irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum or chat room, with the intention of baiting other users into an emotional response or to generally disrupt normal on-topic discussion. I believe the most notorious troll at SC was Richard, and if memory serves, Bill actually endeavored to delete his accounts. | Total Votes | % of Voters | Female Votes | Male Votes | % of Female Votes | % of Male Votes | Average Age | Answer | | 3 | 7.3% | 2 | 1 | 9.1% | 12.5% | 44.0 | No, trolling can be fun. | | 5 | 12.2% | 4 | 1 | 18.2% | 12.5% | 39.8 | No, I sometimes enjoy reading the arguments. | | 6 | 14.6% | 5 | 1 | 22.7% | 12.5% | 30.1 | I don't care about this topic. | | 16 | 39.0% | 11 | 5 | 50.0% | 62.5% | 38.6 | Trolls and trolling are annoying. | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | It's awful; site administrators should block trolls from their sites. |
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| Rating | Total | Female | Male | Average Age |
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| Good | 7 | 3 | 4 | 44.7 |
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| Bad | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
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| No Opinion | 32 | 23 | 9 | 37.6 |
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| | Type | Number | | Abstainers | 11 | | Male | 8 | | Female | 22 |
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LJD  | reasonable | | posted 28-Jun-2008 8:05pm |
| Crayons  | reasonable | | posted 28-Jun-2008 4:05pm |
| moviesnob  | reasonable | | posted 28-Jun-2008 11:46am |
| | cloudhugger | needs work | | posted 28-Jun-2008 11:31am |
Oh no, no, no noo Remove the Richard comment out! It is not relative to the question! I like the survey but you must remove names it isn't right.
I will come back and HF this if it isn't fixed. | paulyw  | reasonable | | posted 28-Jun-2008 8:19am |
| | Matty | N/A | | posted 28-Jun-2008 6:30am |
| they   | reasonable | | posted 27-Jun-2008 11:55pm |
| Strider  | reasonable | | posted 27-Jun-2008 11:09pm |
| | LJD | old | | posted 27-Jun-2008 8:09pm |
| | LJD | old | | posted 27-Jun-2008 8:09pm |
What is internet trolling? | Galomorro  | old | | posted 27-Jun-2008 8:07pm |
Could you briefly explain what an "Internet troll" IS (or link to the meaning)? Thanks. | | Melf | old | | posted 27-Jun-2008 8:00pm |
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