Troll Country

Trolls and troll bashing

POSTED BY: Tieka
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Friday, June 7, 2002 2:25 PM

Hi Anne. Now we know who's stalking whom, as I was here first. I'm still quite new myself though so it's not really my place to say, but you're welcome as far as I'm concerned, of course.

As far as I can tell, there is/was some trolling, but much less than the official board. And, if we're to believe our wishfully-thinking eyes, his Jossness posted here. Score two for fireflyfans.net.

ANNE

Friday, June 7, 2002 2:34 PM

That's me...long-time stalker extraordinaire. Except, not, because I'm essentially very lazy and don't generally put that kind of energy into things.

Hmmm...one of TPTB posted on this board? (The PTB, if the Buffy fans are to be believed.) That's pretty cool.

Anyhow...off to read some more threads and get acquainted with folks here. Let's hope the trolls find someone else to aggravate.

Anne
Hat dancing schedule announced shortly.

TIEKA

Sunday, June 9, 2002 4:57 AM

We've some trouble with trolls, but Haken has dealt with them very strictly and very fast. Trolls don't stand much of a chance against root.

Tieka,
welcoming all lurkers and invisible guests
to all

Once you've been in Serenity, you never leave. You just learn to live there. --Firefly script

FIREFLYSLAYER493

Sunday, June 23, 2002 2:36 PM

hey a whole thread for trolls !
there is more bashing at the official forum cos it's part of the delphi community, and there are the DAfans, fox DA, Project Manticore, Streets of Seattle boards there which have links to the ff forum.

HAKEN

Sunday, June 23, 2002 5:23 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by fireflyslayer493:
there is more bashing at the official forum cos it's part of the delphi community, and there are the DAfans, fox DA, Project Manticore, Streets of Seattle boards there which have links to the ff forum.

That's the mob mentality at work. I've seen a lot of that on episodes of Dark Angel.

NOVAGRASS

Sunday, June 23, 2002 6:20 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Haken:

That's the mob mentality at work. I've seen a lot of that on episodes of Dark Angel.

LOL.

The thing is, mob mentality doesn't exactly... work when the mob is so small. I'd guess that there are at most 5000 hardcore DA fans... the rest of the watchers are just casual fans who have no interest in the workings of the behind-the-scenes stuff.

That's what makes me laugh the most... these 5000 hardcores think they can actually get anything accomplished! They thing they are important enough to offset the... what... 8 million viewers DA lost when it move to Fridays? They even think that they can offset the guaranteed 4 million viewers who will likly watch Firefly.

5000 vs 4 million (.125% of 4 million, actually)... them's some gooood odds

--Dylan Palmer, aka NoVaGrAsS--

"Nice guys can only get so mad." Fillion on Mal

BLAISE

Monday, June 24, 2002 6:22 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Novagrass:

The thing is, mob mentality doesn't exactly... work when the mob is so small. I'd guess that there are at most 5000 hardcore DA fans... the rest of the watchers are just casual fans who have no interest in the workings of the behind-the-scenes stuff.

5000 vs 4 million (.125% of 4 million, actually)... them's some gooood odds

I like those odds. I'm going to be laughing so hard when Firefly does hugely well, better than DA was doing. Gosh, i'm a hardcore DA fan, and even I don't care anymore, DA slipped so much in season 2 it was like pulling the plug on your deathly ill granny. DA may have picked up in season 3, but the truth is, it probably would have went more downhill, Cameron really stuffed it up. I love the show, but it ain't coming back.

Blaise

Edited because I can't spell

TIEKA

Monday, June 24, 2002 3:13 PM

Has anybody else noticed that the DA trolls only come out on weekends?

Now if they wanted to show thier great solidarity and immense numbers of fans they should be doing something. My idea---At the time that Dark Angel would air in your timezone, ***insert massive online activity*** That would show your devotion to the hour that was DA. IF there are enough of these dedicated fans, they could bring down the internet and crash the system.

Too bad there are only a couple trolls, and they aren't allowed on thier computers during the school week.

Tieka
to all trolls, trollets, trollens and troll hunters.

Once you've been in Serenity, you never leave. You just learn to live there. --Firefly script

FIREFLYSLAYER493

Sunday, December 15, 2002 5:25 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Blaise:
Quote:
Originally posted by Novagrass:

I'm going to be laughing so hard when Firefly does hugely well, better than DA was doing.

bwahahaha..guess who laughin now..
but it's fox's fault. never gives anything a chance.good luck on your campaign, altho i'd be very pessimist

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TYLOR

Monday, January 27, 2003 3:01 AM

Hmmm, I think the thing most people don't realize is the difference between a troll and a plain old jerk. Some of the trolls I've read here are pathetic attempts to troll, and some of them are just "I'm a jerk and I'm posting stuff, look at me." In the case of a troll you aren't supposed to know it is a troll until the person tells you "You have been trolled." Trolls, real ones, are actually more annoying because they are sneaky.

So far I've only read two "troll" posts, one was just an "I'm a jerk, look at me" the other was also an "I'm a jerk" post, but it was also a pitiful attempt to stir up animosity between firefly fans and another show's fans.

I agree that the best thing to do with jerks and trolls is ignore them, but I see no problem posting "This is a troll" in a thread to warn people that it is a troll thread. (Just never get into an arguement with these people, since they have no opinions worth considering, and you can't really tell what their real opinions are anyway.)