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	Internet troll
		Though technically different from flaming, which is an unmistakable direct personal attack, trolls often resort to innuendo or misdirection in the pursuit of their objective, which is to create controversy for its own sake, discredit those with whom they disagree, or sabotage discussion by creating an intimidating atmosphere.
		The concept of "this person is trolling our newsgroup" became shortened to "this person is a troll", and picked up the association of the monster trolls of folklore.
		The role of Internet trolls is also disputed, some viewing them as playing some role in the limiting of groupthink, and the prevention of forming any kind of false consciousness by acting as devil's advocate.
	www.guajara.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/i/in/internet_troll.html (1278 words)

	Wikipedia: Slashdot
		Slashdot is a popular technology-oriented weblog primarily consisting of short summaries of stories on other websites with links to them, and provisions for readers to comment on the story; each story generally receives between 50 and 700 such comments.
		Slashdot allows anonymous posting, and this is where a significant portion of lowbrow trolling comes from.
		Since trolling is prevalent, a moderation system was implemented, whereby every comment posted (including those posted anonymously) can be "moderated" up or down by randomly chosen moderators, changing its score likewise.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/s/sl/slashdot.html (657 words)

	Slashdot effect (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Slashdot effect is an Internet term which refers to the huge influx of Internet traffic to a website as a result of its being mentioned on Slashdot, a popular technology news and information site.
		While this would normally be considered a good thing, it is generally viewed with disdain by the prior members, as quite often the sheer number of new people brings a lot of the unwanted aspects of Slashdot along with it, such as incessant trolling, vandalism, and newbie-like behavior (see Slashdot trolling phenomena).
		The Slashdot effect is similar to a denial of service attack, in that both can cripple or eliminate access to websites.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/s/sl/slashdot_effect.html (574 words)

	Trolling - Meta
		Trolling is a value judgment referring to behavior that the user of the word considers to be deliberately provocative.
		So, a troll is a deliberately provocative, attention-seeking, person inhabiting Wikiland who seeks to cause disharmony and Wikistress in the community.
		The troll is the archetype of an attention-seeker, and attention encourages them to continue trolling.
	meta.wikimedia.org /wiki/Internet_trolling_phenomena_on_Wikipedia (457 words)

	Slashdot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		It is also infamous for the Slashdot effect, when thousands of Slashdot readers read an article and connect to the linked website, flooding it with unexpected traffic, and at times bringing the site down in a manner similar to a Denial of Service attack.
		Slashdot's core audiences are often said to consist of Linux enthusiasts and various other enthusiasts of the open source software movement.
		The Slashdot editors are sometimes accused of posting (and even preferring) stories that are, themselves, thinly-disguised trolls, which encourage large numbers of postings in response, and of accepting kickbacks to post certain stories [3] (http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=134092andcid=11192313).
	www.objectsspace.com /encyclopedia/index.php/Slashdot (1552 words)

	Slashdot effect - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Slashdot effect is the huge influx of Internet traffic to a website as a result of its being mentioned on Slashdot, a popular technology news and information site.
		The marriage proposal of Slashdot founder Rob Malda [3] (http://slashdot.org/articles/02/02/14/143254.shtml?tid=166) and the announcement of Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4 source code leaks [4] (http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/12/2114228andtid=109) were a couple of the more active stories.
		The Jargon File states that an alternate term for Slashdot effect is "flash crowd", the title of a 1973 science fiction story by Larry Niven in which cheap teleportation allows large numbers of people to gather almost instantaneously at the locations of newsworthy events around the world.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Slashdot_effect (742 words)

	Slashdot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Slashdot (frequently abbreviated online as "/.") is a popular technology-oriented weblog, primarily consisting of short summaries of stories on other websites with links to the stories, and provisions for readers to comment on the story.
		The name "Slashdot" was invented to confuse people who try to say the url of the site orally (h t t p colon slash slash slash dot dot org).
		Other less-sophisticated forms of Slashdot trolling -- often referred to as crapflooding -- includes posting of one-liners, ASCII art, and other nonsense.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Slashdot (998 words)

	Slashdot Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Most of Slashdot's content consists of short summaries of stories on other websites with links to them, and provisions for readers to comment on the story; each story generally receives between 50 and 700 such comments.
		The name "Slashdot" was chosen for the resulting unusual URL, "http://slashdot.org" (or "aitch tee tee pee colon slash slash slash dot dot org").
		Slashdot is run primarily by Malda, Jeff "Hemos" Bates (who handles articles and book reviews and sells advertising) and Robin "Roblimo" Miller (who helps handle some of the more managerial tasks of the site, as well as posting stories).
	www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/s/sl/slashdot.html (536 words)

	Internet troll - Voyager, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The troll attempts to pass as a legitimate participant, sharing the group's common interests and concerns; the newsgroups members, if they are cognizant of trolls and other identity deceptions, attempt to both distinguish real from trolling postings, and upon judging a poster a troll, make the offending poster leave the group.
		Self-proclaimed "trolls" may style themselves as devil's advocates, gadflies or "culture jammers", challenging the dominant discourse and assumptions of forum discussions in an attempt to break the status quo of groupthink — the belief system that prevails in their absence.
		Trolling can be described as a breaching experiment, which, because of the use of an alternate persona, allows for normal social boundaries and rules of etiquette to be tested or otherwise broken, without serious consequences.
	www.voyager.in /Internet_troll (5643 words)

	Slashdot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The software that runs Slashdot is called Slash or slashcode and is released under the terms of the Free Software Foundation's GNU General Public License.
		While Slashdot's core audiences are often said to consist of Linux enthusiasts and various other enthusiasts of the open source software movement, there is a significant Windows audience as well.
		The ongoing assumption that Slashdot is Linux-oriented comes both from historical reasons and from its famous Gates "Borg" icon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/SlashDot (1552 words)

	The Truth Fairy.....: Internet troll
		Skillful trolls know that an easy way to upset him is to disingenuously claim that he is a "troll." In forums where most users are similar to each other, outsiders may be perceived as trolls simply because they do not fit into the social norms of that group.
		The long history of trolling, and the strong support for anonymous and pseudonymous discourse on the Internet, suggests that the story of the "anonymous troll" is only beginning, and is expected to continue developing in subtlety and sophistication.
		Self-proclaimed "trolls" may style themselves as devil's advocates, gadflies or culture jammers, challenging the dominant discourse and assumptions of forum discussions in an attempt to break the status quo of groupthink — the belief system that prevails in their absence.
	thetruthfairy.blogspot.com /2006/04/internet-troll_07.html (6461 words)

	Slashdot effect
		Few definitive numbers[1] exist regarding the precise magnitude of the Slashdot effect, but estimates put the peak of the mass influx of page requests at anywhere from several hundred to several thousand hits per second.
		When the targeted website has a community-based structure, the term can also mean the secondary effect of having a large group of users suddenly setting up accounts and starting to participate in the community.
		However, while a denial of service attack is a deliberate, malicious onslaught aimed at damaging computer systems and harming the victim's livelihood, the Slashdot effect has been an unintended consequence of Slashdot's popularity that usually subsides fairly quickly.
	www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/s/sl/slashdot_effect.html (553 words)

	Baiting, trolls and agents provocateur : SF Indymedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The term trolling, like the term flamebait, originated as a fishing metaphor: like people who troll for fish, people on the internet were dragging a conversational lure through a group, baiting for a particular response, often anger or argument.
		In other situations, the person accused of trolling may simply be attempting to spread joviality or using a form of humor, such as satire, which can lead the target of such satirical barbs to label the behavior as trolling.
		An affirmative strategy in dealing with trolling behavior is to describe preferred behaviors, to affirm the capacity of a person to perform according to those expectations and to recognize the value of the preferred behavior.
	sf.indymedia.org /news/2004/05/1694976_comment.php (1916 words)

	Wikinfo \| Internet troll
		A troll will sometimes engage in behavior described as trolling to target a particular individual, or because they have concluded there is no normal or rational forum for more legitimate discourse.
		In other situations, the person accused of trolling may simply be attempting to spread joviality or using a form of humor, such as satire, which can lead others to mistake the behavior for trolling.
		A alleged troll's target may be chosen randomly, though it is would seem unlikely that a person who describes themself as an Internet troll would attack something they appreciate.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Internet_troll (1224 words)

	Slashdot
		The term appears to stem from Slashdot culture (1), where it was used as a meme to inform other posters of posts that were not thought out well enough.
		The Slashdot effect is the term given to the phenomenon of a popular website linking to a smaller site, causing the smaller site to slow down or even temporarily close due to the increased traffic.
		The Slashdot subculture is a mixture of juvenilia, sarcasm, deliberately bad jokes, intellectual arrogance and highly developed and artistic attempts to provoke outraged responses from other forum users, amuse them, or challenge their thinking on the popular Slashdot technology website.
	www.shortopedia.com /S/L/Slashdot (1244 words)

	Slashdot trolling phenomena : search word
		This troll is perpetrated by a group calling themselves the "Gay Nigger Association of America", which encourages people to join by first watching the 1992 Danish low-budget movie Gayniggers From Outer Space, attaining a first post, and applying on an IRC channel.
		Used simply as an off-topic troll or even a red herring, the American writer, Stephen King, has his very own subculture repeating the myth of his death: The canonical text of the troll is as follows: :''Subject:'' Sad news...
		The Pink Syntax is a group of would-be jazz fanatics who comment on Slashdot stories in typical 1940's jazz-cat slang and insert random notes on worshipping Charles Mingus as a god and "Django Reinhardt Hot Grits".
	www.searchword.org /sl/slashdot-trolling-phenomena.html (3353 words)

	Talk:Slashdot trolling phenomena - TheBestLinks.com - Homophobia, Homosexuality, Pornography, TheBestLinks.com:Featured ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Actually, it was Slashdot user orthogonal, not posting as an Anonymous Coward, and it began, "I just heard some sad news on talk radio", and followed the troll format.
		He set up a troll and a big associated story that there was some dispute between the slashdot editors and himself.
		It used to be in one GIANT article titled slashdot trolling phenomena, but there turned out the be a lot of slashdot cultural references that weren't really a "trolling phenomenon", so I've been working on breaking it up and/or organizing it better (in addition to, as a /.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Talk__3A__Slashdot_trolling_phenomena.html (3242 words)

	The Ultimate First post - American History Information Guide and Reference
		In its original form, a first post was a light-hearted expression of the poster's excitement at being the first person to write a comment: "OMG I got 'First Post!'".
		However, it is now more widely intended as a means of annoying other site users (see Internet troll), with the aim of provoking a negative reaction (see Flamebait).
		On political blogs (such as Atrios), "first post" is often typed as "Frist," a reference to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (and depending on the forum, as a way to add an extra dash of irritation to an already irritating practice).
	www.historymania.com /american_history/First_post (504 words)

	Beatles Tribute Beatles Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The 'Penis bird' troll, a crude ASCII representation of a bird perched on an erect penis, is a common variant, derived from the Penisbird image.
		The troll claims to have witnessed taking 20 minutes to copy a 17 MB file from one folder to another and proceeds to question all Apple users as to their platform choice.
		The troll then goes into how great is, but then goes into how the new thing destroyed their company project - which leads to the dismissal of the employee who suggested the evaluation.
	server.scripthost.com /guestbook?harrison (7689 words)

	Trolltalk: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Following the changes in slashdot code to make trolling hard or impossible by banning users for as little as one negative moderation, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
		Slashdot trolling phenomena (Slashdot trolling phenomena make up a large subset of the bizarre and complex subculture found on the popular...)
		Troll organization (A troll organization or troll gang is a group of internet trolls who associate together, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /ref/trolltalk (707 words)

	Trolling - The Long Tail: Trolling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Slashdot trolling phenomena make up a large subset of the bizarre and complex subculture Some of the Slashdot trolling phenomena originated on Segfault,
		People who delight in upsetting other Internet users are known as 'trolls'.
		More salmon are taken by trolling than by mooching or jigging so we will The techniques apply to saltwater trolling and trolling in freshwater lakes and
	linebyte.com /?q=trolling (235 words)

	Slashdot Trolling Defined \| Gadgetopia
		It’s several thousand words on the trolling of Slashdot comments.
		The Slashdot trolling phenomena make up a bizarre and complex subculture found on the popular Slashdot technology website.
		It is a subset and a microcosm of Internet trolling in general.
	www.gadgetopia.com /post/1913 (229 words)

	Rob Malda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Rob Malda (born May 10, 1976), also known as CmdrTaco, is the founder of Slashdot.
		According to his magazine bio, "He spends his time fiddling with electronic gizmos, wandering the 'Net, watching anime, and trying to think of clever lies to put in his bio so that he seems cooler than he actually is." (CPU Magazine)
		Malda used the slashdot site on Valentine's Day of 2002 to propose to his now-wife, Kathleen Fent.
	www.askfactmaster.com /Rob_Malda (152 words)

	Rotten.com
		During 2000 and 2001, Rotten.com was strongly associated with several of the Slashdot trolling phenomena, with several of its exhibits such as the "The Incident With The Bird" and the "The Incident With The Fish" directly responsible for penis bird and penis fish, respectively, ASCII art messages posted to the Slashdot website.
		Mischievous users would also put disguised links to within the Rotten.com website in their messages in an attempt, much like with the Goatse.cx trolling phenomenom, to trick an unsuspecting reader into inadvertantly viewing an unpleasant image.
		Warning: these sites contain photographic material that is considered "bad taste" and/or offensive by some people
	www.findword.org /ro/rotten.com.html (402 words)

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