Re: Old Games For The Win

JAB wrote:

On 29/03/2025 14:44, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

Trolling in old Usenet was a real art. These days many people will
just burst into a forum (on Usenet or off), say somethign wildly
inappropriate, and call it a day. But the Trolls of Usenet often put
effort into their art, saying/just/ enough to make you think they
were seriously wishing a discussion while still managing to aggravate
nearly everyone in the newsgroup.

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Very much so, trolling in general now is very much low grade and often gets no more creative than, no that's your mum that is. The art of trolling is to slowly reel people in and the don't realise it's happened until to late.

 "You're a troll and you're not trolling right?"
 Pardon me but I reject the label 'troll'.  Trolling is only a final recourse when negotiation has failed.  It's basically a way to trash on a group that has been recalcitrant and selfish.
 I enjoy conversation - does that make me a troll?  I've been called random before - does that make me a troll?  I talk about old games on an old games thread and crosspost to allow my mate to see some of the ones I like - does that make me a troll?  I crossposted to here and rec.food.cooking about carrying a P-90 into a special ed classroom two groups I can avoid if I have to and let it play out - that makes me a troll.
 But I'm not doing that right now as we are having a conversation.