How to spot a troll?

[Chuck]

Hi everyone, we're in the midst of what is a rough start to a shortened Covid-19 season. The Angels are most likely not going to make the playoffs despite having a better opportunity in this campaign than ever before. That's disappointing!

That said, let's not kick others to the head when they're already down. Most of the fans & community here continue to follow the team for the reasons mentioned in my current poll, but consider this. There are hundreds of members that interact here on a daily basis and several thousand who read our discussions & columns who don't engage in topics or read our stuff only to be trolled, dumped on and kicked when down. 

Have a take and back it up, right or wrong that's good for discussions here...but for the love of God refrain from trolling. We don't want to hide or delete your posts, nor do we want to ban your account from this website. 

Read the below and if you have exhibited some of these actions at AngelsWin.com, stop! That's all. 

Signs Someone Is Trolling

It can sometimes become difficult to tell the difference between a troll and someone who just genuinely wants to argue about a topic. However, here are a few tell-tale signs that someone is actively trolling.

• Off-topic remarks: Completely going off-topic from the subject at hand. This is done to annoy and disrupt other posters.
• Refusal to acknowledge evidence: Even when presented with hard, cold facts, they ignore this and pretend like they never saw it.
• Dismissive, condescending tone: An early indicator of a troll was that they would ask an angry responder, “Why you mad, bro?” This is a method done to provoke someone even more, as a way of dismissing their argument altogether.
• Use of unrelated images or memes: They reply to others with memes, images, and gifs. This is especially true if done in response to a very long text post.
• Seeming obliviousness: They seem oblivious that most people are in disagreement with them. Also, trolls rarely get mad or provoked.

The list above is by no means definitive. There are a lot of other ways to identify that someone is trolling. Generally, if someone seems disingenuous, uninterested in a real discussion, and provocative on purpose, they’re likely an internet troll.

Reference: https://www.howtogeek.com/465416/what-is-an-internet-troll-and-how-to-handle-trolls/

[tdawg87]

Man, Canada has some explaining to do.

[Stradling]

Speaking of trolls, a certain daddy has been noticeably absent for a few months.  

[Chuck]

48 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Speaking of trolls, a certain daddy has been noticeably absent for a few months.  

Yep, since May 9th. 

I hope he's still with us. This is concerning. 

[nate]

This thread is crap.  I am still wondering how ancient aliens built the pyramids without electricity.

[tdawg87]

3 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Yep, since May 9th. 

I hope he's still with us. This is concerning. 

Was he old or something

[tdawg87]

Maybe he got the rona.

[Stradling]

7 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Yep, since May 9th. 

I hope he's still with us. This is concerning. 

Do you associate with him on any of the socials? 

[Chuck]

24 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Do you associate with him on any of the socials? 

I sent him an email, the same one he used to register.

[Jay]

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

Speaking of trolls, a certain daddy has been noticeably absent for a few months.  

Yeah I was going to ask about him when I saw this topic. Hope he's ok, he's a true fan.

 

[NrM]

I think most here would consider me a troll, but I promise I'm not. I'm just a .

 

pls no ban

[tdawg87]

14 minutes ago, calscuf said:

Did you hear that I got it?

No

[Stradling]

1 minute ago, calscuf said:

Oh.  

Well I did.

Did you survive?

[AngelsLakersFan]

6 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

• Use of unrelated images or memes: They reply to others with memes, images, and gifs. This is especially true if done in response to a very long text post.

[Claude]

What’s this thread all about anyway? 

[Stradling]

3 minutes ago, calscuf said:

Well let’s see.  We know someday I will die.  We know I had Covid.  Therefore I should be counted as a Covid death.  Eventually.

“Unless the AIDS gets you first”

-tea doggy

[Slegnaac]

2 hours ago, NrM said:

I think most here would consider me a troll, but I promise I'm not. I'm just a .

 

pls no ban

We're all Bozos on this bus.

[Mark68]

5 hours ago, nate said:

This thread is crap.  I am still wondering how ancient aliens built the pyramids without electricity.

You assume the aliens themselves had no electricity? Dude, their spaceships run on fusion...

 

[Mark68]

2 hours ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

[Inside Pitch]

Did anyone ever find out if TD is okay?

[Stradling]

2 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

Did anyone ever find out if TD is okay?

I sure hope he’s ok 

[Chuck]

44 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

Did anyone ever find out if TD is okay?

I sent him an email but got no reply. 

Hopefully he's still alive. 

We've had several members pass on since the birth of AW. I hope he's still with us. 

[Chuck]

On 8/21/2020 at 11:33 AM, Chuckster70 said:

Hi everyone, we're in the midst of what is a rough start to a shortened Covid-19 season. The Angels are most likely not going to make the playoffs despite having a better opportunity in this campaign than ever before. That's disappointing!

That said, let's not kick others to the head when they're already down. Most of the fans & community here continue to follow the team for the reasons mentioned in my current poll, but consider this. There are hundreds of members that interact here on a daily basis and several thousand who read our discussions & columns who don't engage in topics or read our stuff only to be trolled, dumped on and kicked when down. 

Have a take and back it up, right or wrong that's good for discussions here...but for the love of God refrain from trolling. We don't want to hide or delete your posts, nor do we want to ban your account from this website. 

Read the below and if you have exhibited some of these actions at AngelsWin.com, stop! That's all. 

Signs Someone Is Trolling

It can sometimes become difficult to tell the difference between a troll and someone who just genuinely wants to argue about a topic. However, here are a few tell-tale signs that someone is actively trolling.

• Off-topic remarks: Completely going off-topic from the subject at hand. This is done to annoy and disrupt other posters.
• Refusal to acknowledge evidence: Even when presented with hard, cold facts, they ignore this and pretend like they never saw it.
• Dismissive, condescending tone: An early indicator of a troll was that they would ask an angry responder, “Why you mad, bro?” This is a method done to provoke someone even more, as a way of dismissing their argument altogether.
• Use of unrelated images or memes: They reply to others with memes, images, and gifs. This is especially true if done in response to a very long text post.
• Seeming obliviousness: They seem oblivious that most people are in disagreement with them. Also, trolls rarely get mad or provoked.

The list above is by no means definitive. There are a lot of other ways to identify that someone is trolling. Generally, if someone seems disingenuous, uninterested in a real discussion, and provocative on purpose, they’re likely an internet troll.

Reference: https://www.howtogeek.com/465416/what-is-an-internet-troll-and-how-to-handle-trolls/

Expand and read the above @RendZone.  

On 8/21/2020 at 6:17 PM, RendZone said:

What’s this thread all about anyway? 

Specifically this: Off-topic remarks: Completely going off-topic from the subject at hand. This is done to annoy and disrupt other posters.

In other words, what you did on a social media post of mine the other day and here on the daily! 

[Lou]

If someone has been booted and allowed back in, warned ad nauseum and continues to troll on "a daily basis" and there are no consequences, I'm baffled to know why anyone would expect a behavioral change.

[Slegnaac]

1 hour ago, Lou said:

If someone has been booted and allowed back in, warned ad nauseum and continues to troll on "a daily basis" and there are no consequences, I'm baffled to know why anyone would expect a behavioral change.

Insanity?