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Troll (Internet)

"Do not feed the trolls" and its abbreviation DNFTT redirects 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^[1] or to generally disrupt normal on-topic discussion.^[2]

Sockpuppet (Internet)

A sockpuppet is an online identity used for purposes of deception within an Internet community. In its earliest usage, a sockpuppet was a false identity through which a member of an Internet community speaks while pretending not to, like a puppeteer manipulating a hand puppet.^[1]

In current usage, the perception of the term has been extended beyond second identities of people who already post in a forum to include other uses of misleading online identities. For example, a NY Times article claims that "sock-puppeting" is defined as "the act of creating a fake online identity to praise, defend or create the illusion of support for one’s self, allies or company."^[2]

The key difference between a sockpuppet and a regular pseudonym (sometimes termed an "alt") is the pretense that the puppet is a third party who is not affiliated with the puppeteer.

The first known usage of the term was on July 9, 1993 [1] by Merciful Lee Dickens in a posting to bit.listserv.fnord-l, but was not in common usage in USENET groups until 1996.

 

 

 

Athugasemdir

[Ásdís Sigurðardóttir, 9.5.2008 kl. 17:15]

  eigðu góða helgi 

[Svava frá Strandbergi , 10.5.2008 kl. 00:09]

Eigðu yndislega Hvítasunnuhelgi.

[Hrönn Sigurðardóttir, 10.5.2008 kl. 00:22]

oó Ætli ég sé internet tröll?

[Katrín Snæhólm Baldursdóttir, 10.5.2008 kl. 10:11]

jiii hvað ég verð alltí einu þreytt af að lesa útlensku. Myndirnar redda þessu samt og kökurnar og súkkulaðið bráðnandi hér í færslunni fyrir neðan hafa sett mig í stellingar fyrir daginn.

Já þú átt skilið að eiga svona góða vini..Guðný mín góða!!!

[Guðný Anna Arnþórsdóttir, 10.5.2008 kl. 13:12]

Já, það er fullt af svona tröllum og sokkabrúðum á netinu, en engin ykkar telst til þeirra, elskurnar mínar. Ég er að gera úttekt á þessu ....