On 08/10/13 10:34 AM, Dorian Batycka wrote:
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> For Cochran of Rustle League, "Trolling is a form of social commentary or
> satirical performance art for people who take themselves too seriously on
> the internet." Spot on in my opinion!
Nobody could take themself more seriously than the apologetic troll.
Pace Mez, there's an etymological problem here. The mass media's "troll"
is not the Usenet troll or the mailing list art troll. Rolling them all
in together doesn't help.
To the extent that trolling is disruptive (and this is generally its
intention), that disruption needs a moral or aesthetic justification if
we are to accept its value.
"For teh lulz" is at least more honest than hiding behind (c|C)oyote.
The problem with seeking to excuse list trolling as art up, to and
including the point where it destroys the list, with the value of the
resulting artistic production is that it had better be some pretty
amazing art.
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