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  • BlimpyCHIMP™
    Banned
    • May 2004
    • 637

    #31
    he's the biggest goddamned troll in the faakin place if you asked me

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    • GAR
      Banned
      • Jan 2004
      • 10881

      #32
      Easy, tiger.. he won't stop, give him a chance to respond.

      Not that it matters much mind you!

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      • GAR
        Banned
        • Jan 2004
        • 10881

        #33
        Easy, tiger.. he won't stop, give him a chance to respond.

        Not that it matters much mind you!

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        • BlimpyCHIMP™
          Banned
          • May 2004
          • 637

          #34
          So can't a spammer be concerned with disruption too?

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          • DLR7884
            ROCKSTAR

            • Jan 2004
            • 5895

            #35
            TROLL=JESTERSTAR

            DLR7884
            He's a world class bitch.
            Originally Posted by WARF:
            DLR7884 - This guy is one bad ass sonafabitch... I've seen him destroy peoples posting careers in a single sentence.

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            • GAR
              Banned
              • Jan 2004
              • 10881

              #36
              .. well I wouldn't say there's any hard and fast rule, no.

              Likewise a spammer usually exhibits self-control, whereas a troll doesn't. He's in for maximum insult damage!

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              • BlimpyCHIMP™
                Banned
                • May 2004
                • 637

                #37
                I'd say Jesterstar and Flappo clearly straddle the midpoint between spammer and troll.

                You can't say they're either one or the other!

                BC!!
                I think Captn Caplock however is for sure just spammer

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                • GAR
                  Banned
                  • Jan 2004
                  • 10881

                  #38
                  Capn Caplock is spammer that posts like a troll you got it wrong..

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                  • GAR
                    Banned
                    • Jan 2004
                    • 10881

                    #39
                    Some others here are like the opposite

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                    • BlimpyCHIMP™
                      Banned
                      • May 2004
                      • 637

                      #40
                      Reverberator posts like a troll, and spams quite a bit. But its' unclear which label fits him best!

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                      • GAR
                        Banned
                        • Jan 2004
                        • 10881

                        #41
                        That's why they labeled him "mod", dumbass

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                        • chefcraig
                          DIAMOND STATUS
                          • Apr 2004
                          • 12172

                          #42
                          I've always held that a spammer is one of those people (or bots) that joins a website to offer sales for various products or services, while a troll goes about stirring the pot. This usually takes the form of starting threads or opening dormant ones from as long as 8 years ago to express opinions contrary to the basic outline of the site. It is a "Look at me" sort of thing that proves the notion that attention (even in a negative form), is in short supply for some folks out there. By ignoring them you not only avoid providing them any credence, you also fail to empower them, which is their goal in the first place.
                          Last edited by chefcraig; 02-11-2009, 02:15 PM.









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                          ― Stephen Hawking

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                          • BlimpyCHIMP™
                            Banned
                            • May 2004
                            • 637

                            #43
                            Trolling, Spamming, Modding.. what else is there ?

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                            • GAR
                              Banned
                              • Jan 2004
                              • 10881

                              #44
                              Craigs' talking about a Bot.

                              That's neither a troll, nor a spammer.

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                              • GAR
                                Banned
                                • Jan 2004
                                • 10881

                                #45
                                You're partially right though Chef, a 'bot is a Registration Robot that hooks up registrations on discussion boards with autogenerated messages.

                                Like, "Duncan Hills Coffee is the bestest one for me" in every post.

                                It's not totally automatic though, a spammer has to "key" the fields to the 'bot program such as:

                                First Name
                                Last Name
                                City
                                State
                                Age

                                .. and all that other field-required stuff

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