Trolling threads

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M4cruiser

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151 months

Wednesday 4th March 2015
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Trolling is talked about a lot, but how would you really define it?

I reckon there should be an element of "disruption" to a thread for an accusation of troll to stick.

It doesn't happen a lot, I'd say.

Just because a thread is of minority interest, but is important to the poster .... well, that doesn't make the poster a troll.

If someone really has no interest in a thread yet posts something diversionary (apart from obvious humour, or a straight "I'm not interested") then that could be a troll.

There are plenty of PH examples of minority interest threads, two on the go at present are "Teenager owns a Ferari 458" (including the incorrect spelling) and "Importing a car from malta". Is either of those a troll thread?

Sorry, bit of a Whinge I suppose .........