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[-] colin@lemmy.uninsane.org 57 points 11 months ago

Crowder says stupid words specifically designed to provoke a reaction from people.

196ers react to it.

we had a phrase for how to respond to this type of person/provocation, back in the day. something about food and trolls... but it's long forgotten 😐️

[-] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 34 points 11 months ago

I always preferred the "bait" analogy when describing these tactics.

[-] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 25 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It's the same analogy originally. The verb "troll" means "To fish for by trailing a baited line from behind a slowly moving boat".

[-] thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nz 14 points 11 months ago

oh shit I never realised that. I always thought it meant like the ogre kind of troll

[-] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 11 points 11 months ago

I can assure you he has genuine fans who don't see what he does as trolling

[-] quams69@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Seriously, I grew up on sm forums where people would constantly say don't feed the trolls. Shame society at large didn't get the memo

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