200 years before the internet, there were trolls

[Jerry_111]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berners_Street_Hoax

they did it for the lulz

 

[Eejit]

No, they did it for a bet. :arms:

 

[Bad^Hat]

Christ, what was the wager?

FOUR THOUSAND ****ING LETTERS. D:

 

[ríomhaire]

Could people please mean what the word troll means.

 

[<RJMC>]

have to be british

*in before mustachoid victorian troll face*

 

[Wanted Bob]

Haha, great prank

 

[Remus]

*in before mustachoid victorian troll face*

You mean that hasn't been done yet? Somebody get on it asap!

 

[evil^milk]

Could people please mean what the word troll means.

In Internet it's more or less like devil's advocate.

 

[Mogi67]

Hahaha, that's hilarious

 

[kupocake]

Less troll, more DoS attack surely?

Due to scheduling, I can't remember whether this was on last week's QI or some version played 20,000 times on Dave.

 

[YROC]

I picture the pranksters sitting in nice chairs wearing top hats and monocles while sipping tea and watching.

 

[kupocake]

Hmm, now I'm thinking of a group of gentlemen anarchists a la' The Man Who Was Thursday. They meet up and talk bullshit about poetry and fly away in a hot air balloon with a hey-nonny-nonny.

 

[Acepilotf14]

There.. were hoaxes before the internet?

I had no idea.

 

[DEATHMASTER]

before the internet?

I had no idea.

Fixed.

 

[Escaep]

There.. were hoaxes before the internet?

I had no idea.

Scientists don't really know what there was before the internet existed.

 

[Krynn72]

Scientists don't really know what there was before the internet existed.

Primarily because scientists leave history to historians.

 

[Remus]

Scientists don't really know what there was before the internet existed.

Surely scientists know that before the interent tubes there were vacuum tubes.

 

[kupocake]

Geologists know shit-tonnes about the history god benevolently faked for shits and giggles.

 

[Bad^Hat]

In Internet it's more or less like devil's advocate.

Mmm, ah, no. "For the sake of argument" =/= "for the lulz."

 

[Mogi67]

Geologists know shit-tonnes about the history god benevolently faked for shits and giggles.

SO IGNANT

 

[evil^milk]

Mmm, ah, no. "For the sake of argument" =/= "for the lulz."

'Swhy I said more or less like. Troll

devil's advocate.

Spoiler

 

[JUL3]

Wait, there was a time before the internet? My god, how horrible. D:

 

[ríomhaire]

Trolls are just people who say what ever they can to annoy/enrage or entice a certain reaction out of people. They're basically no different to little kids who cause fuss and throw tantrums to get attention. They just want to be noticed by the internet, and angering people is the easiest way to get a reaction.

 

[Eejit]

Except usually when they think they've angered someone they really really haven't. It's rather pitiable.

 

[Acepilotf14]

Trolling is a art.

 

[The Monkey]

*Trolling is an art.

 

[Eejit]

Trolling is a art.

Hmm, some seem to like telling themselves that anyway.

 

[Bad^Hat]

Except usually when they think they've angered someone they really really haven't. It's rather pitiable.

Actually, the reaction seems rather auxiliary to their intent. If people don't become angered, they can just tell them they're angry ("u mad"), and in their mind that makes it so. Truly, the troll is a master of self-deception.

Also, I mad.

 

[Ennui]

Trolling is a art.

This is one of the stupidest phrases on the internet. There's nothing artful about such a lame and obvious troll as baiting grammar nazis.

 

[The Monkey]

This is one of the stupidest phrases on the internet. There's nothing artful about such a lame and obvious troll as baiting grammar nazis.

Worked on me.

 

[Remus]

Well you're just a monkey!