I don't actually want to talk to you in the first place, that's why.

[farla]

Name: Thelastgreatrocker17
Profile: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1916211/
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Subject: Lol

Oh my frickin' lord. It really is hard to believe that you have the time to
post my pm and a response criticising how wrong I am on livejournal but
somehow can't find the time for an actual response to my pm sent straight to
me and actually meant for me to read and respond like a civilised person.

Seriously, how do you not consider that trolling?

P.s. A troll is essentially a nickname given to an anti-social or undesirable
person on the internet. I'd say that the way you're dealing with my
occasionally pm's shows that you fight that description perfectly. Which is
why (forgive me for being redundant) i'm calling you a troll. Could you please
just simply reply to me without posting this pm on livejournal.

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Comments

[negrek.livejournal.com]

Out of curiosity though, what is you're definition of a troll? I'm curious because you seem to be merely saying he's wrong without actually giving a reason as to why.

Urban Dictionary's definitions for "troll" 1-3 are a good overview. "An anti-social or undesirable person on the internet" is far too broad a definition (and a misuse of "anti-social", but whatever). There are plenty of misanthropic or otherwise undesirable people on the internet who are not trolls; the term has a connotation of intentionally stirring up trouble and being provocative just to get a reaction.

[(Anonymous)]

Wouldn't that be considered ant-social or undesirable? Though I will say that i'm not disagreeing with you, but when I asked for your opinion as to what a troll is, I wanted your opinion and not what the right answer is off of urban dictionary.

As my math teacher used to say "I'm giving you the answers in the back of this book, but if you can't figure out the problem when the answers aren't avialable to you. Then you're screwed." Wise words indeed.

On the subject of misanthropy, wouldn't avoiding private messages by putting them up on this site for other people to read and for you not to answer be considered misanthrobic? You know, in the sense that you're avoiding the person and possibly trying to get some kind of reaction from people? i only added that last part cause the reaction can go both ways, with either positive or negative reactions.

I don't wish to insult anyone, and like I said before, I wish to remain as neutral as possible during conflicts. Even though I wouldn't consider this a conflict at all, merely as something that has caught my interest.

[farla.livejournal.com]

Also, all dogs are poodles.

[negrek.livejournal.com]

I wanted your opinion and not what the right answer is off of urban dictionary.

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My opinion is that Urban Dictionary's definition is correct. That's why I posted it in reply to your question, "what's your definition of troll?"

Wouldn't that be considered ant-social or undesirable?

Yes, trolls are considered undesirable (usually), but not anti-social (which is a serious personality disorder). But in any case, as Farla was getting at with the "all dogs are poodles" comment, just because someone is misanthropic doesn't make them a troll.

I don't think that posting private messages in your personal journal is trolling, no. I also don't think that your characterization of Farla's motives in posting the private messages here is correct, either, so no, not especially misanthropic for that matter. Not all that polite, but the messages themselves weren't polite, either.