Did you ever notice that trolls come in packs?

[Swede]

Or herds or whatever the hell. But there will be one here and there,lone wolves. Than bang - it's one after another,almost like they are getting orders from on high.

[applegrove]

1. We could call them "murders" as in "a murder of crows". Cause they soon 'eat crow'.

[varelse]

6. I am partial to "swarm"

as in "swarm of gnats". The swarms of trolls are never very bright and are oh, so ephemeral (thank you mods!).

[Old and In the Way]

17. A swarm of drones.

They do the heavy lifting, but get none of the honey.

[Lagomorph]

8. "a murder of trolls"

:woohoo:

that was awesome....

[applegrove]

10. Yeah. I like it too.

[omega minimo]

41. Wouldn't that be a Mordor of Trolls?

:evilgrin:

[Forkboy]

2. You wouldn't think they had the time, what with their upcoming revolution and all.

[blondeatlast]

25. There's always time for a little self-Sysiphusing among the truly

oppressed and downtrodden white, basement dwelling middle aged males of this country (please tell me I don't need the sarcasm tag; I don't care of those I'm mocking fail to get the humor).

They do it between runs for Sunny Delite and Doritos.

[lonestarnot]

3. Lysol. Who makes that stuff?

[TexasObserver]

4. "Uh, I'm a liberal, and I've been backing the socialist welfare state since Jimmy Carter ..."

I love watching them try to talk like they think a liberal/progressive should talk.

[Swede]

7. And they never think of using spell check.

Never. Not that that would help with the grade 3 grammar.

[TexasObserver]

11. and ALWAYS misuse "your" and "you're!"

I swear, that spelling thing is genetic.

[Swede]

15. Curses,I've been caught.

You commie pinkoes think yur so smart,what with graduating and stuff.

[Maru Kitteh]

44. their there they're - to too - principle principal

Just a few of the recent hits.

[blondeatlast]

31. They've got their PC-speak down way better than I do; of course I don't have Heritage Foundation

interns coaching me on the latest linguistic lilies from Frank Luntz.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

5. Instead of a passel of trolls,

we could call them an assel of trolls.

They're not worth a p...................

[Tuesday Afternoon]

9. why beat around the bush...what they really are

is an assload of trolls ;)

[varelse]

40. You win

poor mods ;(

[Old and In the Way]

12. Good analogy.

And like a murder of crows, they make a lotta noise for no apparent reason.

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. Let me see we need to banish trolls... yes at times it feels like a good

dungeon crawl, with special effects and all

:-)

[Solly Mack]

14. Oh now...shit comes in piles...and pellets

and patties.... Oh my!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

47. you are right!

[lexanman]

16. I know Im new

but what about the long time trolls who post right wing talking points over and over and who throw personal attacks who continue to be allowed to pretend to be progressive and post?

lol. :evilgrin:

[Tangerine LaBamba]

19. Uhhh............... ......

<biting hand, hard>

[lexanman]

23. Hit a nerve?

:evilgrin: just kidding.

[Mrs. Overall]

35. Well, if they are truly posting right wing talking points over and over

usually wise DUers are on them like Oprah on a baked ham. (borrowed from a Simpsons episode)

[peacetalksforall]

18. Absolutely. They do come in packs. They are kinda lazy, also. They use alot of

one or two liner sentences negating, ridiculing, getting tough and angry with a poster. They try to make the person who posted come across as dumb or ridiculous. They ofter use tin foil hat comments. They don't often bother to support their comment and there are rarely any supporting links. Then, one of their partners will chime in and they greet each other. The partner effect works well. Sometimes it's only one person against a team of them. Put-down trolls. That's them.

[lexanman]

26. Exactly

what he said. +1 Perfectly and completely. Jolly good!

[lexanman]

28. Exactly

what he said. +1 Perfectly and completely. Jolly good!

[WorseBeforeBetter]

43. And many are stuck in the '80s...

since their posts are often peppered with "get a life!" or "get over it!".

The aggrieved ones are particularly entertaining. They come to DU, shit-stir, get called on it, then cry "boo-hoo, the big, bad libruls were mean to me." They're fun to play with.

[peacetalksforall]

45. Your post makes me think that there is a distinction to be made between them -

I'll call it the 'professional' trolls and the 'unprofessional' ones. Professional in that they may even be paid to cover what we do or to be on standby when something happens that needs to be quelled - their version of quelled. Versus the freeper trolls. I pay more attention to the first when I observe them.

The professional ones are installed and integrated.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

46. I've thought that for a while.

There are at least five current members who I believe fall into the "professional" category. And there's definitely a tag-team approach; transparent, yet they do it anyway.

[valerief]

20. They're more like a Klan (sic) of Trolls. nt

[mitchtv]

21. a full diaper of trolls

[scubadude]

32. You said a pant-load!

And I ain't shi**ing you!

Scuba

[scubadude]

22. Using your own definition, almost all of you are Trolls...

If you count the number of sentences in each post you will see that there is only one that has more than 3 sentences within the body.

Could you further define a Troll so I understand it better? I'm curious if you think I'm a troll? Should I include a link somewhere? I guess some of these terms are a bit vague. Is a Troll a disruptor? Is a Troll a low post count person? Would you please elaborate? This name calling has me concerned.

Scuba

[riverdale]

24. Trolls are the only interesting people on this message board

seriously

[scubadude]

In the 60's my sister had a Troll house.

They had squat bodies, big eyes, and funny colored hair! I envied her...

Scuba

[scubadude]

27. Nahhh, I'm just a contrarian! LOL

But I truly don't understand exactly what a Troll is. I've seen the term used a lot but usually don't pay attention to posts that aren't news related.

Scuba

[Hannah Bell]

29. & they're in a pack. lol.

"trolls" = who we don't like.

[tkmorris]

30. I like a "tragedy of trolls"

It has that whole alliterative thing going for it.

[scubadude]

33. I used to like that show, Trolling for Dollars...

I must be confused.

Scuba

[madrchsod]

34. a "horde" of freepers/trolls?

[Wednesdays]

36. Get 'em by the carton instead, and save money.

:evilgrin:

[burning rain]

37. Yeah, there's typically a trickle....

but it's event-driven, too. Say, when some prominent conservative, or members of their shitty website, show their ass and get a hiding, a bunch will come over and try to make trouble, so as to get back at the lefties. I can't blame them, though -- the pizza's great here.

[Mrs. Overall]

38. Ya know an interesting thing about these "troll threads"? Trolls are actually dumb enough

to post in them.

Several of them were tombstoned in an earlier "troll thread" this afternoon. Some may meet their fate in this one, too.

[lurky]

39. A "rash" of trolls, maybe?

Bring calamine lotion!

[omega minimo]

42. The annoyingest are the ones that get adopted into the fold and the fooled

:thumbsdown: