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Dig up arguments from the past
A common troll trait is to dig up arguments from the past and try to focus on them instead of the...
One for all
A common technique of the troll is to use "One for all" logic and it is commonly expressed by rep...
Quote editing
Snipping out large chunks of unrelated material isn't really a troll trademark, but doing a littl...
Misinterpretation
This is the act of wilfully "misinterprete" someone else. Poster A may say something like "People...
Diversion
When the troll gets tangled up in his lies and obfuscation in a way where there is no way to move...
Having an agenda
A troll always have an agenda, a goal or a motive. Something that drives the troll. This is very ...
Lying
lie
Role Reversal
Role Reversal, in short, means that the troll interpretes what was written to be about the writer...
Insults
When the troll can't respond with actual arguments, he will more often than not respond with insu...
Forging posts and material
As mentioned - any given troll is often met with substantiated facts and in response to that he w...
Unsubstantiated refutations
Any given troll will likely be met with actual argument based on actual facts, which are substant...
Thread hijacking
When a troll has issues with a specific person (or several), the troll will be inclined to bring ...
Projection
Entire essays could be written on this particular criteria. Suffice it to say, that a troll is of...
Unsubstantiated claims
A troll needs to accuse or claim things about their opponents, and since substantiating claims is...
Antagonizing through other media
Sometimes the "time limited" usenet media isn't enough for the troll and his agenda, and he needs...
Quote-scavanging
In a trolls "off-time" he might be inclined to do some research about his opponents and gather qu...
Antagonizing threads
A troll needs attention to his trolling, so whenever he is in a lengthy thread arguing only with ...
Ignoring evidence
A troll is likely to end up in situations where he has made some really wild claims about somethi...
Obfuscation
This is a trolls main weapon. Most trolls are not very good debaters or have very good or compell...
Objective Troll Criteria
What defines a troll? That would seem to be an odd question to say the least - but sometime you m...