Re: Coffee

On 20 Oct 2003 15:00:47 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (froglamp) wrote:

>John White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>> Define troll in this context please.
>> Thanks
>> > >   Remo Rosati, author
>> > >   [shameless plug for book]
>
>
>When someone puts a comment about something in a forum, *but* they
>really are more interested in promoting something in their signature,
>that is call "trolling"...like some people go trolling for fish in a
>stream...or some guys go "trolling" for girls in bars...
>
>Get it?
>
>froglamp
Usually, that's called "spamming" -- posting something that, however
labeled, is a commercial pitch.

Trolling usually has to do with posting something with the express
purpose of stirring up a big argument.   The troller doesn't care
about the subject, they just want to see the flame war that erupts!