Why are 'trolls' so successful on the Cellar?
 

Things have been pretty quiet around here lately, and then along comes a little troll doll and everyone's up in arms and posting like mad. This isn't the first time it's happened of course, so I'm just wondering why, when we all know just to ignore trolls (and speaking of which, I think the word is over used and mis-used a fair bit) do people continue to engage in conflict with them? Is it for the love of the sport or what?

coz, actually, it's rather fun.

I was just sitting here thinking how I've got six weeks off for the break and i need a really good diversion. It's cathartic for a lot of us to throw egg on a really ignorant boob. (yes, darling emma, that's a female body part, too! My, you're growing up!)

She is going to fall, though. That'll be fun to watch.

now, go ahead and call me mean. I've earned it. I mean the right to :yawn: when I'm inevitably called so by the more sainted among us. :D

I wasn't thinking of calling you mean. I actually don't think what you said was mean. I was just wondering about it really. We've all been sucked in by them to some extent at different times. I'm just trying to put something else in home base - which is kind of freaky because I think you had the same thought.

;)

She gets what she wants: attention, a chance to be feisty, some upset old folk and a Banned badge. We get a mildly amusing diversion from our ruminations, which then turns into an irritant. From time to time the 'troll' turns out to be quite nice and things settle down accordingly.

name one troll who turned out to be quite nice. No googling.

*shakes fist at emma* Get off my lawn!!!

starts with an F

Oh Draxxie was ok. I know he was a drama queen, but he was kind of fun too. .. Can't think of any more off the top of my head...the point still stands :P

Well some people have called me a troll and I've turned out to be quite nice. :)

*dawns* L I N T !!!!

Oh! *rolls eyes*

I don't recall you ever displaying any troll-like attributes...at all.

Yeah...I always thought that was the one thing I definitely wasn't. Hence my suggestion that the term is mis-used at times. ;)

yeah, I suppose it does get mis-used.

Not this time, though.

I still think Urbane might be liberal hippy in disguise :P