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originally posted by: SheWasTheDarkness
a reply to: 2Narcoleptic2Buddha
That's an interesting insight. There are several levels of trolling actually. I think of it like the Kardeshev Scale.
Type 0 Troll - Low Brow. Simplistic. Solitary. Capable of only repetitive behavior. No arch at all. Often uses obscenity and insults to cause a reaction in people. Can only incorporate immediate surroundings and simple subject matter.
Type 1 Troll - Capable of minimal satire. Uses mostly repetitive behavior, but has branched out to multiple accounts and incorporates a troll web. Has the ability to use more of its surroundings and diversity of topics.
Type 2 Troll - More complex social commentary at this level. Some repetitive motifs, but has gained the ability to incorporate multiple personae, while incorporating a more complex troll web. At this level Trolls start using their trolling to accomplish minimal goals with their characters. Incorporate all of their surroundings, but still can't apply it all with consistency.
Type 3 Troll - These are the master trolls. They use other trolls, misdirection trolling, and the appearance of trolling, while incorporating many various motifs and devices to exploit across multiple mediums. These trolls use trolling itself. They incorporate the entirety of the trolling spectrum, including vast inconnected webs of trolls using devices to accomplish their goals. These are called THE FREAKING NSA.
Not really. They don't have trolls.
I think I'm a type 1 myself.
originally posted by: ksihkahe
a reply to: 2Narcoleptic2Buddha
They haven't had to actually do anything clever for years.