makingmusic476 on 29 March 2008
| ferret1603 said: Kenzomatic is correct. Most trolling is blatant and could be considered flame bait. Stealth trolling is more subtle and clever. It could involve always posting articles or sales figures attacking a particular console, regularly making subtly negative comments about a user's post, etc. Things that a normal user may do occasionally but when taken together show a consistent campaign against someone or something. |
I agree with this.
Take Twesterm and Rocketpig for example. 90% of what they say when taken individually could be seen as stealth trolling, but when you look at their posting history as a whole, you see that they're just generally negative people that tend to be overly critical towards anything and everything (something that Rocketpig is quite proud of :P).
Compare this with FishyJoe's posts (one of which is what caused this thread to be created in the first place). He's a generally good poster, but in topics concerning the ps3 and/or Sony his posts are very negative, and it seems as if his intent is to disparage the ps3 and/or incite anger amongst it's fans. I would consider him a good example of stealth trolling.
