Probably the best post ever.
PostPosted:Mon Mar 08, 2010 9:48 pm
RaVeN wrote:* A big crowd enters the room led by RaVeN *
RaVeN: Attention everyone! Everyone, please come with me over here.
Ok, can you hear me in the back?
Crowd: "Yep!" "We're good!"
RaVeN: Awesome, ok so in this thread you will notice that Jawfin here was talking about Thread Hijacking and Trolling and how they will now be dealt with on the forums and by who.
Crowd: "Oh ya, look at that" "Oh that's good to know" "He did have a point there."
RaVeN: Now, if you follow me over to this corner you will notice that, in fact, right above this post here you will see a post that is not only a Thread Hijack post but ALSO a Trolling post.
Crowd: "Ohhh" "Ahhh" "Huh...I didn't expect to see that here"
RaVeN: Notice the short sentence structure, designed to not add anything useful to the conversation. And over here you will notice that its semi on topic but that's just a cover, if you look underneath it here..here let me show you real quick.
If you look underneath it here you will notice that the post is actually trying to change the conversation, completely, thus causing it to go off topic.
Crowd: "Wow, I didn't even notice that before" "oh I see it now!" "...very interesting"
RaVeN: Now I want you to take out your mental cameras for this next part; because as far as the trolling aspect is concerned, if you finish reading the post you will notice that you get a sense that there is a hint of an insulting substance in the post. That is when you know it is a genuine trolling post, used to incite negativity.
Can everyone get a good look at the negativity being incited?
Crowd: "Oh ya, looks very negative from here" "I wouldn't have known..." "Well I saw the Inciteful negativity when we first entered the room"
RaVeN: Yep, you see there is a difference in speaking your mind and being rude. This is a prime example of the later.
Ok I hope everyone has learned a lot here because we have now reached the end of the tour, for now.
Please don't forget to tip your Tour Guide!
Crowd: "Oh that was very informative I especially liked the part..." "I got to remember to come back here later with..." "I didn't even notice how big this room was until..."
Tidus: "Where is everyone getting the cookies from?"