Lingo Question?

[Colonel SB]

Okay I wanna know what a the term Troll reffers to? I know what it means in the literary sence but not in the Internet sence.

[HeatherRose]

People who really have nothing better to do than be annoying, stupid, spam or cause trouble in general :P

I'm sure someone else can offer a better definition....

Don't feed them, whatever you do ;)

[Big Mike]

I think it ferrers to "trolling" for responses. Like if someone posted something like this...

I just got an ball python, can I keep it in a salad bowl under my bed?

Sometimes it's hard to tell if someone is asking a legitimate question or trolling. Some people don't know anything about herps and need to ask basic questions. This web site is great for people like that because it is very freindly around here. Someplaces, newbies get blasted because people think they are trolling and tell them off for asking ignorant questions.

[Colonel SB]

Oh IC so then they are not being accused of being very ugly or eating peoples bones. Thanks guys I'm not what you would call a computer guru.

[HeatherRose]

Mike's definition is waaay better than mine :)

*picks the bones out of her teeth*

[lordkovacs]

haha...I was wondering what it meant as well...thanks for posting.

[Smilts]

hey can i keep my new frog in the fridge

[Thomas]

lol Coy :p

[Colonel SB]

Oh I get it so "Will my adult burm be fine with mice as food" count?

[Oliverian]

hey can i keep my new frog in the fridge Gee.. I hope that wasn't referring to my post. I was asking a question about hibernation, not about actually keeping them in the fridge. If it wasn't meant at me, sorry. The thread is here, if you want to see it. http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=20369

[Ladyhawk]

Trolls also do things to deliberately bait you into arguments.

Example: How can you people keep these beautiful animals in cages? They should be wild and free!

(There are people who might legitimately feel this way, but only a troll would come onto a forum for herpers and say that.)

[Smilts]

Hadnt read that post but i did not mean to offend. I was just making a joke and a example

[Oliverian]

Lol ok. I didn't think it was meant at me, but I wanted to make sure you weren't making fun of me. I've actually heard you can hibernate them in the fridge from quite a few people now, so I'm going to try it. Better than freezing them outside in the garage...

[Smilts]

I really didnt know you could do that. But i dont know diddle about frogs so there ya go.