Who are the "Internet Trolls" ?

[DevilsAdvocate]

I have been told by a fellow member that there are infamous Internet Trolls connected to both anti & pro sides of this debate.
Who are they and what is their purpose ?

[icabodcrane]

I have been told by a fellow member that there are infamous Internet Trolls connected to both anti & pro sides of this debate.
Who are they and what is their purpose ?

I don't think  'exposing'  forum members is allowed DA

I am starting to get a 'feel''  for those who's purpose is to cause conflict though,  and I am doing my best to avoid them ...  that's the best we can do I suppose,  and leave it to Admin to sort the chaff from the wood

[Tim Invictus]

As an admin, I would rather sort the wheat from the chaff!

 

[registrar]

As an admin, I would rather sort the wheat from the chaff!

 

or the wood from the trees

[icabodcrane]

As an admin, I would rather sort the wheat from the chaff!

 

oh yeah  ...  that's what I meant   

It's in your capable hands then  ...  wood, chaff, trees,  wheat an' all   

[DevilsAdvocate]

I have been told by a fellow member that there are infamous Internet Trolls connected to both anti & pro sides of this debate.
Who are they and what is their purpose ?

I don't think  'exposing'  forum members is allowed DA

I am starting to get a 'feel''  for those who's purpose is to cause conflict though,  and I am doing my best to avoid them ...  that's the best we can do I suppose,  and leave it to Admin to sort the chaff from the wood

Hi Icabod, apologies, I wasn't referring to specific members of this site, I was asking the question in a broader context.

[DevilsAdvocate]

As an admin, I would rather sort the wheat from the chaff!

 

Same differ admin, irregardless of how you sort it :)

[Admin]

Please take note, we aren't interested in what happened on other forums and especially the disagreements which occurred rendering debate impossible in most cases.  We don't want to go down that particular road.   

[Eleanor]

It is always hard for me to tell who is who when they change names, although I do generally spot peculiarities of grammar and punctuation.   But this doesn't mean that they are Trolls.

However, I can spot a WUM at half a mile, and there are a few of those.  But not on here at the moment.