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    Default What's the difference between trolling and spamming?

    I find the differences very subtle:
    it seems like trolling means intending to annoy other members, whereas spamming is just some random junk you post for fun.

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    I troll, demondude spams.

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    Bunny trolls badly, I spam well.

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    Incorrect usage of the word badly. l2english

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    Flaming: Insulting or intentionally offending other members in a fairly obvious way.
    Flamebaiting: Trying to get other members to flame you.
    Trolling: Trying to bring people down in spirits, ruin the forum atmosphere, annoy people etc. - Any of these things done intentionally.
    Spamming: Posting that does not add to the topic of the thread in any way or posting things that are not relevant to the forum.
    Double posting: Posting twice in a row.
    Duplicate posting: Posting the same thing in more than one post.

    Something like that, anyway.
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    Oh sorry I better go die then.

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    Trolling requires skill. Spamming requires you to be pg, and for the forum to not have double poast time limits.

    Trolling is loosely defined as inciting a slew of emotionally charged replies. An example is 'women can't drive' ( <3 it's an example)

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    Trolling is posting something deliberately to get a big reaction, imho. Spamming is like 'Hai guise I got this FREE Gucci hangbag from goatse.lol you can get one too if you join up!'


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    Yeah, I kinda think of it this way:

    TROLLING:
    "Final Fantasy sucks, why do you even care about this series?"

    SPAMMING:
    "lollizorzIrockselirocksorz12345!!1"

    Quote Originally Posted by demondude55 View Post
    Bunny trolls badly, I spam well.
    XD
    Last edited by Peter_20; 10-24-2007 at 05:05 PM.

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