Just watched some Fluffies try to troll a Gardnerian group.

I am so ever grateful that such a smiting is not even needed on this board.
I can not say the same of facebook and at the risk of the Gardnerians being compared to Hitler. 
I hope the beatings continue until discipline improves. 

Would it be too terribly inappropriate to post screenies? 
This

Draco, I'll see if I can get screensies... I haven't checked if the admin deleted the fun from last night yet.

Well, they deleted most of the fun from last night. But some genius (sockpuppet) that calls themselves 'Alexander Gardner' is trying to school the Gardnerians about the relationship between Crowley and Gardner. I'm sure that more hilarity is ensuing, but the admin is getting rid of the mildly insulting posts pretty fast. I don't understand why she has, as to now, refused to ban the trolls. She lets the trolls keep prodding the regular membership, and then they all act surprise when the Gardnerians don't fall for that shit. Ah well. Too bad I can't share it with ya'll. Because it was endlessly amusing.

No. But the fluffies came in trying to behave as though it were a huge revelation that Crowley and Gardner were linked and the Gardnerians smacked them down hard.

I sometimes like trolls because they can provoke interesting discussion and debate on things we have started to take for granted and not talk about anymore. Occasionally it also leads to new insights although I doubt if they are the insights the trolls intended.

Other times I puzzle about what actually motivates trolls. For example I wonder if those bible thumpers really think their tactics will make people question their own beliefs, or do they just think they get brownie points from their "God", or do they just like attention?

Amusingly enough this gem about trolling and what to do was posted on my Facebook wall this morning. ha. 

I do enjoy trolls, especially on certain Yahoo! news stories. I would have liked to have seen this instance as well.  
    

Umm, that article is full of all kinds for BS. "For the LuLz", for example, means what it says, for the laughs. Not to "teach someone a lesson". The center of that article has quotes from ADMITTED trolls all basically saying the same thing, "it's funny". Why some people feel the need to make it more than that (the "trolls likely have problems with depressions, low self-esteem, and anger") is beyond any troll. And the study about the comments effecting perception of a story? Intelligent, independent readers usually DON'T READ THE COMMENTS. Why? Because they know it's going to be full of trolls. It's also a flawed study. It appears the study DIDN'T have a third group read the article with all the comments, and a fourth group read the article WITHOUT any comments. Any fifth grade scientist knows you have to have a control. (Yes, I read the actual study report, because I felt I had to.)

Is trolling evil? Not always. Is it just harmless fun? Not always. But, trying to lump every troll into a group with a common motivation, mental state, or reason is moronic.

That is not trolling. That's something else entirely. Spamming is more accurate, Xentor.

Edit: from Urban Dictionary:

"Trolling
The art of deliberately, cleverly, and secretly pissing people off, usually via the internet, using dialogue. Trolling does not mean just making rude remarks: Shouting swear words at someone doesn't count as trolling; it's just flaming, and isn't funny. Spam isn't trolling either; it pisses people off, but it's lame.

The most essential part of trolling is convincing your victim that either a) truly believe in what you are saying, no matter how outrageous, or b) give your victim malicious instructions, under the guise of help.
Trolling requires decieving; any trolling that doesn't involve decieving someone isn't trolling at all; it's just stupid. As such, your victim must not know that you are trolling; if he does, you are an unsuccesful troll."

or


"Trolling is trying to get a rise out of someone. Forcing them to respond to you, either through wise-crackery, posting incorrect information, asking blatantly stupid questions, or other foolishness. However, trolling statements are never true or are ever meant to be construed as such. Nearly all trolled statements are meant to be funny to some people, so it does have some social/entertainment value.

"Trolling" isn't simply "harmful statements". Intentionally insulting/libelous statements are "flaming"."

Trolling is specifically done to be funny.  It requires deceiving.  The bible thumpers actually believe what they are saying is true.  Therefore it is not trolling.  If the posts are counter to the topic, or unwanted, it is spam.