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Comment author: [deleted] 31 August 2012 05:18:07PM *  6 points [-]

I might go and figure out how to get some data off of LessWrong commenting system, to try and determine a good indicator for troll-nature.

Master, you have mediated on this for under five minutes, so I wish to ask two things:

  • Does not asking about what has the troll-nature bring one closer to the troll-nature?
  • If you meet a Socrates on the road does it have the troll-nature?
Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 31 August 2012 06:20:01PM 3 points [-]
  • No - I know you aren't serious, but... seriously?
  • If you meet a Socrates anywhere it has troll-nature. That's why he got permabanned from the universe. It also has other less irritating natures.
Comment author: [deleted] 31 August 2012 06:24:33PM 3 points [-]

No - I know you aren't serious, but... seriously?

I have often seen trolls trolling by discussing the troll-nature.

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 04 September 2012 04:08:06PM 3 points [-]

Trolls can troll on any topic at hand. Where there are trolls, trolling will often be a topic at hand.

That doesn't make the nature of trolls a trollish topic. You're going to have to do a lot better than a correlation.

Comment author: shokwave 07 September 2012 01:53:29AM *  0 points [-]

Asking what has the troll-nature brings one closer to being a noisemaker. Asking what distinguishes troll-nature from noisemaker brings one closer to having the troll-nature.

Notes
Ask not what separates noise from trolling; instead ask for that which makes a thing neither.

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