Eugine_Nier comments on META: Deletion policy - Less Wrong

13 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 26 December 2012 01:46AM

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Comment author: ArisKatsaris 28 December 2012 01:32:22PM *  -1 points [-]

Trolls are generally people who post with the hope of invoking a negative reaction (e.g. negative responses, flames, downvotes, censorship, bans). Identifying trolls is often a harder job than defining them.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 28 December 2012 11:24:50PM 1 point [-]

So does asking for criticism of your argument count as trolling?

Comment author: ArisKatsaris 29 December 2012 02:40:10AM *  -1 points [-]

There's a difference between asking for criticism of a post/argument that you nonetheless hope to be good, and intentionally making a bad argument so that you will be criticized.

I think the difference I'm talking about is well understood.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 29 December 2012 09:56:22PM 1 point [-]

Basically, would Socrates be considered a troll?