Trolling: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

[Trumpy]

I'm just curious...

* Posting personal information, and then attacking people that then talk about the very thing you just posted, is trolling.

ok:
person posting personal info = A
people attacked by said person A after they harp on person A and derail a thread by continuously refusing to just drop it = B

is it also trolling for persons B to continuously bring that personal information up in future posts (even a year after it was first posted by person A) as a means to instantly devalue anything that person A posts because they just cant get over it and let it go, despite person A didnt bring it up in the new thread?

[Arcon]

is it also trolling for persons B to continuously bring that personal information up in future posts (even a year after it was first posted by person A) as a means to instantly devalue anything that person A posts because they just cant get over it and let it go, despite person A didnt bring it up in the new thread?

No, that's just being an asshole. Also a very common affliction.

[Dazusu]

Wiki entry on definition of trolling:
People throw around the word far too often, with little to no understanding on the actual definition or proper usage. This could either be out of ignorance, parroting the word because it's "cool", or perhaps just to actually troll. This becomes an issue when users blindly mash the report button on anyone that disagrees with them, citing that it was because people were "trolling" them. This can lead to actual informative posts being deleted, and for the spread of misinformation all due to a lack of understanding of a word.

Some common things people think is/isn't trolling:

• Disagreeing with a post is NOT trolling, especially when presented with actual, factual information. If you say 2+2 = 3, and someone says it's 4, they aren't trolling you. You're just wrong.

• Colorful rainbow posts are (likely), not trolling. Annoying? Yes. Trolling? No. Although as the trend builds and people do it for the sake of getting on others' nerves, that can be considered trolling.

• The constant derailing of topics to talk about unrelated things such as FFXIV or WoW, when the topic is clearly NOT about those things, is trolling.

• Posting personal information, and then attacking people that then talk about the very thing you just posted, is trolling.

The best that can come from this is that people learn the proper usage of the word troll and come out of this a better person. The worst is that it will fall victim to trolling itself, as it breaks out into a total flame war before being locked.

Clearly those people trolled you into a rage, whereby you felt the need to look this up and post it in a new thread. Mission accomplished.

[SharMarali]

So, question. I'm a pretty big lurker here, to be honest. I read a lot of threads but I don't post much. I've seen a lot of the posts people are talking about by the person they are referring to, and while I agree that one should not share too much personal information on the internet, I'm confused by one thing. If you don't like someone's posts and you don't think they are contributing to the discussion, why not just ignore the post(s) in question?

[Arcon]

If you don't like someone's posts and you don't think they are contributing to the discussion, why not just ignore the post(s) in question?

It's against my religion to ignore the spreading of misinformation.

[Reiterpallasch]

Clearly those people trolled you into a rage, whereby you felt the need to look this up and post it in a new thread. Mission accomplished.

Well played good sir! A commendable troll attempt, if I do say so myself.

[Jhanaka]

Hello Everyone,

The time has come for this thread to be locked as the debate has moved into personal attacks and has lost the true intent.

Some posts may go away as we moderate out the improper content.

Thank you and have a good day.

-Senior Game Master Jhanaka