See it frequently: What exactly is a "troll"?

All of you are wrong, here is an accurate description of a Toll:

BAY AREA
Bay Bridge to expand FasTrak
Wednesday, June 8, 2005

Three more lanes at the Bay Bridge toll plaza will be reserved for FasTrak users later this month, giving Interstate 880 drivers the chance to pay their tolls electronically but threatening to create gridlock if too many commuters insist on paying with cash.

Officials with Caltrans and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission said Tuesday that the three northernmost lanes at the 21-lane Bay Bridge toll plaza -- known to commuters as the mini plaza -- will be converted to dedicated FasTrak lanes on June 27.

"We have heard your demand for more FasTrak lanes at the Bay Bridge,'' Bijan Sartipi, Caltrans district director, said at a news conference at FasTrak's new customer service center in San Francisco.

OH, you said TROLL, (never mind).

I dont know what any of this has to do with the fact that cds SUCK and anolog is GOD and tubes RULE and zip cord is as good as ANY CABLE and my 1982 Sansui Receiver BLOWS AWAY Levinson seperates...and oh yeh, Krell SUCKS!?

This might not make it through but I've also wondered what a troll is and it seems to mean different things to different people. One that comes to mind is on DK amps. There were alot of posters who would post saying how this amp beat out such and such an amp, a killer. But those posters by checking their threads had only posted once or twice and all on the same subject. They had no history on Audiogon but they were making to some an inflammatory thread. They were called trolls. From what I saw it didn't benefit the manufacturer by posting the thread and for the most part didn't do any good for the community. For me the real problem is what if the DK amp is very good for it's price range and the trollers are actually causing harm to the sales of the designer. Being a troll doesn't seem to be good but as Elizabeth said, it really is the true intentions of the poster that is important to decide if they are trolling or not. This is actually a very good question to see what people think a troll is on this site, not just a dictionary description of what trolling is. ( After reading the last sentence I wish I had spell check on this site:-) )

Boss302

But it's still a fact that transistors will never sound as good as tubes...

any "fish" going to bite :-)

Thanks, I feel better. I was more or less called one yesterday. I thought maybe the guy called me an SOB or something...Given the definition of the term by the posts above, I did not deserve the name calling.

Another one I don't care for is, "Take a picture of yourself and your audio system and stick it in the freezer and.....". I'd like to tell the guy that made that one up where to stick it. And yes I do know now what the meaning is. Didn't when it was first thrown in my face though.

Jeff, go visit AA for awhile. Then tell us how stupid the above posts are.