we had a phrase for how to respond to this type of person/provocation, back in the day. something about food and trolls... but it's long forgotten 😐️

[–] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 34 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I always preferred the "bait" analogy when describing these tactics.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 25 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

It's the same analogy originally. The verb "troll" means "To fish for by trailing a baited line from behind a slowly moving boat".

[–] thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nz 14 points 10 months ago

oh shit I never realised that. I always thought it meant like the ogre kind of troll

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 11 points 10 months ago

I can assure you he has genuine fans who don't see what he does as trolling

[–] quams69@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Seriously, I grew up on sm forums where people would constantly say don't feed the trolls. Shame society at large didn't get the memo