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.
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.
Thanks. That looks like the stereotypical definition of troll to me. Is it that you’re saying LessWrong does not use the word “troll” differently, and the ambiguity is just due to people having a hard time figuring out who is a troll?
‘LessWrong’ is composed of many people. I’m sure that some use it the way I use it, and some have different definitions. I don’t think that LessWrong differs in this respect from any other forum or community.
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.
So does asking for criticism of your argument count as trolling?
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.
Basically, would Socrates be considered a troll?
Thanks. That looks like the stereotypical definition of troll to me. Is it that you’re saying LessWrong does not use the word “troll” differently, and the ambiguity is just due to people having a hard time figuring out who is a troll?
‘LessWrong’ is composed of many people. I’m sure that some use it the way I use it, and some have different definitions. I don’t think that LessWrong differs in this respect from any other forum or community.