Suggestion Re: Trolls

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The discussion revolves around the concept of trolling within the Physics Forums community, particularly in relation to a thread about high-paying, low-competition jobs for recent electrical engineering graduates. Participants question whether certain inquiries, perceived as overly broad or unrealistic, constitute trolling. There is a sentiment that some users might be seeking easy opportunities without putting in the necessary effort. The conversation also touches on the idea of maintaining forum quality by addressing or deleting irrelevant threads. Overall, the participants emphasize the need for clarity and relevance in discussions to avoid cluttering the forum.
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We generally get the message across quickly enough I think…
 
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Bystander said:
Any utility to the inclusion & dispositions of "sample trolls/trolling" in terms of demonstration(s) to/for newcomers that PF did NOT just recently "fall from the turnip truck" into the "social media" scene?
Can you translate this to English :)
 
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Greg Bernhardt said:
Can you translate this to English :)
You read my mind!

Actually, apparently I did fall off the turnip truck.

What about that thread - or the one that preceded it - rises to the level of trolling? Or is it more of a 'why are you asking such a broad useless question here?'
 
DaveC426913 said:
What about that thread - or the one that preceded it - rises to the level of trolling?
As a guess, asking about jobs with high pay and very little competition appears to some to be trolling.
 
Mark44 said:
As a guess, asking about jobs with high pay and very little competition appears to some to be trolling.
Lots of people are just lazy and looking for a sweet opportunity.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varmint_hunting
Haven't been able to find histories that mention more macabre/barbaric/currently socially unacceptable "bounty hunting" practices of just cutting off ears/paws/tails/..., and leaving the rest of the carcass nailed to fence posts, hanging on barbed wire, etc., not remarkable one way or the other in SW Kansas when I was growing up, saw coyotes, jackrabbits, badgers(?), hawks(?), snakes; (that was it)

not unlike the, to my mind, "cluttering" of PF with locked useless nonsense threads; just saying. Deletion and a pointer/reference.
 
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