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Title: Trolls and spiders!
Post by: Clive77 on August 02, 2012, 08:54 AM
Hi...just a quick question regarding different types of visitors to this site that are mentioned. What are Trolls and what are Spiders?...and I'm talking the cyber type not Lord of the Rings!
Thx
Title: Re: Trolls and spiders!
Post by: Les on August 02, 2012, 09:01 AM
Hi...just a quick question regarding different types of visitors to this site that are mentioned. What are Trolls and what are Spiders?...and I'm talking the cyber type not Lord of the Rings!
Thx

See here Clive

http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=6364.0 (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=6364.0)

Les
Title: Re: Trolls and spiders!
Post by: Clive77 on August 02, 2012, 10:25 AM
Hi...just a quick question regarding different types of visitors to this site that are mentioned. What are Trolls and what are Spiders?...and I'm talking the cyber type not Lord of the Rings!
Thx

See here Clive

http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=6364.0 (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=6364.0)

Ok thx Les..that answers the Spiders but what about the trolls?

Les
Title: Re: Trolls and spiders!
Post by: Aussie Mick on August 02, 2012, 10:35 AM
Hi Clive

It is my understanding that Trolls are actual people that go onto chat forums just to cause trouble. They pretend that they have an actual interest, but really they are just there to cause as much grief and hassle as they can. I can't see what they get from it, but, we're all different eh?

They must lead sad lonely lives. 

That is my understanding of a Troll, but I could be wrong  8)
Title: Re: Trolls and spiders!
Post by: Peripatetic Phil on August 02, 2012, 10:57 AM
It is my understanding that Trolls are actual people that go onto chat forums just to cause trouble. They pretend that they have an actual interest, but really they are just there to cause as much grief and hassle as they can. I can't see what they get from it, but, we're all different eh?  They must lead sad lonely lives.  That is my understanding of a Troll, but I could be wrong  8)
Fits in well with my own understanding of the term.  But there are also "accidental trolls"; bona fide   forum members who (perhaps suffering from bipolar disorder or similar) can manifest troll-like behaviour on one day and make useful contributions on another.  Whilst real trolls deserve no sympathy at all, accidental trolls deserve some sympathy and consideration as they are effectively unable to control their own actions.

A spider, on the other hand, is that part of a search engine (such as Google) that automatically fetches copies of web pages in order that the search engine can index them.

** Phil.
Title: Re: Trolls and spiders!
Post by: Clive77 on August 02, 2012, 01:09 PM
It is my understanding that Trolls are actual people that go onto chat forums just to cause trouble. They pretend that they have an actual interest, but really they are just there to cause as much grief and hassle as they can. I can't see what they get from it, but, we're all different eh?  They must lead sad lonely lives.  That is my understanding of a Troll, but I could be wrong  8)
Fits in well with my own understanding of the term.  But there are also "accidental trolls"; bona fide   forum members who (perhaps suffering from bipolar disorder or similar) can manifest troll-like behaviour on one day and make useful contributions on another.  Whilst real trolls deserve no sympathy at all, accidental trolls deserve some sympathy and consideration as they are effectively unable to control their own actions.

A spider, on the other hand, is that part of a search engine (such as Google) that automatically fetches copies of web pages in order that the search engine can index them.

** Phil.

Aussi, Phil, thx for that thorough explanation of both. I understand now the "don't answer trolls..." I read somewhere.