Trolls and spiders!

[Clive77]

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

[Les]

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

https://curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=6364.0

Les

[Clive77]

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

https://curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=6364.0

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

Les

[Aussie Mick]

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 

[Peripatetic Phil]

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 

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.

[Clive77]

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 

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.