PsychoCats: Anatomy of a Well-Intentioned Linux Troll | Linux Today

PsychoCats: Anatomy of a Well-Intentioned Linux Troll

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 18, 2006

“A troll will always be successful on a Linux forum, and I’m
about to explain why. Despite numerous protests of ‘Don’t feed the
trolls’ and ‘The best thing to do is ignore posts like these,’
people will continue to respond to trolls because trolls (like
Linux distros) come in different flavors and varieties. One troll
in particular seems particularly impassioned and genuine and so
always gets responses:

“The ‘If I can’t use it, nobody can’ troll…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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