My Internet Lessons!

I've been new to the blogshere for awhile and came acrossed some words floating around on the internet at different blogs I've been too. At first I didn't pay attention to the words but the more blogs, forums and websites I went to these words always were included in the conversation so I decided to look these words up. Troll: An Internet troll is someone who posts controversial and irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community with the intention of provoking other users into an emotional response or to generally disrupt normal on-topic discussion. My thought about Trolling is at one point everyone is a troll until you find a forum or online community you want to be apart of. Unless you just jump from site to site just to cause chaos for the fun of it then you are considered a real Troll. Sheeple: A word between sheep and people. An Internet Sheeple is a member of the mindless masses and share the views and opinions of the people around them. If you are a sheeple you are not an individually minded thinker. I wouldn't call someone a sheeple just because they share the same views and just because your views are similar doesn't mean you can't think for yourself. I did notice the word being used a lot during arguments between blogs with different points of view. Sockpuppet: A fake persona or multiple persona's used to discuss or comment in an online discussion group or the comments section of a blog. Usually sockpuppetry are alternate identities used as the third party who is not affiliated with the puppeteer to look like the puppet has mass support in defending their side of an opinion. How sad a life you must have where you feel you need to make different accounts and names so you can have an argument with yourself with different strangers on a discussion board. Weird! It is very interesting slang and not that I want to use them unless you call me a Sheeple. Okay, just joking. Call me a Sheeple and then I'll just call you a troll....lol! Take care, Peace!