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PlayDate said:
There is a distinctive pattern to Troll behavior. It has zero to deal with their opinion on a given topic. The pattern is: create an argument, bait members with insulting comments, add fuel to fire by using profanity and name calling.

The win for them isn’t sharing knowledge it is getting an established member angry enough to mimic their behavior.

I see it over and over again that there must be a book that guides them.....even their offer to “have a beer” is repeated.

Unfortunately, they stay until they are completely ignored or they get angry enough to be banned.

BTW I believe there is no disagreement over whether the sailboat had the right of way. 99% of the time if they have their sails up most believe they have right of way. The 1% involves stationary objects .....like moored aircraft carriers.
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99% of the time they would be right… and nice to see you're such an expert on trolls, even though to be quite frank with you I don't think you know what you're talking about.
 
Handsome Transom said:
If youve seen me boating in Georgian Bay you'll know me a a courteous to a fault boater who slows to 0 wake when near paddle boarders and canoes . I look out for other vessels and adjust my course and or speed to ensure we do not meet..
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Good for you, but there are a considerable number of people who do not do that.
 
scooper321 said:
No, you're missing a key point. Canuck didn't just post something that people disagreed with. What he did was to consciously decide to JOIN CSR and them immediately (in his first TWO posts) begin baiting people into arguing. What else would you call this behavior?

I actually don't disagree with some of the things he said (we power boaters can be just as much a$$holes as sail boaters, even if we don't dress as well). And upon reading the rest of the thread, Canuck seems like a decent guy (except that he drives a Goldwing). But in this case, in this thread, he was trolling. It's not his disagreeing that makes him a troll in this case. It's the premeditated decision to join the group specifically for the purposes of stirring up an argument, and then stirring up the argument. This is about as text book of an example of trolling as you could imagine.
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I joined the group because there were a couple of comments that were so derisive of sailors that after three days of trying to ignore them, I was finally pissed off enough to join and say my piece. The intent was not to troll, but to get some discussions going where we could ultimately get some better understanding, on both sides.
I have already seen, from comments here, things that go against what I understood and I have a better comprehension of how sailors can aggravate powerboaters. I have every intention of communicating these things to my large social media group on Facebook, so that more sailors will understand why we sometimes get into conflict with you guys.
And sorry about the Gold wing, but when I was buying a bike, there were no Suzukis available, and a Harley really was out of my budget. Besides, I find the cruising model Suzuki top-heavy.
Also, it's a damn strange crowd of sailors you're hanging about with if we're better dressed than you guys. :)
 
It looks like he said "The hell with sailing... I want to be a power boater"
 
PlayDate said:
Great video.....I wonder how he got into that situation.....
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There is a huge current there, and if you're not paying attention you can easily be swept sideways… I've stayed at the marina beside that ship many times.
 
Canuck01 said:
99% of the time they would be right… and nice to see you're such an expert on trolls, even though to be quite frank with you I don't think you know what you're talking about.
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So let's analyze this:

Starts off nicely:

99% of the time they would be right

First condescending insult:

and nice to see you're such an expert on trolls

Second insult and bait:

even though to be quite frank with you I don't think you know what you're talking about

You really need to look at what you write before you hit Post Reply.
 
PlayDate said:
So let's analyze this:

Starts off nicely:

99% of the time they would be right

First condescending insult:

and nice to see you're such an expert on trolls

Second insult and bait:

even though to be quite frank with you I don't think you know what you're talking about

You really need to look at what you write before you hit Post Reply.
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Can we get you some salve for that butthurt your suffering from? I'd hate to see you ever hanging around with a crowd of sailors if this little bit of teasing bothers you.
 
scoflaw said:
And you are the self appointed CSR troll police...right ?
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No. Just a guy who can look past the emotional outbursts and see the obvious. If I point out the sun and the moon, will you get angry and call me an astronomer, too? Or will you give it a thought and think “hmm, maybe he’s right?” I’m betting on the astronomer thing.
 
scooper321 said:
No. Just a guy who can look past the emotional outbursts and see the obvious. If I point out the sun and the moon, will you get angry and call me an astronomer, too? Or will you give it a thought and think “hmm, maybe he’s right?” I’m betting on the astronomer thing.
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Guys, it was not my intention to come here and get you fighting with each other… If you're gonna be pissed off, be pissed off with me
 
Canuck01 said:
I joined the group because there were a couple of comments that were so derisive of sailors that after three days of trying to ignore them, I was finally pissed off enough to join and say my piece.
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Bingo! How did you even know what’s going on in the Sea Ray forum if you weren’t looking for it? I’m not monitoring what’s going on over in the Hunter or Chapparal forums. And I’m certainly not joining them just to start arguments. If you are not a member or a fan of Sea Ray Boats, why does it bother you what’s going on in this group? If this is the sort of thing that gets you fired up, you probably shouldn’t go on the Crownline forums right now.

As for the attire, I was speaking of your formal wear, with the snappy blue blazers and the white hats!
 
If you remember as far back as post 1, that had nothing to do with SeaRay either, and the OP had less than a 100 posts.
 
scooper321 said:
Bingo! How did you even know what’s going on in the Sea Ray forum if you weren’t looking for it? I’m not monitoring what’s going on over in the Hunter or Chapparal forums. And I’m certainly not joining them just to start arguments. If you are not a member or a fan of Sea Ray Boats, why does it bother you what’s going on in this group? If this is the sort of thing that gets you fired up, you probably shouldn’t go on the Crownline forums right now.

As for the attire, I was speaking of your formal wear, with the snappy blue blazers and the white hats!
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Blue blazers and white hats? You've been hanging out with the yacht club people… Most of them aren't really sailors.
Are you telling me there are opportunities to cause a fuss on the Crownline forum? Oh my!!!
 
Canuck01 said:
Can we get you some salve for that butthurt your suffering from? I'd hate to see you ever hanging around with a crowd of sailors if this little bit of teasing bothers you.
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Let's analyze this one:
Can we get you some salve for that butthurt your suffering from?

Clearly you are trying your little best to provoke a response....Classic Troll.

I'd hate to see you ever hanging around with a crowd of sailors if this little bit of teasing bothers you

An attempt to invoke group think as a basis for your insult. I'm pretty confident that I have a few more friends on CSR than you do.

I really don't understand the mental illness behind Trolling. Is it a need to be heard or is it just about trying to piss people off? Either way it is sad.

If you just stop acting like an ass....people will welcome you here but I'm fairly certain you won't take me up on it.
 
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