This subject can be interpreted as being in the eye of the beholder...
Basically, a troll places a post designed to provoke negative reactions. Typically, such posts declare derogatory remarks aimed at people, events, items, etc. Some, but not all, include invectives and scatalogical phrases designed to offend Forum members. The range of such posts can go from the childish to the realtively mature, depending upon the intelligence of the "troll." Musicals.Net used to have a pair of Trolls (one even named "The Troll") who were quite inventive and very informative at their "craft"...
Spamming can be termed as needlessly propagating messages or advertisements or solicitations. The term "SPAM" originated from the meat product that many considered "junk meat"... When the Internet fostered "junk" or unwanted e-mails and advertisements - the term "SPAM" applied to them! ("What's In a Word" by Webb Garrison (Rutledge Hill Press, Nashville, TN, 2000) pg. 10.)
Oh... Technically, unintelligent inquiries are non-existant where knowledge is sought... okay... "There is no such thing as a stupid question".
Respectfully submitted (with some humor)
Rumblepurr
The Writer Cat
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