Has anyone else noticed the one-liner trolls?

Thanks, I'm not a troll but I do,tend to,give my frank opinion when asked for it and then leave it at that.

It's not about short posts or posting once and never posting again. I do both of those sometimes. It's a short, rude and unexplained dig. It never adds to the debate either. More like throwing a grenade and running.

I don't think the weird nudist is related to any other phenomenon on this thread though - I think it was a one-off spammer who happened to have its "nudism mention" alarm triggered.

I sometimes post very short responses. Especially in AIBU when the poster is being unreasonable to the point I don't understand how they can't see that and consider further reasoning with them futile.

And sometimes in baby names when there's only one a list I like, because "x is horrendous, are you joking" is never received well.

So you're a troll if you don't agree to stay on the thread until the bitter end?

There was a flat out "chav-bait" troll who was doing that recently R0nJ0n. I reported when it became obvious and I think it was deleted.

Sometimes I post very short replies but I can assure you I'm not a troll. I'm either busy or can't think of much to add.

I don't post goady things though! I'm generally quite nice (if I do say so myself)

I've noticed a pattern in baby names recently but wasn't sure if there was a troll. Is it the one where an OP comes up with two names that they know will cause a bun fight I.e "can't decide between Kai and Jayden for my DS" then stands back, lobbing the odd offended comment in now and then.

DropYourSword, I wasn't attempting to define trolls. There are all sorts of trolls. What the op is commenting on is a peculiar subsection of trollery. We all post single lines sometimes. We can be curt sometimes. But we're responding to that situation within a host of parameters. There are a group of posters who post with the sole intention of winding people up. It's weak trolling I grant you. It's wishy washy, irritating and goady. Nevertheless, it's posting in order to incite a reaction. It's really common in AIBU.

Oh dear! I've never started a thread but I do sometimes post brief (possibly harsh) replies if I strongly disagree with a poster. I rarely come back to them because I'm not interested in debating issues where I think the OP is clearly wrong. I also try to offer helpful advice where I can. I'm definitely not a troll!

What is a troll please?

That's depressing,I hope those were her own photographs she posted!

Is the baby names troll the one who posted pretending to have previously lost a child today?

I get what the op means and I have noticed it sometimes. Not sure if I would call then trolls, just rude and cowardly. They post something nasty (usually a one liner) with no explanation of why they feel that way and there is no way of countering their rudeness. It annoys me too.

There is currently a thread running that's attracted posters who have no previous posting history. There reason for being here are very obvious.

Yeah, it's not necessarily helpful, interesting, or noteworthy to the thread, but I don't think it automatically makes someone a troll. I've commented on threads and then not returned to them, so potentially wouldn't respond if someone asked me something. Or if it's a long thread unless people bold posters names or comments they can get missed, as I tend to just read the OPs updates.
But as I say, it could be my misunderstanding of the definition of troll!

The example the OP posted is not reportable. It does not test the limits of TOS.

All the same, you get a shitload replies early on with a similar thrust/style and it sets the tone of the thread. It can put people off posting something rather more useful because they worry they might get dog piled by the majority view. People with "spiteful poster" fatigue might move on to a fresh thread because they have had it up to the eyeballs. Or it can decend into a bun fight about the one liners rather than the issue the OP was posting about.

It's an issue. But not one reporting will solve.

More selective tweeting of threads might help ..... eventually.