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[ posted by nine_one_4 [/i]
Do people sometimes use the troll moniker to dismiss another person's postings simply because they don't like what that person says?

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I think that a better analogy is that we are a community, but not a closed community. We welcome new members at any time of all beliefs, generally speaking.

A troll is the web equivalent of some drunk in a bar that comes by your table when you are having a conversation with someone else and just starts throwing BS at you, non-sequiturs, baiting for a ass-kicking, etc...

Anyone who has ever put in time on earth knows what I am talking about.