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July 29, 2008

Open Mic 7pm Chgo Time: Friends, Fans, and Mostly Trolls

ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 2:17 pm

Join Us Tonight

Trolls Belong in Fairy Tales

We meet our first friends growing up. Sometime when we do something well we find we have a fan. It’s a shock when we bump into a troll. They’ve been around since the Three Billy Goats Gruff tried to cross the bridge. They’re also cute little dolls with fuzzy hair. You can find them in the World of Warcraft on Twitter, and in the comment box of your own blog.

Here’s a link about them and a guide to handling the problem. It’s only a few paragraphs, but it will get you in the mood because tonight it’s about trolls: trolls we once dated, troll dolls & trolls in fairy tales, and trolls interrupt Internet conversations

ahem . . .
And, we’ll talk about whatever comes up, (because we always get off topic, anyway.)

Oh, and bring example links to share!

The rules are simple — be nice.

Do be nice. :)

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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9 Comments to “Open Mic 7pm Chgo Time: Friends, Fans, and Mostly Trolls”

  1. July 29th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
    easywriter said

    Well, you know I’m a fan! LOL

  2. July 29th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
    Timothy Johnson said

    Not to split hairs, Liz, but how can we talk about trolls AND be nice? It seems you may have finally set up a mutually exclusive set of expectations.

  3. July 29th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
    Tim Singleton said

    Thanks for the reminder to be nice, Liz. It always help to remember that being nice is free and not being nice really accomplishes very little.

    -Tim

  4. July 29th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Hi all!
    It’s going to be a challenging evening!! :)

  5. July 29th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
    wisequeen said

    Trolls trolling the web of I’ve encountered them often.
    An Internet troll, or simply troll in Internet slang, is someone who posts controversial and usually irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community
    Then theres Wikipedias trolls
    A troll is a fearsome member of a mythical race from Norse mythology. Originally more or less the Nordic equivalents of giants, although often smaller in size, the different depictions have come to range from the fiendish giants – similar to the ogres of England (also called Trolls at times, see Troller’s Gill) – to a devious, more human-like folk of the wilderness, living underground in hills, caves or mounds. In the Faroe islands, Orkney and Shetland tales, trolls are called trows, adopted from the Norse language when these islands were settled by Vikings.

    Nordic literature, art and music from the romantic era and onwards has adapted trolls in various manners – often in the form of an aboriginal race, endowed with oversized ears and noses. From here, as well as from Scandinavian fairy tales such as Three Billy Goats Gruff, trolls have achieved international recognition.

    I had the fluffy haired dolls as a child but we called them gonks.
    We decended from them and we owe a lot to them, I think.
    The internet type can sometimes revive a boring long string.
    Wisequeen

  6. July 29th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Hey Wisequeen,
    Sure hope you come back in about an hour when we’re all talking in real time!! You’ll be a great part of the conversation!

  7. July 29th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
    wisequeen said

    love to but I’ve been writing all day and its now 1.13am and I’m off to bed. See you in the morning.
    launching new blogs is hard work Thanks for the fun Liz

  8. July 29th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Sweet Dreams!
    Sending good ones your way!

  9. July 29th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
    ME Liz Strauss said

    The mic is on and we’re at:

    http://www.successful-blog.com/1/the-mic-is-on-friends-fans-and-mostly-trolls/

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