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Originally Posted by tompe
Since trolling existed (nad most likely started to be used as a term) on Usenet (and did not start on IRC as you claim) I doubt this.
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I've been online since the very first public BBS was put up in the next town over from me. So yes, I've seen the usage of these terms evolve and the meaning of troll as applied to the net did start with IRC. The term you want as applied to Usenet is a flamer.