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Old 08-18-2009, 06:36 AM   #99
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
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.
I've been "online" since I was 11 years of age (first with the extremely obscure Prestel/Micronet viewdata service, BBSs, and fidonet) and have worked for internet service providers since April of 1995... So thats 21 years online, with 15+ years working in the field.

I can safely state that I have _never_ heard your definition of "troll" before now.

And a "flame" was and is a post sent specifically to deliberately insult someone else.

I would point to the existence of "alt.troll" back in 1994 (as shown in the google groups usenet archive) to back up my interpretation for the term.

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt...art=30220&sa=N

Thats not to say that the term wasn't also used on IRC within a similar timeframe.
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