this post was submitted on 17 Jan 2024
1230 points (100.0% liked)

196

16293 readers
2701 users here now

Be sure to follow the rule before you head out.

Rule: You must post before you leave.

^other^ ^rules^

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
greembow@lemmy.blahaj.zone
moss@lemmy.blahaj.zone
moss@lemmy.world
queue@beehaw.org
funky_rodent@lemmy.blahaj.zone
PeachyMcPeachface@lemmy.blahaj.zone
threegnomes@lemmy.blahaj.zone
greembow@lemmy.world
remotelove@lemmy.ca
Roflmasterbigpimp@feddit.de
qaz@lemmy.world
A_Very_Big_Fan@lemm.ee
qaz@lemmy.blahaj.zone
qaz@lemmy.ca
A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world
qaz@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Qaz@lemmy.ml
qaz@sh.itjust.works
qaz@lemmy.sdf.org
1230
Meme improvement rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 8 months ago by FakeGreekGirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
42 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

From https://bsky.app/profile/gingerbreadgolem.bsky.social/post/3kj6shj7q3z2r. There's also a blank template there to make your own.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 32 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I always preferred the "bait" analogy when describing these tactics.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 25 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

It's the same analogy originally. The verb "troll" means "To fish for by trailing a baited line from behind a slowly moving boat".

[–] thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nz 13 points 8 months ago

oh shit I never realised that. I always thought it meant like the ogre kind of troll