# Trolls? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [March 28, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls/576252 "2011-03-28T13:35:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![donjack10](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@donjack10](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donjack10)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls/576252/1 "2011-03-28T13:35:58Z")
[FONT=“Comic Sans MS”]\*\*\*\*\*\*[/FIONT] I was recently, in a political news forum, accused of being a “troll”, because I had posted what was mistakenly interpreted as being right-wing, in a predominately left-wing forum. Hell, I didn’y even know what the word “troll” meant and I surely didn’t post the message to inflame or incite anyone. It provoked a great big on-line argument, accusations flew on both sides (particularly with one person who kept insisting that I was both a “LIAR” and a "troll) and I resigned to never post on that website again. But, I had to find out what a “troll” was, so as to clarify what I had been accused of. Thanks. Your website surely answered my questions. ---
**Author:** ![donjack10](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@donjack10](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donjack10)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls/576252/2 "2011-03-28T13:37:03Z")
> [@donjack10](#): > > [FONT=“Comic Sans MS”]\*\*\*\*\*\*[/FIONT] > I was recently, in a political news forum, accused of being a “troll”, because I had posted what was mistakenly interpreted as being right-wing, in a predominately left-wing forum. Hell, I didn’y even know what the word “troll” meant and I surely didn’t post the message to inflame or incite anyone. It provoked a great big on-line argument, accusations flew on both sides (particularly with one person who kept insisting that I was both a “LIAR” and a "troll) and I resigned to never post on that website again. But, I had to find out what a “troll” was, so as to clarify what I had been accused of. > > Thanks. Your website surely answered my questions. Sorry, I clicked the wrong button. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls/576252/3 "2011-03-28T17:21:23Z")
I assume the OP is referring to the Staff Report [What is a Troll?](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1764/what-is-a-troll) ---
**Author:** ![Hennessy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hennessy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hennessy)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls/576252/4 "2011-03-29T09:48:48Z")
Funny, without Giles posting that Staff Report, you would easily assume the OP was either in the wrong forum or a whoosh… ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls/576252/5 "2011-03-29T14:10:16Z")
Welcome to the intrawebs… ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls/576252/6 "2011-03-30T01:11:47Z")
> [@donjack10](#): > > Sorry, I clicked the wrong button. Don’t worry about it. To tell you the truth, successfully putting your first post into Comic font would have been one of the worst things you could have done, wrt making a good impression on anybody. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Curious3d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Curious3d](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curious3d)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls/576252/7 "2011-03-30T01:15:13Z")
Yes, using comic sans on your first post is like showing up to a blind date with a cold sore. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls/576252/8 "2011-03-30T03:32:18Z")
that said, welcome! hope you hang around for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls/576252/9 "2011-03-30T22:17:26Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Don’t worry about it. To tell you the truth, successfully putting your first post into Comic font would have been one of the worst things you could have done, wrt making a good impression on anybody. > > 😃 Actually, I bet making it really big Comic Sans would make an even worse impression ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls/576252/10 "2011-03-31T16:32:59Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > Actually, I bet making it really big Comic Sans would make an even worse impression No, that would be Comic Sans in purple. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls/576252/11 "2011-04-01T03:23:01Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > Actually, I bet making it really big Comic Sans would make an even worse impression Like this? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls/576252/12 "2011-04-01T05:05:01Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Like this? Good, but you need more smilies. ---
**Author:** ![Hennessy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hennessy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hennessy)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls/576252/13 "2011-04-01T06:28:11Z")
🙂 Just marking my territory 🙂 Like this? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls/576252/15 "2011-04-03T01:58:52Z")
> **[Comic Sans for Everyone](https://archive.google/csfe/)** > [@](#): > > Comic Sans for Everyone > > Here at Google, the Webmaster Team is always running experiments and conducting research to improve user experience and increase conversion rates across our websites. > > Following some rigorous user testing of 41 different fonts, investigating how each affected user experience, we discovered one font consistently outperformed all others when it comes to user satisfaction, level of engagement, understanding web content, productivity, click-through rates and conversion rates: Comic Sans. > > We’ll therefore be rolling out Comic Sans as our default font across all Google products on April 4, 2011. Announced just recently. On April 1, in fact.