On Wed, 2012-04-11 at 14:53 -0700, Alec Warner wrote: > On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > Maybe we should create a new mailing list, say, > > gentoo-usr-discuss...@lists.gentoo.org. > > Just to clarify, you are trolling right?
s/trolling/joking/ It's is not the first time I've seen the misidentification made, and I wish that people at least on this mailing list would avoid it. Trolling means deliberately derailing the discussion and wasting everyone's time by writing messages that "press people's buttons" and therefore are likely elicit angry, poorly thought out responses from the list readership. Joking, by contrast, is not designed to elicit much response beyond a ":)" or two. Instead, it is designed to make the reader chuckle - and, perhaps, think (since humor can be a good way to slip an idea past a jaded reader's mental defenses). -Alexandre.
