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Sociologist
a9f3

Which type of troll provides the most comic relief?

The familiar EJMR trolls (stupid, but persistent)

The race trolls (horrible, but sometimes onto something we've thought of, just haven't said)

The new gay trolls (they feel slighted, and are out in full fabulous force against the mods, whoever they are. Is it even plural? Lol)

The ranking trolls (these are usually talking up Duke or NYU and talking s**t about Wisconsin of Princeton. They're half jealous, but half right sometimes.)

The random parody trolls (they usually create parody threads after controversial ones. Like the food dessert thread, after the food desert one. They're silly, but largely innocuous)

The bro trolls (they try to appear all macho and use masculine lingo, even though we all know they're mostly virgins and full on scrawny dweebs)

The 1st/2nd year grad student trolls (They pretend they know the discipline and usually say they are faculty. But, like Jon Snow, they know nothing)

Are there any others I missed?

7 years ago # QUOTE 36 GOOD 5 NO GOOD !
Sociologist
2c25

The parody trolls are funny. The others...

7 years ago # QUOTE 12 GOOD 1 NO GOOD !
Sociologist
e5af

Random parody troll here. Perhaps best known for:

http://www.socjobrumors.com/topic/listing-phd-as-education-on-your-cv
http://www.socjobrumors.com/topic/selling-drugs-at-new-job
http://www.socjobrumors.com/topic/dude-rocking-it

I object to being called a "troll" and being placed in the same category as the anti-gay and racist trolls, who are obsessive jerks. I fully support instant deletion of whatever they post.

7 years ago # QUOTE 12 GOOD 2 NO GOOD !
Sociologist
e5af

I mean there's a big difference between being creative/funny and trying to harass mods/users by pushing unfunny racist, sexist threads.

7 years ago # QUOTE 13 GOOD 5 NO GOOD !
Sociologist
907f

Politically neutral not racist not sexist not classist just a scientist here to talk about the job market please delete all this racist trash so we can get back to slamming Alice Goffman troll.

7 years ago # QUOTE 9 GOOD 5 NO GOOD !
Sociologist
167b

I mean there's a big difference between being creative/funny and trying to harass mods/users by pushing unfunny racist, sexist threads.

Yes, I appreciate a good troll. Our problem is really the poor quality of the trolls whose entire process is:

1. Write something offensive.
2. Click Send Post
3. Spam other threads when their troll is quickly detected and deleted.

I personally find it a bit weird we don't have a better quality of trolling. I encounter lots of sarcasm, dark humor, etc in my department and from academics in general, yet on SJMR we get 14 year olds screaming into their microphones as they play XBox level work. Even GPT was really only 30% high end work and the rest was 14 year old ranting about Memorial University and other topics and frankly he's been about the best troll.

7 years ago # QUOTE 8 GOOD 2 NO GOOD !
Sociologist
87fa

Grollman actually being the EA Trollman troll is the best...any attention is good attention, right?

7 years ago # QUOTE 11 GOOD 8 NO GOOD !
Sociologist
a3d6

You forgot the yuro trolls: "american sociology is so insular... which is the best university in London... what do you think about that Kyrgyzstan university".

7 years ago # QUOTE 9 GOOD 4 NO GOOD !
Sociologist
7a51

And socfiecker!

7 years ago # QUOTE 5 GOOD 2 NO GOOD !
Sociologist
750c

Oh, crap, the euro trolls! How could I miss those crazy buggers?! The Scandinavian ones that think everyone and their arthritic mother want to live in Sweden are the best.

Almost forgot the #byefelicia trolls (I know I'm not supposed to laugh, but I secretly smile when they put that in a particularly lazy/stupid EJMR troll thread)

The Mean Girls quote trolls (they're much more clever than the former ones, and the best part is when the trolls don't realize they are being counter-trolled. It's super meta)

Last, and certainly least, are the annoying concern trolls that pretend that everything is offensive to the degree that we become desensitized to claims regarding real offenses. (Those sensitive beezies need to know when to put a lid on it)

7 years ago # QUOTE 14 GOOD 2 NO GOOD !
Sociologist
fc81

Beat troll troll is a good troll

7 years ago # QUOTE 1 GOOD 4 NO GOOD !
Sociologist
f9e8

Politically neutral not racist not sexist not classist just a scientist here to talk about the job market please delete all this racist trash so we can get back to slamming Alice Goffman troll.

Yeah, the AG trolls are the most abundant these days. They're like rats coming out their dens in the spring. But a lot more useless. At least actual rats can take credit for almost killing of the ancestors of the euro trolls. The AG trolls (and they're anonymous den queen) can't even take down a 5 feet short gurl in the Wisconsin tundra...

7 years ago # QUOTE 14 GOOD 7 NO GOOD !
Sociologist
88e8

I love the idea of bro trolls/alpha posting but a lot of the time it's done badly.

It's just absurd at face value, alpha posting on a niche forum for nerdy sociology PhDs. So much potential

7 years ago # QUOTE 0 GOOD 6 NO GOOD !
Sociologist
b339

somebody called me a "sisbro" in the other thread and ended up being shut down by the OP. it was gratifying to see "alpha" troll reminded that his real life social awkwardness inevitably frustrates his attempts to act tough online.

7 years ago # QUOTE 7 GOOD 1 NO GOOD !
Sociologist
d511

You forgot the yuro trolls: "american sociology is so insular... which is the best university in London... what do you think about that Kyrgyzstan university".

And the Muribro troll: "yuro no good, all armchair theorist. Dun care 'bout about the rest of the world. Here in 'Murica we do real science and find great theories (like Bonilla Silva on race) that are meant to be tested and to work only in Murica, cuz Murica's the best and yuro no good.
And why should we admits foreign grad students who will go back to nowhere like LSE or Peking U when we can take top guys from Podunk State who'll do a nice diss with time series about car theft in Kentucky and get placed at U Wisconsin-Eau Claire? You guys just don't understand what's really important".

Well, you can whine about economics taking over social sciences.
Ya know, Acemoglu or Duflo are just so VLRM. And Piketty would me much less of a leftard armchair had he managed to focus on something meaningful, like community solidarity in rural northwest Alabama during the Great Depression. And Schleifer might have had an impact on history had he accepted to advise the Bank of North Dakota instead of going back to f**king Russia.
But all these people are stinky foreigners, some of them were even trained abroad and no one care about that sort of yurotroll.

- foreign dude

7 years ago # QUOTE 4 GOOD 13 NO GOOD !
Sociologist
d511

addendum:
- foreign dude, US-trained, working in the US

7 years ago # QUOTE 4 GOOD 8 NO GOOD !
Sociologist
f9e8

You forgot the yuro trolls: "american sociology is so insular... which is the best university in London... what do you think about that Kyrgyzstan university".
And the Muribro troll: "yuro no good, all armchair theorist. Dun care 'bout about the rest of the world. Here in 'Murica we do real science and find great theories (like Bonilla Silva on race) that are meant to be tested and to work only in Murica, cuz Murica's the best and yuro no good.
And why should we admits foreign grad students who will go back to nowhere like LSE or Peking U when we can take top guys from Podunk State who'll do a nice diss with time series about car theft in Kentucky and get placed at U Wisconsin-Eau Claire? You guys just don't understand what's really important".
Well, you can whine about economics taking over social sciences.
Ya know, Acemoglu or Duflo are just so VLRM. And Piketty would me much less of a leftard armchair had he managed to focus on something meaningful, like community solidarity in rural northwest Alabama during the Great Depression. And Schleifer might have had an impact on history had he accepted to advise the Bank of North Dakota instead of going back to f**king Russia.
But all these people are stinky foreigners, some of them were even trained abroad and no one care about that sort of yurotroll.
- foreign dude

You can go shave your back now...

7 years ago # QUOTE 14 GOOD 6 NO GOOD !
Sociologist
fc81

Correct, America #1 at being #1. USA USA USA.

You forgot the yuro trolls: "american sociology is so insular... which is the best university in London... what do you think about that Kyrgyzstan university".
And the Muribro troll: "yuro no good, all armchair theorist. Dun care 'bout about the rest of the world. Here in 'Murica we do real science and find great theories (like Bonilla Silva on race) that are meant to be tested and to work only in Murica, cuz Murica's the best and yuro no good.
And why should we admits foreign grad students who will go back to nowhere like LSE or Peking U when we can take top guys from Podunk State who'll do a nice diss with time series about car theft in Kentucky and get placed at U Wisconsin-Eau Claire? You guys just don't understand what's really important".
Well, you can whine about economics taking over social sciences.
Ya know, Acemoglu or Duflo are just so VLRM. And Piketty would me much less of a leftard armchair had he managed to focus on something meaningful, like community solidarity in rural northwest Alabama during the Great Depression. And Schleifer might have had an impact on history had he accepted to advise the Bank of North Dakota instead of going back to f**king Russia.
But all these people are stinky foreigners, some of them were even trained abroad and no one care about that sort of yurotroll.
- foreign dude

7 years ago # QUOTE 5 GOOD 6 NO GOOD !
Sociologist
d511

You can go shave your back now...

Sorry dude if your tragically under-appreciated paper ends up just as much read as wishy-washy pomo bulls**t from London published by people who never went to a VHRM.
Certainly you deserved better, but I'm sure you'll find a captivated audience at your ASA presentation.
Keep in mind that you're a of a special breed and people will notice. We shall all validate your feels and diss everything you rightfully dismiss on the basis of your immense knowledge.

7 years ago # QUOTE 1 GOOD 7 NO GOOD !
Sociologist
8214

SJMR insider here. Sorry, not really comfortable sharing my opinions about trolls here. I'd only be stirring the pot. My opinions count for precious little anyway.  I will say that I felt we had some very strong trolls, and no absolute train wrecks (besides fizzlecia).

7 years ago # QUOTE 9 GOOD 7 NO GOOD !

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