daveo0331's Journal: Troll vs. funny

It's been said that the difference between a "troll" moderation and a "funny" moderation is whether or not the moderator gets the joke. Or in this case, whether or not the moderator agrees with your political viewpoints.

This one started at 0, got modded down to -1, then back up all the way to 5.

http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=72484&cid=6538747

Troll?

[Smartcowboy]

Read this [slashdot.org] comment. Is it a troll or something funny?

To me, it sounds funny.....
The line between a troll and something funny is very fine indeed.

Re:Troll?

[daveo0331]

The moderator probably missed the connection to the O'Reilly books (I had to check Amazon myself, and probably wouldn't have thought to check if I didn't know it was supposed to be a joke and not a troll). Also "spanishladyranch" sounds potentially non-work-safe. Could look trollish to a moderator in a hurry.

I would have given it +1 funny. I think moderators should take their time more; you only get 5 mod points after all. Trolls get modded up informative/insightful all [slashdot.org] the [slashdot.org] time [slashdot.org] while subtle jokes get