Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Key Terms/Phrases

Troll: Someone on the internet who purposefully enters wrong information into a thread or blog in order to evoke the emotions of another user to become angry. When another lashes out at the troll, the trolling is successful.

Rage Comics: Web Comics that will usually have four panels, and in those panels the creator will use different rage faces to help tell a story. Mostly real life stories that more commonly end with a punchline.

4Chan: An imageboard website created in October 2003, used to post about anime and manga. It is responsible for the popularity of internet memes. No registration required.

Reddit: A social news website which allows registered users to posts images or submit links. Popularity of posts can be determined by an "thumbs up or down" system.

Advice Animals: Image macro series that show an animal (or human) with overlaying text that represent the trait of that meme. For Example, "Technology impaired duck" would have text displaying a misunderstanding of technology or complete ignorance.

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