6 Things You Learn Getting Paid To Troll People Online

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Re: 6 Things You Learn Getting Paid To Troll People Online

Postby AdricDePsycho » Wed May 27, 2015 6:06 pm

Ericthebearjew wrote:So, should I whore the site out again, or.....?

YES.

But no mauling. If you maul someone, then I have to whore the site out, and I'm uncomfortable whoring anything out. It feels dirty.
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Re: 6 Things You Learn Getting Paid To Troll People Online

Postby Deathclaw_Puncher » Wed May 27, 2015 6:07 pm

*Starts heading out to the cracked comments in his finest pimp clothes*
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Re: 6 Things You Learn Getting Paid To Troll People Online

Postby thatindianguy » Wed May 27, 2015 6:18 pm

Aaaaaaaand now i have the image of a Bear dressed in pimp clothes in my mind.

Like a bad kids film from the mid 2000s.
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Re: 6 Things You Learn Getting Paid To Troll People Online

Postby sunglasses » Wed May 27, 2015 6:21 pm

thatindianguy wrote:Aaaaaaaand now i have the image of a Bear dressed in pimp clothes in my mind.

Like a bad kids film from the mid 2000s.


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Re: 6 Things You Learn Getting Paid To Troll People Online

Postby Gendry » Wed May 27, 2015 6:23 pm

Is there an archived version of the article we can view, so that we can read it without giving Cracked any more page views?
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Re: 6 Things You Learn Getting Paid To Troll People Online

Postby thatindianguy » Wed May 27, 2015 6:44 pm

Kind of feel like posting a link like that would cross over into 'Screwing over Cracked' which is against the forum rules.

Also might be piracy.
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Re: 6 Things You Learn Getting Paid To Troll People Online

Postby Tesseracts » Wed May 27, 2015 6:49 pm

I found the guy that Cracked hired to decide what articles are funny.



Also, I don't think posting a link to a cache is piracy or against the rules. I found this on Google, it's just the first page. Cached pages are not against the law, and it's not screwing over Cracked to simply not go to their website.
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Re: 6 Things You Learn Getting Paid To Troll People Online

Postby AdricDePsycho » Wed May 27, 2015 6:51 pm

Tesseracts wrote:I found the guy that Cracked hired to decide what articles are funny.



Also, I don't think posting a link to a cache is piracy or against the rules. I found this on Google, it's just the first page. Cached pages are not against the law, and it's not screwing over Cracked to simply not go to their website.

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Re: 6 Things You Learn Getting Paid To Troll People Online

Postby rowdyrodimus » Wed May 27, 2015 7:06 pm

Hey folks, I just registered thanks to seeing Mr. JewBear's comment regarding this spot and it's nice to see a place where you don't get thumbed down to hell for disliking an article. This article..this Article just ended me wanting to even view Cracked. It makes me want to burn my old issues of Cracked. It's just horrible. The writer seriously doesn't get trolling if he thinks all you need to do is say how much money you have and resort to the old "Thanks for the clicks!" routine. I'll admit, some people need to be trolled sometime if they say something just way too out there (such as "9-11 was caused by the same aliens from Reticulon 12 who assassinated Kennedy") but this guys way of trolling is just out there, trying too hard to troll everyone. In my opinion trolling should be funny, a way to let a person know they've gone too far on something, not just trying to piss off everyone that reads it. I have no idea why they thought that this was a good article to run but then again, Cracked is the same website that worked with Anita to force 4chan to take down everything about Gamergate lest they run an article basically telling the anti gamergate groups to take down the site, so their ethical standards are pretty dubias as it is.
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Re: 6 Things You Learn Getting Paid To Troll People Online

Postby archaeologydalek » Wed May 27, 2015 7:14 pm

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Re: 6 Things You Learn Getting Paid To Troll People Online

Postby Magia » Wed May 27, 2015 7:16 pm

The pimp clothes drew me in.

Honestly, the fact that they let this guy write a second article completely defines the current state of Cracked. I understand that most of the staff uses the site as their fame ticket, but Jesus. If not for people like Evans, I'd be searching for another way to spend my Wi-Fi draining lunch breaks.

I've been wanting to pitch an article for a long time: Five Easy Ways to Get Published by Cracked. Unfortunately, I have a good feeling it wouldn't make it past Wong's desk...
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Re: 6 Things You Learn Getting Paid To Troll People Online

Postby NathanLoiselle » Wed May 27, 2015 7:18 pm

So...

We're clear. Article sucks. Author is paid to be a meanie. And Cracked should return to that detective that punches everyone.

Magia wrote:I've been wanting to pitch an article for a long time: Five Easy Ways to Get Published by Cracked. Unfortunately, I have a good feeling it wouldn't make it past Wong's desk...


Ooooo. I'd read that.
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Re: 6 Things You Learn Getting Paid To Troll People Online

Postby Deathclaw_Puncher » Wed May 27, 2015 7:20 pm

Magia wrote:The pimp clothes drew me in.


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Re: 6 Things You Learn Getting Paid To Troll People Online

Postby Nullbert » Wed May 27, 2015 7:21 pm

Well, I read the article. I guess I should give this trolling thing a go...
Ahem:
Nah, bruhs, this article was the shit. You're all just jealous cuz of N-Pellzy's swag and piles of real, authentic cash. Furthermore, I assert that it was better than any article ever published on Cracked. And, uh, I hate America cuz it's full of like, uh, Starbucks... I spent my grandmother's inheritance on a coat for my chihuahua... FUCKSHITASSPISS!!!!

See, guys, this article has taught me how to effectively troll online. Heh, you mad?

*Gets banhammered to pieces*

EDIT: Holy shit! Five replies in the minute of time I spent on my post!
EDIT 2: Six replies.
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Re: 6 Things You Learn Getting Paid To Troll People Online

Postby Taluun » Wed May 27, 2015 7:25 pm

I think its a bit tough to claim that its screwing them over. Its not helping them but its not taking anything away either. Its just not giving anything to them. Its neutral to both parties.

Additionally there is the issue of sites like cracked are fueled by ad revenue and clicks. If you don't like an article they clearly don't care if you voice displeasure in it through the comments or forums so the only way to try and prevent them from writing similar articles in the future is by not giving them clicks. Sure you could argue that they could just not read the articles and move on their way and that works for anyone who doesn't really care about cracked, but for people who want to see cracked succeed and do well and continue to have quality articles thats a terrible option.

This leads the people who don't like the article to do one thing if they want the site to continue and do well, and thats not support the content that they don't like.
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