Art of Trolling Defcon 19

Never Forget

The Art of Trolling Matt Joyce [email_address] www.music-piracy.com

You are a douche.
At some point in your life you have been a douche to someone else.
You probably have done this on purpose.
For the moment, put down the haterade and pick up a frosty one.

The Troll
We'll need to agree on a definition for this word.
Of course we'll be agreeing on my definition.
It's cool if you disagree though. Just do it in the comments on my blog where it will get the attention it deserves.

But first some other definitions...
Surfing, or browsing, the Web. - PC Magazine
Posting derogatory messages about sensitive subjects on newsgroups and chat rooms to bait users into responding. - PC Magazine
Hanging around in a chat room without saying anything, like a "peeping tom." - PC Magazine
Being a prick on the internet because you can. Typically unleashing one or more cynical or sarcastic remarks on an innocent by-stander, because it's the internet and, hey, you can. - Urban DictionaryIn
Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion. - Wikipedia
Choosing to announce that defcon is canceled every year despite it long since having been considered utterly vapid commentary. - Oxford English Dictionary
Deliberately and disingenuously posting information to entice genuinely helpful people to respond (often emotionally). Often done to inflame or provoke others. - cyberbullyinglaws.net

As for the degenerate artists, I forbid them to force their so-called experiences upon the public. If they do see fields blue, they are deranged, and should go to an asylum. If they only pretend to see them blue, they are criminals, and should go to prison. I will purge the nation of them. – Ghandi
My Definition of Trolling Trolling is fuzzing someone else's mind with the express purpose of laughing so hard you squirt 30 year old single malt through your nose. Is that an Art? It is as long as using Sun Tzu quotes at infosec conferences continues to piss off attrition.org. u mad squirrel?

Prolific Ante-Internet Trolls.

God, kind of a prick.

Jesus has rejoined the Server.
u mad bro?
First to survive early bulletin board systems.
First to tri-force.
First to defy a universal K-line.

Loki
Norse god of mischief.
Friend of Trolls. Literally.
Has a hard on for making vikings miserable.
Wants to kill Odin, the king of serious business gods.
His homie is a massive wolf which is pretty badass. Especially since that wolf is Looooooooong Wolf.

Prometheus one hell of a dedicated troll.

The Coyote
This guy has been fucking with Native Americans since before pale face got his act together and came the wrong way across the ocean looking for India.

Anansi Patron god of 419 scammers
The little bastard actually stole all of his pranks by grifting a bunch of unsuspecting animals.

Mr Stabby. A TechCrunch Disruption Hackday Project by NYC Resistor

Classical Trolling

Logical Fallacies

Behavior Modification

People Not all that different from software.
Software:
Unexpected input can cause instability
Continual attempts to violate programming can result in error conditions
Feedback loops and logical impossibilities can lock them up
Exploiting flaws in their programming can allow for elevated privileges
People:
Unexpected input can cause instability
Continual attempts to violate programming can result in angry conditions.
Feedback loops and logical impossibilities can lock them up
Exploiting flaws in their programming can allow for elevated lulz.

openfly – a bot.
Version 1.0
Simple single variable response set
Random Interaction Set
Targeted harassment
Wrote in College to take over for me when I was at classes.

The modification of human behavior
There is a strong emphasis on defining problems in terms of behavior that can be measured in some way.
The treatment techniques are ways of altering an individual's current environment to help that individual function more fully.
The methods and rationales can be described precisely.
The techniques are often applied in everyday life.
The techniques are based largely on principles of learning
specifically operant conditioning and respondent conditioning
There is a strong emphasis on scientific demonstration that a particular technique was responsible for a particular behavior change.
There is a strong emphasis on accountability for everyone involved in a behavior modification program .
Martin and Pear – seven characteristics to behavior modification

The modification of human behavior
There is a strong emphasis on defining problems in terms of lulz.
The treatment techniques are ways of altering an individual's current environment to help that individual fail in a more spectacular manner.
The methods and rationales are chaotic at best.
The techniques are often applied in everyday life ( on 4chan ).
The techniques are based largely on principles of trolling.
specifically operant conditioning and respondent conditioning
There is a strong emphasis on public demonstration that a particular technique was responsible for the truly hilarious.
There is a strong emphasis on zero accountability for everyone involved in a troll .
openfly – se7en characteristics to behavior modification

openfly 2.0 – Sprinkle Power
IRC Stealth Floodbot
Designed to flood using multiple unique Nicks
Works of IRC log script

Technology in Trolling

Mission Accomplished
Objectives:
Lulz
Rofls
OMFGWTFBBQ
ZOMG
Over 9000 penises

Ethics

What have we learned?
Trolls are:
Heavy contributors to the cultural and artistic value of the internet
On the forefront of modern behavior modification techniques
Defining standards in the practical application of cutting edge technology
Smarter, faster, stronger, and better than normal people and therefore should be sought after as genetic partners

Ref:
http://www.gnaa.eu/browser/trollforge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavior_modification
http://www.music-piracy.com/?p=316
http://www.music-piracy.com/?p=265
http://www.nycresistor.com/2009/03/01/my-predictable-nature/
http://www.nycresistor.com/2009/01/20/mp3-grnade/
http://www.nycresistor.com/2010/05/25/nyc-resistor-takes-runner-up-at-tech-crunch-hackday/

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