Yuvi

good tip!! lol :D - possible248

FTW! - Michelle Marie Miller

if you are diabetic, check your sugar... ;) - Michael W. May via twhirl

:D I ended my tweet with not one, but two !!!?? !!??!!? - Yuvi

marmalade - Bwana McCall

You make no mention of calling or not calling people a "nazi:" that can only mean it's okay and not troll like. - Mark Trapp

Bwana - changing comments after you post them don't count! roflmao lol ;) :D - Yuvi

@Mark - I grew (am growing) up in a relatively nazi-knowledge-free environment, so it isn't that apparent to me. - Yuvi

This tweet has greatly affected me I was a serious !!??!!??er and now realize it meant I was a troll and I am at a loss. - Cody Heitschmidt

insert witty edited comment here - Bwana McCall

ROFL!1! LOL :P - Mathew A. Koeneker

Aren't comments like these just a request for someone to do it? - Trish R

oh f*ck i must be a troll...ha, ha!! - Susan Beebe

@Trish - I just noticed it 'coz a self proclaimed Troll guy did it every time, and then to my horror discovered that I too was doing it every time. I'm now making a conscious effort to avoid doing it. - Yuvi

I've found that often when someone says :) they really mean >:-(, and uncommonly, &]:-0*, which is a guy screaming about the octopus in a basket on his head and the 5-legged spider hanging from his chin. - Mark Trapp

I agree with everything except !. And, when limited to 140 characters :) is an efficient way to indicate joviality unambiguously. - Wade Dorrell

lol @ Mark (This is a genuine use of lol. Acceptable I guess?) - Yuvi

Used as descriptors to avoid misinterpretations, smilies, etc have a definite place online. I could do without the graphic/icon representations, however. - Michael W. May

really should be any rules except dont abuse anything... Right? They are all ok if used moderately. - Cody Heitschmidt

@Cody - these aren't rules - more like symptoms? - Yuvi

Well ok but my statement still applies. Right? None are symptoms of a problem unless abused. - Cody Heitschmidt

@Cody - yes. Basically, what I'm saying is that if you find that you are ending every single sentence of yours with stuff like this, it might be time to rethink what value you are adding to the community. Doesn't matter if we're all here just for fun :) - Yuvi

I agree. Completely. ;), :), :D, :P, lol, ROFLMAO, ROFL, !, !!, !!!, !!!!, !!!!?, !!!???,!!!??” - Cody Heitschmidt

More specifically, I think you can be called a Troll if you don't add any value to the community at all. This can be a good indicator. - Yuvi

completely agree, like the site redesign ! - Cody Heitschmidt

I use ;) and :) a lot in comments... I didn't know I was considered a troll :(. - Lindsay Donaghe

Dear Lindsay: It's only if you use it after EVERY sentence, and that too, it's just a reminder to check if you're adding some value to the community/conversation or just popping in and making/having fun. - Yuvi

I guess I'm a troll then?! :P LOLROFL... =\ - Mona N.

uh oh - I'll have to break off those parts of the keyboard. - LPH™

@LPH - you can't code if you break of any of those keys. - Yuvi

u mean "stop emotions as we know them"? :-/ - silpol

Crap. Too late! - l0ckergn0me

But Yuvi, as a hardcore snark addict, I must occasionally end a sentence with "!!1!11one!eleventy!!bang" or I will explode from the internal pressure. - Phil Glockner

What's wrong on showing some emotions? - Ryo

WHAT???? Meeeee?? a troll??? ;-(((( huh... no: ;-)))) !! (lol!) - Thierry R. Andriamirado

Thank goodness for the comments. I thought I was going to have to try again to become a Vulcan (I failed miserably the 1st time)! - MiniMage

@Phil - ah, but that's okay. It's just like Chocolate - never do it every single time :) - Yuvi

Money is relative! in India 650 a month it is wealth! In America rent is 1,000 a month for one room - Igor The Troll

Maybe their rent is subsidized by government! Even if their rent is 500 usd a month that just leaves them 150 for clothes etc. - Igor The Troll

man look at all the new trolls that showed up! ha! - Susan Beebe