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| - | '''Elfing''' is the practice of "funny [[trolling]]." Coined by [[Urederra]], it can be considered roughly a combination between prank posting, devil's advocate, and trolling. The purpose of elfing is similar to trolling - that of negative attention, but the elfer doesn't actually believe what he is saying, and is instead saying it to fool others for the sake of comedy.
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| - | Elfing can often bring quality entertainment to a thread in which otherwise would be one-sided, like a [[Creationist|Creationism]] or [[Conspiracy Theory]] thread. Posters who are not fooled by the act may reply anyway to the elfing post, as it can be a way of training against an opponent in debate. A good elfing post is one in which the opinion stated can be a plausible opinion of a poster.
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| - | A poster who masters the art of elfing has a high probability of becoming a [[Sex Pig]].
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| - | There is an argument that this term should not have been introduced in the first place, since acknowledgement of an act of elfing often ruins the point of doing it in the first place - fooling others.
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Current revision as of 16:41, 2 November 2008
