A persistent, iritating critic.
by paljoey October 01, 2003
by The Return of Light Joker September 06, 2011
I often feel sick when I encounter the conservative 'gadflies' that frequent this site spreading their filth, germs and rancid ideals to justify their existence!
by Sean Ambrose January 25, 2008
Taken from Somethingawful.com -
The Internet Gadfly is easily mistaken for a troll, but is actually far more pathetic and common than the troll. Whereas a troll is an artificial construct, the Internet Gadfly is desperate to invest himself emotionally in his attempts at disruption. The Internet belongs to him and how DARE you do something of which he does not approve. The Internet Gadfly will often initially seem benign, but he will soon attach himself to the power structure somewhere - on a forum, on IRC or even on Usenet - and then things will go horribly wrong. Internet Gadfly will begin griping constantly and pushing boundaries. He will eventually attempt to foment rebellion and, failing this, retreat to a sort of sub-community that exists solely to harass the community that exiled him. Fortunately, Internet Gadfly will find many outcast comrades to take up the cause with him.
The Internet Gadfly is easily mistaken for a troll, but is actually far more pathetic and common than the troll. Whereas a troll is an artificial construct, the Internet Gadfly is desperate to invest himself emotionally in his attempts at disruption. The Internet belongs to him and how DARE you do something of which he does not approve. The Internet Gadfly will often initially seem benign, but he will soon attach himself to the power structure somewhere - on a forum, on IRC or even on Usenet - and then things will go horribly wrong. Internet Gadfly will begin griping constantly and pushing boundaries. He will eventually attempt to foment rebellion and, failing this, retreat to a sort of sub-community that exists solely to harass the community that exiled him. Fortunately, Internet Gadfly will find many outcast comrades to take up the cause with him.
by toee May 24, 2006
Someone who wants to constantly remind you how pointless AI makes your life with snarky reminders of your human inferiority.
Bro, why didn't you write that essay with chatGPT? It's not like it matters whether you learn stuff, AI will do every job anyway.
stop being such an AI gadfly!!!!
stop being such an AI gadfly!!!!
by futurspeak November 21, 2023