Most newbies that start threads on their 1st day are trolls. I haven't kept a running count, but 90% plus seems about right. This doesn't appear to be the case at this time on this poster, at least by what's been presented on this thread.
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Yeah, I agree. Or at least, it seems that way. But I don't do a signup date-check on every thread I click on, just the suspicious looking ones, which is probably why that proportion seems so high. And yes, those are predominately done by trolls.
One other thing, and this is how it worked out for me. I lurked for quite some time, and then came across an article I really wanted to start a thread on, so I registered and then created a thread immediately after. I too got accused to being a troll, which is probably the reason I'm not as troll-trigger happy as others. =P