i think i know what it is but i'm not sure?
2006-09-13 13:21:46 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In the online context, it is someone who is "trolling" for a response, any response.
They are people who want attention so will usually post the most controversial or insulting material in order to get that attention.
2006-09-13 13:24:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
A troll is a person who deliberately tries to fire up the emotions of readers in the hopes of exciting some really reactionary remarks.
Of course, a troll is also an insult directed towards anyone whose question you dislike for any reason whatsoever.
Some people have difficulty telling the two apart.
2006-09-13 20:26:58 · answer #2 · answered by bobkgins_sock_puppet_1 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure, but I think I started this about 8 months ago when I introduced a question
"To all non-believers trolling here........................"
My actual thought was from the idea of dragging bait through water to catch a fish, which is called trolling, but apparently (even from the first answers I received) the definition took on a new life of it's own.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AjRfQhQ0Oz5DGRVdMRA6cy7sy6IX?qid=1006012202502
I was not referring to mythical creatures, but in this forum, even truth is considered mythical, so maybe it fits.
2006-09-13 21:48:10 · answer #3 · answered by claypigeon 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A troll as you see it here is a dirty old man only online to look for young girls. So if you add that to all the other answers here, you will get a more complete picture.
2006-09-13 20:26:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I always considered my exes as Trolls. But, being serious It is an unforunate person who lives alone, sort of like a hermit.
2006-09-13 20:26:10 · answer #5 · answered by ibgood63128 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Some creature that infests forums to disrupt the flow of conversation under a bridge, which infects the entire Eco system by way of a black hole which Oprah is at the edge of humanity.
Did that answer you?
2006-09-13 20:28:02 · answer #6 · answered by DEVIL 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
A small cheeky creature from Scandinavian folklore thought be quite ugly in a cute sort of way
2006-09-13 20:27:34 · answer #7 · answered by renclrk 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
a creature that lives under a bridge and eats passersby at night, but turns to stone if exposed to daylight. A troll is another bible myth
2006-09-13 20:24:01 · answer #8 · answered by 自由思想家 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
short stocky, earth spirits, often considered negative and they often lived under bridges and sometimes they grabbed people crossing the bridge and ate them in stories where they were bad creatures. actually they were pagan earth spirits, who were turned into bad creatures by the church who couldnt stand anything of the old pagan religions.
2006-09-13 20:25:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think they eat billy goats.
Also, people who post obnoxious questions for the sake of getting people riled up, not because they actually hold the obnoxious views they are claiming to hold.
2006-09-13 20:25:31 · answer #10 · answered by abram.kelly 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋