2007-07-18 07:48:57 · 13 answers · asked by mom2nandn 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Wow, I got some very thorough answers. Thanks for the information.
2007-07-19 08:41:58 · update #1
A troll is a person who posts inflammatory or derogatory messages just to get a rise out of other people.
R&S tends to attract a lot of them.
The term comes from "trolling", as in fishing, where a fisherman simply casts his lines in the water and moves the boat around, hoping something will bite. Internet trolls are "trolling" for responses to insincere posts.
The term stuck because the people it is applied to fit the second definition of "troll" so well.
2007-07-18 07:54:15 · answer #1 · answered by marbledog 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow! Most people (above) imagine a troll is motivated by a need to get a rise out of other people. That implies a knowledge of the troll's motives that all the other yahoo's just don't have. Until now, I always thought a troll was simply a person who held an unpopular opinion -- an atheist among Christians, or a Christian among atheists. Isn't it a not-so-subtle form of prejudice to imagine we know what another person's motives must be, based only on our own feelings? It's clear to me, we use the term "troll" far too easily.
2007-07-18 08:18:53 · answer #2 · answered by Diogenes 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Someone who hides underneath the exterior of being nice but is actually posting to get a rise out of people.
Like a troll living under a bridge that attacks people in the dark.
2007-07-18 07:54:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A troll on this board is usually someone asking questions or answering them, just to upset others.
They usually pose as Christians or Atheists and then ask an insulting question to try and influence the way people believe about either group.
2007-07-18 07:52:59 · answer #4 · answered by ɹɐǝɟsuɐs Blessed Cheese Maker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Act of appearing on internet forums and boards with malicious intent. Trolling includes...
-batting people to flame at you
-putting the forum down and encouraging people to leave.
-flaming
-spamming
-using several identities on a board to support your own arguments / stage pretend arguments
-generally being a jerk on a power trip.
Some trolls claim they actions benefit others.
Post1
did you see the way that guy was trolling?
Post2
yep, he got banned.
Post3
i just filled in another account. you guys are jerks!!. why did you ban me? im gonna spam the place up for that!!
2007-07-18 07:55:23 · answer #5 · answered by Agnostic Front 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A person who's only reason for asking a question or posting a comment is to insult or even better, start a running battle between differing groups. They tend to ask similar variations on the same theme, until they get banned, bored or die.
2007-07-18 09:07:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Troll: is a person who only answers a question to make fun of the person asking
the question.
2007-07-18 07:52:39 · answer #7 · answered by Kerilyn 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hides in basements
Never comes out during the day
Lives off parents.
2007-07-18 07:51:59 · answer #8 · answered by Shinigami 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
duhhh the guy who lives under a bridge or those little toys you get with the weird hair that are naked
2007-07-18 07:52:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Something that eats goats, or annoys people for the sake of it...annoying or upsetting folks for their own amusement....
2007-07-18 07:51:44 · answer #10 · answered by psicatt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋