whats with calling people trolls?

Question

it sounds so stupid

Answer 1

Dare i say it, it sounds like an American came up with it.

Answer 2

A troll is a person who approaches a board with the specific intention of stirring things up, either as a goal in and of itself or as a means of attacking the board perhaps motivated by opposition to the ethos of the board. For example, a neo-Nazi approaching a Jewish forum with the intention of attacking the members, purely because the neo-Nazi knows the forum to contain Jewish members, will be considered a troll.

A troll's main goal is usually to arouse anger and frustration among the message board's other participants, and will write whatever it takes to achieve this end. One popular trolling strategy is the practice of Winning by Losing. While the victim is trying to put forward solid and convincing facts to prove his position, the troll's only goal is to infuriate its prey. The troll takes (what it knows to be) a badly flawed, wholly illogical argument, and then vigorously defends it while mocking and insulting its prey. The troll looks like a complete fool, but this is all part of the plan. The victim becomes noticeably angry by trying to repeatedly explain the flaws of the troll's argument. Provoking this anger was the troll's one and only goal from the very beginning.

Answer 3

As far as I can tell, a "troll" is someone who disagrees with another's opinion. So if I voice an opinion, and someone else disagrees with it, I stand a chance of being called a "troll".

I agree that it's a stupid thing to do; I personally won't do it. I may disagree with someone, perhaps even vehemently so, but they DO have the right to have their own opinion.

Answer 4

probably the person reads,watches fantasy movies ! ^_^