What exactly is trolling?

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thread starter LuklessFlame Sep 08 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Seriously. I've seen a billion threads referring to it and I haven't put an exact definition on it. I'm just assuming it's like... pointlessly making threads to make other people angry? I REALLY don't know. I'd like to get an answer so I can stop all the confusion.

smiles1337 Sep 08 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Urban Dictionary has a lot of good definitions.

Dhaos 09/08/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Just trying to piss off other people.

Redefined Sep 08 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Trolling on forums means a user creates a thread and intends to aggravate users. They could also make controversial posts.

EnterAndWin 09/08/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Basically its people picking on others in real life, just to get a rise out of them, except its the internet version of that

nightflight Sep 08 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

google is your friend

ebilman3 09/08/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

smiles1337 : :DD wat, why won't my link work? D:< it's because one end of the url isn't in brackets i think (correct if im' wrong) but it should be [url]=http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=trolling]:DD[/url]

assassin567 Sep 08 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[url=http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=troll]http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=troll[/url] edit: basil is broken

iaresam 09/08/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Ogres? :3

Dhaos 09/08/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Hope you guys know that linking is working right now...

Fireflies 09/08/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

LuklessFlame : Like what this loser I just reported is trying to do? ya, what a loser LOL

lvlsomething 09/08/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

LuklessFlame : Like what this loser I just reported is trying to do? Yeah no. It was kinda in bad taste, but that's not really a troll.

Coffee 09/08/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

trying to make other people aggravated for your own amusement. it can tend to be funny if done in certain ways, or just plain annoying if you succeed really well, or just plain fail at it.

ImKafei Sep 08 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

A troll is someone who posts controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room or blog, with the primary intent of provoking other users into an emotional or disciplinary response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.

COChaos 09/08/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

LuklessFlame : Like what this loser I just reported is trying to do? ha ha, so you don't know what trolling is, but you're going to accuse others of it? lol'ing.