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A troll is someone who attempts to start so called 'Flame wars' on forums, or simply tries to annoy other people. This is usually accomplished by insulting the other party, while rebuking any arguments against them with phrases like 'no u'.
However, many moderators and users have used the concept of trolling to infringe upon rights of free speech by flagging and removing posts that have been accused of, or deemed, to be trolling - not by legal determination but that of moderators and public opinion.
Trolling is difficult to identify and can, potentially, infringe upon an individual's right to free speech. The concept of "annoying" people is a subjective one and therefore those with a valid opinion or point of view can be silenced by being accused of being trolls. The users who agree with an unpopular viewpoint, which many consider "annoying", are not given an opportunity to testify on the troll's behalf.
Some describe trolling as an attempt to "create discontent". This idea is problematic at best as there is no judge, jury, or legal teams to determine the intent of a negative or critical viewpoint. Trolling is also sometimes describes as "inflammatory" in nature yet under this guise, moderators and popular opinion can lead to the silencing.
Forum and internet users who express their opinion many times over, regardless of the validity, applicability to a conversation, and varied arguments, increase their likelihood of being determined as trolls.
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Wiki User
∙ 15y agoA troll is someone who provokes controversial arguments in chatrooms or discussion areas.
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What does trolling mean in ict?
when people trol the internet looking for arguements
How do you explain 'internet trolling' to your wife?
Tell her your horse tastes like raisins, then she will understand
What are some of the things they do in Lithuania?
Playing basketball, drinking beer, trolling on the Internet.
Who invented trolling?
Trolling, an internet phenomenon, was not so much invented by one person as developed independently on the web itself, as a result of many individuals doing the same thing.
Independnet and dependent are types of these?
Variables. Someone needs to read their science textbook rather than trolling for answers on the Internet.
How do you keep on trolling?
Trolling, you're doin' it right!
What is the worst thing about the internet?
To be fair, trolling existed long before the internet; we just called it "bullying" and "harassment" then. I mean, we still call it bullying and harassment, but the Internet opened up a whole new way for people to be awful to one another.
What they do for fun in Lithuania?
Basketball, BBQ, TV, basketball, drinking, watching tennis, because we're winning, basketball, trolling on the Internet.
Can you give me a sentence with the word trolling?
He was trolling for fish with his grandpa.
Why is trolling so fun?
Trolling is usually fun due to the humour involved in trolling. Depending on the type of trolling, it often involves sarcastic or witty humour injected into situations. There can also be a feeling of power or superiority over the target(s).
Why has the meaning troll lost it's meaning people have resorted to saying the word troll away from keyboard as a prank when the original term of troll is for the internet only?
Language evolves, this is a fact that has to be dealt with. 'Trolling' has been in use as an offline term to describe deliberately provocative actions long before its use on the internet. 'Trolling for MiGs' for example in 1972, during the war in Vietnam.
What is trolling moden warfare 3?
Trolling is when you trick someone or you make someone go into a corner in a map and you stand in frount of them so they can't get out and that it trolling. Bu lolman
