"In internet slang, a troll is a person who posts inflammatory, insincere, digressive,[1] extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community (such as social media (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc.), a newsgroup, forum, chat room, online video game, or blog), with the intent of provoking readers into displaying emotional responses,[2] or manipulating others' perception. This is typically for the troll's amusement, or to achieve a specific result such as disrupting a rival's online activities or manipulating a political process. Even so, Internet trolling can also be defined as purposefully causing confusion or harm to other users online, for no reason at all.[3]"
"The troll attempts to pass as a legitimate participant, sharing the group's common interests and concerns; the newsgroup's or forum's members"
""According to Tom Postmes, a professor of social and organisational psychology at the universities of Exeter, England, "Trolls aspire to violence, to the level of trouble they can cause in an environment. They want it to kick off. They want to promote antipathetic emotions of disgust and outrage, which morbidly gives them a sense of pleasure."[43] Someone who brings something off topic into the conversation in order to make that person mad is trolling.[47]""
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"The troll attempts to pass as a legitimate participant, sharing the group's common interests and concerns; the newsgroup's or forum's members"
""According to Tom Postmes, a professor of social and organisational psychology at the universities of Exeter, England, "Trolls aspire to violence, to the level of trouble they can cause in an environment. They want it to kick off. They want to promote antipathetic emotions of disgust and outrage, which morbidly gives them a sense of pleasure."[43] Someone who brings something off topic into the conversation in order to make that person mad is trolling.[47]""
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