Troll
"Do not feed the trolls" and its abbreviation "DNFTT."
They see me Troll'n...They Hate'n...
In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, 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 a desired emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion. In addition to the offending poster, the noun troll can also refer to the provocative message itself, as in "that was an excellent troll you posted". While the term troll and its associated action trolling are primarily associated with Internet discourse, media attention in recent years has made such labels highly subjective, with trolling being used to describe intentionally provocative actions outside of an online context. For example, recent media accounts have used the term troll to describe "a person who defaces internet tribute sites with the aim of causing grief to families."
From Urban Dictionary Urban Dictionary Link: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=troll
Troll
One who posts a deliberately provocative message to a newsgroup or message board with the intention of causing maximum disruption and argument by Alien Entity Sep 22, 2002
A Troll is also a toy doll once popular in America.
An Excellent "How to Handle Trolls" webpage can be found at this link: http://www.angelfire.com/space/usenet/
Please don't act like a Troll on patrol (at serious, or Educational websites)!
Consider that there may be great places to Troll about...
"Trolling" from a different Perspective:
For example, According to Encyclopedia Dramatica: http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Troll
Considered by some to be a "parody of an Encyclopedia:" Under "Different kinds of trolls:"
Troll for a day When a board suffers from group think and stagnation, sometimes one poster will create a new account and log in to tweak the other posters into a flame war. The Troll for a Day will announce they are a TFAD (TFADing) and everyone will congratulate the regular after getting over their murderous impulses for bring the community back to life. Posters on message boards who have experienced this behavior will immediately try to label all newcomers as "TFADs".
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To read more about my personal reflections about Trolls
Visit my Sunlight Reflections blog: http://sunlightreflections.blogspot.com/2011/02/does-facebook-need-troll-community.html
