Trolls are normally over-sized, human/humanoid creatures. They are basic, and often unintelligent. Most are over weight due to there ability to kill and eat almost any kind of animal.
Or at least, that's what I think
~thranax~
In Internet slang, a troll is a person who makes posts for the express purpose of baiting people into emotional and argumentative situations. When you see someone type the message "don't feed the trolls" it means don't respond to posts which are clearly for the purposes of making people angry as then you are only giving the troll the attention they so desperately crave. If ignored and reported to admin, they soon go away.
According to Scandinavian folklore,a troll is a supernatural being, such as a giant or a dwarf, living in a cave.
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by mythbuster 13 years ago
Okay, so this isn't intended to be a very serious topic/thread.Go ahead and express your opinion about forum trolls:(lookit all this space that needs to be filled)
by china man 14 years ago
There are some irritating entities in the forums who seem to get into good threads trying to start pointless arguments with pointless questions or are just plain rude for no reason. I have seen reference to trolls and sock puppets - I think I have got troll but can someone explain it all for...
by Ivan Hernandez 6 years ago
I went to college, but failed. I went to ITT Tech, but failed. I'm asking a simple question: Is college a requirement for success in the modern world?
by Tessa Schlesinger 7 years ago
Yup, there are trolls on hubpage forums. The goal of a troll is to make the 'victim' lose his/her cool. Then the troll is won. According to a recent study, trolls really are nasty people. They want to humiliate, embarras, belittle,, etc. They don't have any friends and are jealous people.They have...
by Cecilia 6 years ago
I think not. See you're not talking to me. (must be something I ate!)
by Rob Welsh 11 years ago
How many good hubbers have left Hubpages over the last Year as a result of Trolls or Bullying?Let's take a head count because this problem is Not Being Resolved and many good people are being consistantly targeted.... 2 x that immediately come to mind are: Lita & Wordscribe.
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