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Trolls

violetb_2
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Hello, just a quick question - what is trolling? It sounds like it is not very nice, but I can't work out what it is.
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when someone makes crappy posts. Only if they are abusive, offensive, spamming etc0
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Wilki to the rescue
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_%28Internet%29
troll is a person who enters an established community such as an online discussion forum and intentionally tries to cause disruption, often in the form of posting messages that are inflammatory, insulting, incorrect, inaccurate, absurd, or off-topic, with the intent of provoking a reaction from others.
More info in the link above0 -
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