Trolling, in its original Usenet definition, was still more subtle than that: it was making a provocative posting solely to stir up responses. The troll probabl

Trolling, in its original Usenet definition, was still more subtle than that: it was making a provocative posting solely to stir up responses. The troll probably didn't agree with the sentiment they were posting, they were just doing it to cause trouble. "The old definition of a Troll is one who posts to generate the maximum number of follow ups. These are a very minor irritation, and can be considered to be advantageous to newsgroups." http://www.hyphenologist.co.uk/killfile/anti_troll_faq.htm http://www.hyphenologist.co.uk/killfile/anti_troll_faq.htm