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What is troll account?
In this post, we turn our attention to internet and social media trolls: fake accounts that thrive in anonymity and exist with the main purpose of hounding other users, provoking them, or hijacking an ongoing dialogue. In extreme cases, trolls go as far as cyberbullying, which should never be condoned or taken lightly.
What is troll in social media?
A troll is Internet slang for a person who intentionally tries to instigate conflict, hostility, or arguments in an online social community. Trolls often use inflammatory messages to provoke emotional responses out of people, disrupting otherwise civil discussion.
What does to troll mean?
2 : a person who intentionally antagonizes others online by posting inflammatory, irrelevant, or offensive comments or other disruptive content Internet trolls In the late 1980s, Internet users adopted the word “troll” to denote someone who intentionally disrupts online communities.—
Why do people troll?
“Trolls” seek to provoke, upset and harm others via inflammatory messages and posts. Trolling can refer to a variety of online behaviour. In some circumstances, the intent of the trolling behaviour may even be to amuse and entertain.
How do you troll someone?
A good troll will spend time carefully constructing the perfect prank. Make them think you’re legit. And then mess with their minds. For example, spend time in that community making comments and posts which seem normal, before slowly going through a “crisis of faith” and eventually going full-blown crazy-pants.
What is a message board troll?
A troll is defined in the Urban Dictionary as “one who posts a deliberately provocative message to a newsgroup or message board with the intention of causing maximum disruption and argument”. Trolls annoy regular posters and drive new users away.
What kind of person is a troll on the Internet?
Troll, a one-word term defining a highly dysfunctional online user who targets others using cyber harassment, internet defamation, online deception, cyberstalking, disinformation, extortion, duplicity and cyberbullying when the assailant and target are minors.
How are trolls harmful to the online community?
Trolls can be costly in several ways. A troll can disrupt the discussion on a newsgroup or online forum, disseminate bad advice, and damage the feeling of trust in the online community.
Is there any research on the psychology of trolls?
Although there is no evidence or clinical research validating the psychology of the Internet Troll, it is commonly believed that the “Veil of Anonymity” afforded to every online user inspires some to engage in egregious behaviors.
Is there such thing as an accidental troll?
Popular recognition of the existence (and prevalence) of non-deliberate, “accidental trolls”, has been documented widely, in sources as diverse as Nicole Sullivan’s keynote speech at the 2012 Fluent Conference, titled “Don’t Feed the Trolls” Gizmodo, online opinions on the subject written by Silicon Valley executives and comics.