If everyone is a troll, maybe no one is. But for a word that’s tossed around so frequently, its meaning seems to evaporate into air when grasped at. Trolling is bad. Trolling provokes a reaction, ...
Rarely does online jargon become offline slang, but like meme and viral, trolling has entered the broader language. (It’s even made the OED.) As with other robust Internet terms, trolling lends itself ...
GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Mojang will change Minecraft’s terms and conditions to clarify the meaning of “trolling” after confusion about the term made one player think he had ...
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There are two conflicting definitions of the phrase internet troll, just as there are two conflicting origin stories. The more refined definition comes from the fishing technique of trolling (dragging ...
Ask 10 people what they think about Internet trolls and you’ll likely get 10 different answers. One person might focus on harmless pranks, another on the lulz, another still on hateful tweets or ...
People seem to be confusing "trolling" with "being controversial". Having a controversial opinion or making controversial art may make people angry, but for trolls, the entire purpose is to make ...
if Valve wants to say, "we're only kicking off illegal stuff" but we're not dealing what is offensive, then Trolling needs to be a part of the latter. Trolling is not illegal, and what is and isn't ...