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What exactly is "category trolling"?

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What exactly is "category trolling"

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  • 1 decade ago
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    trolls are people who intenionally report other people just to cause problems. people who are top experts, achieved high levels, and allow others to view their questions and answers in their profile can be particular targets. category trolling means the person focuses on one category where they target people. trolls is also used to describe people who post answers/questions just to be rude and start problems (1). so if they are a category troll they try to start problems in one particular category instead of switching from different categories.

    hope this answers your question and that you are not being targeted.

  • 1 decade ago

    i believe category trolling is when a person comes on Yahoo answers and deliberately reports a person to yahoo services stating a person has typed in a question that may be offensive or derogatory when he or she didn't do that; basically it's something that a person would do intentionally. So i'm assuming by the word troll, it just means they pick a category on here or anywhere else and they maliciously report people, which could lead to having your account suspended and your question to be deleted.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Someone who goes through a category reporting random people to compensate for something.

  • jackie
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Well i learn leave trolls along they leave you alone.There hear help keep this sight on track no crazy sayings or rude to anyone I can say this sight lots better now than before with trolls help.I,am not a troll but respect them trying keep this a good place for all enjoy.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    this is where a person targets participants only in one category instead of the whole board.

  • 1 decade ago

    I think its a catogory to stop trolls

  • 1 decade ago

    wow i was wondering what the troll thing was all about, thanks guys, good question!

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