Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.
Trending News
Trolls and Trolling?
A lot of times when I'm searching through Yahoo Answers to find questions to answer, I come across people's comments about Trolling. Saying things like "The Trolls are back", "The Troller has failed in Trolling", odd things like that that have nothing to do with the question being asked. What the hell does all of it mean? Is there a secret community of Trolls living amongst us that I know nothing about? I'm confused. Can anyone tell me what this is all about?
21 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Trolls are not people who report others, they are people who post insulting and inflammatory questions for the purpose of causing debates or arguments.
- sweet_blueLv 71 decade ago
Trolls are people who cause trouble on the internet
as well as in here.
They lure people in here to answer their questions
don't
because they can get your account suspended
and say the user disobeyed the community guidelines
and terms of service
Trolls are people doing inflammatory messages
Yahoo Answers say don't answer questions like
first one to answer this question 20 points.
Source(s): trolls and gremlins http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-d8pHOdcoR What is a troll http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/answers - Anonymous5 years ago
Trolls are sad fookers that keep reporting Q&A. A lot of people have left yahoo because of them.
- How do you think about the answers? You can sign in to vote the answer.
- BoredLv 71 decade ago
a troll is someone who reports questions or post really annoying answers that take up 3/4 of the page.
- 1 decade ago
It's a false y!a early warning system that's actually a trap set up by trolls
- Anonymous1 decade ago
big deal!! whats wrong with some humor? does life always have to be so serious? no humor at all.. i think what some people say to a question is funny.. the people that report other are the ones that should be booted off . i think yahoo is the one that should pick and choose not people like you and sqwake and complain . and most of the time when i come here the questions i see are always about the same thing..." im late for my period am i pregnant?? does this bot at school like me? he said .she said this about me is this right? am i oVulating??. when does my baby get enough teeth? my bf is cheating??? SAME QUESTIONS EVERYDAY THINK OF NEW ONES!!!
- Juliet RLv 41 decade ago
Lol, I think it refers to the people who submit fake questions to get a reaction out of people. They also answer questions in a mean way. Thats what I have also thought it meant.
- ~Untameable~Lv 51 decade ago
Trolls are people that deliberately try to annoy/offend people, posting Q's like "Do black people make better slaves than presidents?" Best if you ignore them really.