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Anonymous asked in Entertainment & MusicPolls & Surveys · 1 decade ago

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?

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    Trolls are not people who report others, they are people who post insulting and inflammatory questions for the purpose of causing debates or arguments.

  • 1 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.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Trolls are sad fookers that keep reporting Q&A. A lot of people have left yahoo because of them.

  • 6 years ago

    Losers

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    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    a troll is someone who reports questions or post really annoying answers that take up 3/4 of the page.

  • 7 years ago

    most p@ssies can't tell the difference between a troll and someone asking a question

  • 1 decade ago

    It's a false y!a early warning system that's actually a trap set up by trolls

  • Anonymous
    1 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!!!

  • 1 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.

  • 1 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.

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