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? asked in PetsDogs · 6 years ago

What's a troll?

Like, a human dog?

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  • 6 years ago
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    Someone posting stupid, sick questions or some one who gives very bad advise, being ugly, mean, sick, demented & totally unhelpful.

  • 6 years ago

    In Internet slang, a troll (/ˈtroʊl/, /ˈtrɒl/) is a person who sows discord on the Internet by starting arguments or upsetting people, by posting inflammatory,[1] extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community (such as a newsgroup, forum, chat room, or blog) with the deliberate intent of provoking readers into an emotional response[2] or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion,[3] often for their own amusement.

    This sense of the word "troll" and its associated verb trolling are associated with Internet discourse, but have been used more widely. Media attention in recent years has equated trolling with online harassment. For example, mass media has used troll to describe "a person who defaces Internet tribute sites with the aim of causing grief to families."[4][5] In addition, depictions of trolling have been included in popular fictional works such as the HBO television program The Newsroom, in which a main character encounters harassing individuals online and tries to infiltrate their circles by posting negative sexual comments himself.[6][7]

  • 6 years ago

    Me. I'm a troll.

  • 6 years ago

    troll1

    /trōl/

    noun

    noun: troll; plural noun: trolls

    a mythical, cave-dwelling being depicted in folklore as either a giant or a dwarf, typically having a very ugly appearance.

    synonyms: goblin, hobgoblin, gnome, halfling, demon, monster, bugaboo, ogre

    "the storybook trolls who live under the bridge"

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  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    No, dogs are funny and smart.

    You actually had to bypass the web search to get here.

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