Deliberately post an offensive or contentious message in a public message base, with the specific intent of provoking flames.
Someone who hangs out on a website just to pick fights. In the childfree case, it would be any breeder person who is bored and joins CF boards to insult and belittle everyone and to proclaim their kids are perfect. In some cases, the breeder troll will start out playing nice, but eventually lash out at everyone. Someone did a beautiful essay on the six stages of breeder trolls, and you can find that here.
A person who posts only to inflame opinion. Most are so obvious that only the most clueless reply.
Deliberately posting provocative online messages with the intent of distracting others into response, usually designed to make them look foolish.
a boring idiot who invades an alt newsgroup
a deliberate attempt to cause disruption or start a flame war by posting misinformation, personal attacks, or outrageous claims
a friendly little person in the beginning, claiming to be a long time lurker not posting ( the cover for knowing soooooooo many facts later)
a message board personality that intentionally antagonizes others or interupts threads which results in bringing attention upon that individual or their business
a message posted solely to inspire traffic and conflict, and not because the poster actually gives a whit about the opinions expressed therein
a message that is intentionally controversial or insulting
an annoying person who repeatedly posts offensive messages
an anonymous coward to lurks in chat rooms and who has nothing better to do than hassle people with silly posts
an anonymous poster who creates, writes and sends deliberately inflammatory, virulent, insulting messages aimed at particular members to stir up (in) fighting
an attempt to start a prolonged flame war, a fierce argument with rude, personal insults
an internet term used to describe a person who deliberately causes trouble in a newsgroup, forum, mailing list or other online community
an internet term which is used to define those persons who come onto a bulletin board (and, as of late, web logs) for the purpose of disruption
an old internet term which means someone who writes deliberately inflammatory things to upset people
a person that is looking for trouble
a person that posts a topic specifically designed to provoke people into an arguement
a person that spends all their time trying to disrupt the normal discussion of a particular newsgroup to bring attention onto themselves
a person who brings life to a tired, dull internet message board by purposeful attempts to start flame wars or Internet drama by posting comments that are patently absurd, yet still inflammatory enough to enrage the stupid , irrational and humorless
a person who comes in to a discussion simply to make trouble
a person who comes onto the site just to cause trouble and start fights
a person who enjoys flaming on newsgroups, perhaps by posting off-topic or otherwise provocative material
a person who intentionally posts an inflammatory comment to stir things up
a person who posts a article designed to annoy the users of a newsgroup
a person who posts inflammatory messages, to disrupt the discussion or to upset its participants
a person who posts inflammatory or controversial dialogue on an internet forum simply to upset people in the forum community
a person who posts messages that create controversy or an angry response without adding content to the discussion
a person who posts on a messageboard with the intent of causing trouble
a person who starts a thread, gets people upset, and does not respond
a person who tries to start arguments, provoke flames, and upset people
a post designed to attract adverse attention - The parent was merely a logical transposition of the attitude displayed by ID'ists, not an attempt to inflame hatred
a poster who only posts to ruin all threads just for the fun of it
a posting containing inflamatory rhetoric or stating a position vehemently with the object of inciting a flame war
a posting which is designed to elicit a response to it
a posting which is intended only to provoke angry responses from other members of the forum
a post intended to generate hostility and a never-ending thread of flaming responses
a post that is made for the purpose of getting people to "react" quickly/emotionally to it
a post that is meant to provoke members
a post to a newsgroup or message board which has the primary aim of causing arguments and upsetting people
a post which is designed by the poster specifically to arouse anger and/or negative sentiment with the use of blatantly contentious content or language
a spoof message introduced into a list or chat room for the purpose of evoking maximum response
a term used on forums and mailing lists to describe someone who responds simply to incite an emotional response
a term used to describe someone who goes to discussion boards, etc, with the intent to cause trouble
a troublemaker/asshole that annoyspeople on message boards and stuff
a user of a newsgroup , forum or message board that posts messages with the intent of inciting an argument or flame-war
a writer who posts inflammatory comment in an effort to start a fight or elicit confrontational response
A post intended to incite a verbal fight, or to damage a person's or company's reputation; or one who makes such posts. Such posts are not allowed on Investorville. If you see them, feel free to ignore them or report them to us.
a visitor to an online discussion who seeks only to provoke angry reactions from others rather than engage in real debate
A term used to define a public message (either on a USENET newsgroup or other public message board on an online service) that is posted for the sole purpose of offending people and/or generating an enormous flood of non-topic replies. (submitted by Brett Palmer)
Individual who deliberately posts provocative messages to a discussion board intending to incite a reaction from the readers of the message.
A voyeuristic person who lurks in a chat room who may send unwanted or unsolicited private messages of a sexual or violent nature.
Republicans who pose as Democrats to repel potential democratic voters. Usually by provoking a negative argument which turns people off.
A troll is a reference to a post which is made in an online forum with the intent of making people unnecessarily angry or generating unnecessary controversy. When someone does this, they are said to be trolling. A high quality troller will be able to overcome his ideals, beliefs, and upbringing to make whatever kind of statement will have maximum effect. We all know, additionally, that gentoo sucks. Especially emacs-using gentooers.
One who posts a deliberately provocative message to a newsgroup or message board with the intention of causing maximum disruption and argument.
A post, or series of posts, that is meant to elicit a certain response from an unsuspecting poster. A troll post often is a regular post under an assumed name, meant to fool the target into posting a stupid reply. (from the fishing term of the same name)
Message or poster aimed to engage in controversy at an excessive level. It harms the forum ambiance because it annoys members, it's not very appreciated.
verb. To troll for hits is to post a provocative article purely in order to generate an angry response (usually followed by sending a mass e-mail shot to the target audience) and commensurate increase in hit rate. noun. A person who trolls. Usage: "Justin Raymondo has just trolled the Warbloggers again."'Troll' is usually used as an epithet and the term is widely used in this sense in newsgroups and e-lists as well as blogs.
Often mistaken for a newbie, a troll makes a post with flawed arguments in hopes that people will respond
A user who incites or engages in disruptive behavior ( trolling). This term is applied fairly arbitrarily; generally,it can be assumed that someone who calls another user a troll simply does not like that user. Admins sometimes consider trolling to be justification for banning indefinitely. The validityof this is somewhat questionable, partly because the definition of troll is not agreed upon, and because calling someone atroll has an effect similar to calling someone a Nazi – no furthermeaningful debate can be held. Compare with Cabal. See also polarization.
A person who intentionally posts messages that create controversy or anger, without adding any value to the discussion.
vb. To post a message in a newsgroup or other online conference in the hopes that somebody else will consider the original message so outrageous that it demands a heated reply. A classic example of trolling is an article in favor of torturing cats posted in a pet lovers' newsgroup. See also YHBT.
In Internet terminology, a troll is a person who enters an established community such as an online discussion forum and intentionally tries to cause disruption, often in the form of posting messages that are inflammatory, insulting, incorrect, inaccurate, or off-topic, with the intent of provoking a reaction from others.