anbuend wrote:
I tend to think of it as a metaphorical version of the fishing thing.
Instead of trolling for fish, trolls troll for nasty responses.
Actually trolls troll for angry, annoyed responses in result of the havoc thats been stirred up.
I think of trolls putting down baited poison in a trap that is yet to be stumbled apon by someone that is none the wiser.
The effect of trolling is also like releasing a wolf into a pack of caged sheep.