What is a Troll?????????

Question

I'm being serious. I just want to know what the heck a troll is? Please don't be rude this is a serious question.

Answer 1

1a. Noun

One who posts a deliberately provocative message to a newsgroup or message board with the intention of causing maximum disruption and argument.

1b. Noun

A person who, on a message forum of some type, attacks and flames other members of the forum for any of a number of reasons such as rank, previous disagreements, s*x, status, ect.

A troll usually flames threads without staying on topic, unlike a "Flamer" who flames a thread because he/she disagrees with the content of the thread.

1c. Noun

A member of an internet forum who continually harangues and harasses others. Someone with nothing worthwhile to add to a certain conversation, but rather continually threadjacks or changes the subject, as well as thinks every member of the forum is talking about them and only them. Trolls often go by multiple names to circumvent getting banned.

Answer 2

The real answer to a "troll" is as follows. In old fairy tales in various European and Scandinavian countries, trolls were short creatures, human-like, who hid under bridges waiting for people to walk on the bridge. Then, they would come out onto the bridge and say and do nasty things to the humans. Seriously!

Answer 3

a green thing wit purple hair xD

Answer 4

a troll is a short thing with wild crazy hair.

Answer 5

your mum.

JOOOOOOOKING.

don't get angry.

why so serious?xD

Answer 6

Someone who posts fake questions just to annoy or upset other users on Yahoo Answers for their own fun. They also post rude responses to other peoples questions just for the sake of being rude and obnoxious. They are people that have nothing better to do with their lives.

Answer 7

i.d.k.

also but i think it is a person that makes up stories on Y!A

also TyPes LyKe tHiZZZZ!!!

Answer 8

Someone who is bored and asks stupid questions for a laugh.

They really have no life.

Answer 9

People with no lives that post fake questions and try to p**s serious users off.

Answer 10

Any person who goes on the internet ONLY for the purpose of annoying others or trying to get a rise out of others by being either stupid, annoying, racist, insane, or anything else that might irritate people. You'll see them frequently on here.

An example is Shawty above me!! Troll alert!

Answer 11

A troll is someone on Yahoo Answers who post's a dumb, and often times stupid question that makes no sense, or the questions is really unbelievable!

They often times lie for attention, and they look for 'serious' answers.

Answer 12

Someone who makes up a lie or a question on a forum or a board for the sole purpose of annoying the members. An outlandish sentence to a question that is a lie.