Depends.
But trolling can get too out of hand very fast and will almost have a malicious intent as a layer.
Interesting that I’ve you tagged as troll lmao.
Absolutely appropriate, glad I’ve been able to earn the title.
It can be harmless and exquisitely funny. See Ken M.
Pastor says Ken M is the gateway to the devil.
Osvaldo says black pastors are like white pastors that happen to be black.
A poor troll argues with others. A good troll gets others to argue amongst themselves.
A good troll also has the effect that others outside this situation find it funny
Fantastic answer
no it’s not!!!
Trolling in its original sense can be extremely annoying but is ultimately harmless and easily and safely ignored (“Don’t feed the trolls”) because the troll will eventually be bored at not getting a reaction. The term has unfortunately come to be used for legitimate criticism that the speaker doesn’t like as well as actual harassment. Sending dick pics or calling out terfs is not trolling.
I can agree with that
In the original sense, trolling is a forum post that attracts predictable responses from ignorant participants while being obvious to those who are more knowledgeable. In moderation, it’s a harmless practical joke.
It has come to mean internet harassment meant to make someone miserable, which is never harmless. Some might argue it’s justified if the target is harming others.
I miss the time when a good trolling comment could spark a thousand reply thread flame war
Trolling is a art
*an art
Trolling, by getting fans of something pissed of can be quite fun and harmless.
Trolling by spreading missinformation or engaging in culture wars etc. Can be very harmfull.
Personally — my definition is any time you post something that isn’t constructive to the topic (or the comm) with the intention of distracting others from constructive discussion (typically, by getting them to engage with you instead).
I think there’s an art to it, and some trolling can be fun, as long as everybody’s having fun. Personally, I’m not very good at it. I say what I mean and mean what I say. But I don’t mind as long as it’s fun.
By that definition every joke would be trolling.
Yeah that all tracks.
Theres a guy on insta who dresses in a Union Jack suit and goes to right-wing areas in the UK and proceeds to gently explains to bigots how ridiculous their beliefs are. They think he’s an ally and he talks like them, but slowly drops truth bombs on them. You can see them blue-screening in real-time. It’s wonderful.
By my definition it’s harmless almost by definition. It’s meant to be fun mischief, otherwise it’s not really trolling. I suppose somebody could take it the wrong way but “I’m just trolling” should be enough to counteract that otherwise it’s something more serious.
The media latched on to the term in some time in the 2010s and equated it to serious online harassment but that’s not how it was originally used.
I drew that
Anything low effort in order to provoke an emotional response.
It’s at best useless according to that definition.
Yep, but also at scale it’s also harmful in a similar way to AI slop… It degrades the quality of the internet
trolling never reflects well on teh troller. Its possible to do goofy harmless trolling with friends but you will look like a dork.
A troll is someone who purposesly tries to piss you off.
An example of a troll would be someone who goes into a particular fandom’s spaces and tells them their favorite thing sucks and they’re stupid for liking it. IE posting “Fornite sucks and is for dumb babies” in a Fortnite community.
