- Ivor Biggun
- Apr 30, 2003
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A big "Fuck You!" from the Keyhole nebula
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Lipstick Apathy
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- "I didn't read what you said but here's what I think" Troll. "He doesn't read your piece. He doesn't need to: he knows what he thinks already and what he knows is, he hates everything you stand for and you're wrong and he's going to say so, every column you write, regardless of the fact that the paucity of recommends he gets prove him to be a total Billy No Mates."
- "This Is My CAUSE" Internet Troll (Internet Mole Person): "Person who defines themselves solely by their 'cause,' and spends countless hours blathering on and on about it to anyone on The Twitter, The Facebook and blogs. They have a Google search set and hours each day to devote to blogs and they do that to leave comments about their 'cause.' Which no one cares that much about. Or is a one-sided thing and almost always involves emotional manipulation and impassioned catch-phrases to get the very annoying point across."
- "WON'T SOMEONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN" Pseudo-Concern Trolls: "These Internet Trolls are precisely as you'd imagine. They take any instance in which there might be an issue of perceived impropriety and exploit it."
- Amazon Trolls: "Posts something negative, be it about the story, the writing or even the grammar, whilst the natural instinct is to respond, it is imperative that you avoid the temptation and instead, bite the bullet and take it on the chin. If you don't, you potentially open yourself up to a world of pain. For the forums are also home to all kinds of trolls. And literary trolls like nothing than a sniff of a stroppy author. As a result, before you know it you could find yourself under attack and those attacks can be very personal indeed. They can also be relentless as literary trolls hunt in packs."
- Back-Stalker: "This Internet Troll will pour through your archives until he or she finds something you wrote that contradicts something you've written more recently. It will be pointed out. Every time you write anything."
- Baiter: "A special place in hell could be reserved for The Baiter. This troll has a serious case of superiority, and always an ulterior motive. Whether posting one-off comments or engaging in back-and-forths, The Baiter always wants to bring the discussion back to their wheelhouse. A Political Baiter, for example, will always turn the discussion back to politics even if the original post is about pandas or the trials of wearing socks with sandals. It could be anything benign, and The Political Baiter will make comments about the 'liberal media' or 'liberal elite' or 'anti-intellectual conservatism' that take the original content to a different (often inappropriate) contextual level."
- Bar Friend: "How many times have you met someone who is a friend of a friend at a bar or party, only to come home and see a Facebook friend request sitting in your in-box? You probably don't remember their name, and the conversation you had with them was superficial at best. It's obvious they just want to add you to their growing list of friends and you honestly believe you'll never see them again."
- Big Man: "Driven by 'Order' forces. A Big Man does trolling by posting something pleasing to others in order to support their world view."
- Bitter Troll: "Bitter Trolls are a curious cross-species. They can be trolls of any breed in their larval stages, but become Bitters after their previous activities are seen for what they were. What sets these trolls apart from other classifications is their behavior after they have been spotted and labeled as trolls. Angry, frustrated, and resentful about being 'outed,' the Bitter Troll will wage a campaign of indignant complaints intended to focus attention away from the troll and on whomever is responsible for identifying the creature."
- Bustr: "Bustrs are obsessive Bitters by whom you could practically set your watch. A Bustr never forgets, never forgives, and holds a grudge until the day it dies. Also a variant of Agenda trolls, Bustrs typically move from forum to forum complaining about the objects of their ire, often cutting and pasting age-old diatribes that have little meaning to most of their audiences. Most Bustrs are relatively incoherent, though a few of the more lucid ones are potentially dangerous stalkers."
- Mutt: "Alternatively known as Dogs or Yapping Dogs. Mutts are pack animals characterized by their loud barking vociferous, repetitive, usually ignorant and irrational criticism of anything and anyone they do not like. Mutts frequently become obsessed with a few or even a single poster with whom they disagree, often for purely personal reasons. Like a dog gnawing at a bone, the Mutt will attack the object of its ire over and over again, making a fool of itself in the eyes of those who understand such childish behavior for what it is."
- Holy Misroller (HM): "Holy Misrollers are those online forum participants who give Christians (or other religious adherents) a bad name. The HM believes himself or herself to be a Christian (etc.) and will generally tell anyone who'll listen about his or her faith in God and in Jesus. At the same time, however, the HM will display decidedly un-Christian behavior, frequently making an *** out of him/herself. The HM is often characterized by a great deal of anger and hostility."
- Marketing Genius: "A Marketing Genius is absolutely convinced that you are profiting from your participation in an Internet forum. If you have a link or a graphic block in you signature, the Marketing Genius just knows that this is your subtle attempt to assert your hypnotic powers on other bulletin board participants, luring them with the siren song of your complex and inscrutable advertising of your site."
- Boomerang: "Different name but posts sound familiar? This troll sets up new accounts to keep posting when blocked."
- Bored Hater: "This guy loves to make problems, usually out of sheer boredom. His posts are vile and hideous for no other reason than riling up total strangers. His arsenal includes racism, sexism, homophobia and religious intolerance."
- Cannibal Trolls: "A troll that spends it's time troll baiting other trolls. Wasting the time of those most intent of wasting the time of others. For instance a Cannibal Troll could post something like this ('Hi. Does anyone know if it's possible to use a background that would essentially turn my computer monitor into a mirror? Scanning a mirror doesn't work') He would do this purposely to attract trolls and feed of there negative comments. For every troll that pays attention to a Cannibal Troll another innocent bystander go's unmolested."
- Chatroom Bob: "Driven by 'Existential' forces. A chatroom bob takes part in trolling to gain the trust of others members in order to exploit them."
- Comment Trolls: "We've all encountered the Internet Comment Troll. The delightful little creature who somehow always shows up in the comments section of blogs, websites, and social media services to show off his superior intellect and set the world straight. The Internet Comment Troll is an expert in all matters and always takes pains to spread his wisdom. He particularly loves to dwell in tech-related realms, where he enlightens reviewers and enhances their work with his insights. Were it not for the Internet Comment Troll, online comment sections might actually be a place for meaningful."
- Concern Troll: "A person who posts on a blog thread, in the guise of 'concern,' to disrupt dialogue or undermine morale by pointing out that posters and/or the site may be getting themselves in trouble, usually with an authority or power. They point out problems that don't really exist. The intent is to derail, stifle, control, the dialogue. It is viewed as insincere and condescending.
- Connoisseur Troll: "The Connoisseur Troll is so full of himself that his head is lodged up his rear end. A movie critic whose only credential is that he watched Citizen Kane once, a friend who considers himself a wine aficionado for being able to discern the difference between a Franzia Cabernet and a Mike's Hard Lemonade and the guy who takes it upon himself to note whenever you mistakenly use 'good' instead of 'well' in a sentence are all examples of the Connoisseur. The troll will use his supposed 'area of expertise' as a weapon to disagree with anyone's opinion."
- Contrarian Troll: "A sophisticated breed, Contrarian Trolls frequent boards whose predominant opinions are contrary to their own. A forum dominated by those who support firearms and knife rights, for example, will invariably be visited by Contrarian Trolls espousing their beliefs in the benefits of gun control."
- YerATroll: "YerATrolls are those whining forumites who devote a tremendous amount of time and energy complaining about the tremendous amount of time an energy expended by Troll Bashers and Angry Forumites on the practice of troll-hunting. A self-righteous and hypocritical breed, YerATrolls spend all their time pointing fingers at everyone but trolls, petulantly demanding that their opinions be granted the significance the YerATroll believes they deserve."
- Agenda Troll: "Agenda trolls are those participants who join a forum specifically to pursue an agenda of their own, often a feud or grudge with another member, or perhaps a dispute with some party not participating in that forum. When a flame war erupts on another board, for example, Agenda Trolls will follow their opponents to other forums in order to continue the spat."
- Sophist Troll: "Sophist Trolls, or 'philotrolls,' fancy themselves Enlightened Philosophers or Learned Experts of the highest order. Often well educated, Philotrolls are capable of speaking intelligently on a number of topics, and when the spirit moves them they can be worthwhile forum participants. Unfortunately, Sophist Trolls are an extremely hostile and intolerant species."
- Affected Profundity Troll: "A mutant subspecies of Sophist Trolls, Affected Profundity Trolls post endless pages of pretentious drivel that is intended to appear wise, but which generally makes little sense (if any). Affected Profundity Trolls enjoy asking themselves questions, sometimes answering them and sometimes leaving them hanging, for they believe this looks intelligent and lends an aura of mystery to their incoherent ramblings."
- Don King Troll: "Related to Affected Profundity Trolls, Don King Trolls spout gibberish in the hope that they'll either bore or confuse to death those with whom they disagree. The average Don King Troll is 'a pursuitist who gromulates his adversarial computerists with height defining formulations to the disinterestingest adjunct.'"
- Artistic Troll: "A higher species of Classic Troll, Artistic Trolls are intelligent individuals who understand the subtle art of trolling, and who do what they do specifically to make others look foolish. Often employing the techniques of Deceptive Trolls, Artistics will string forumites along until some point in time designated by their own desires, at which point they will reveal the ploy, admit that it was a ploy, and laugh at everyone for being stupid enough to fall for it."
- Copyright Trolls: "A pejorative term for a party that enforces copyrights it owns for purposes of making money through litigation, in a manner considered unduly aggressive or opportunistic, generally without producing or licensing the works it owns for paid distribution. Critics object to the activity because they believe it does not encourage the production of creative works, but instead makes money through the inequities and unintended consequences of high statutory damages provisions in copyright laws intended to encourage creation of such works."
- Crazy Troll: "This guy just makes no sense. You post something about gardening and he claims that all gardeners are women and all women are soul-sucking incubus. Incubi? Who are only out to lure men into bed so they can marry them, then divorce them and take all their money to buy more tomato plants and meth."
- Crybaby: "If someone says something mean to the Crybaby, she'll become hysterical and swear she's never coming back to the board. Of course, you'll see her three days later when she slinks back for more abuse. The Crybaby often tells on you to the mods and swears she's going to get you banned."
- Crybaby: "This Internet Troll likes to take everything anyone says super-seriously and ends discussions by flouncing off. Despite promises he or she will not return, this troll always comes back."
- Cryer: "They tend to take everything as a personal assault, and love nothing more than feeling offended. And if they can't feel offended directly, they also love being offended on other people's behalves."
- Cuckoo Troll: "Like most trolls, cuckoo trolls are tortured by a terrible nagging fear that no one will ever take what they have to say very seriously. This fear is well justified. Cuckoo trolls try to get round this by mimicking the values of their host community. So, for example, they will seek to mislead with comments like 'What makes you think I'm a Labour voter?' or 'Actually I'm very open-minded on the subject of climate science.'"
- Dead Kid Troll: "Prior to the Internet, 'troll' garnered images of the Scandinavian mythological creature, a garish monster that lives under bridges and bothers the Billy Goats Gruff. And if you've heard of The Dead Kid Trolls, it's not hard to see why the name fits. Alexis Pilkington was a high school girl that committed suicide in 2010, and she was cyberbullied after her death. Friends and relatives had to see comments like, '[s]he was obviously a stupid depressed, who deserved to kill herself. she got what she wanted. These types of trolls are certainly the worst; they're extremely unsettling and counter to any healthy grieving process for a lost friend or child. Of the wretched trolls, these are the worst."
- Debbie Downer Troll: "This type of Internet Troll likes to showcase his or her unhappiness with the world by bringing you down."
- Domination Trolls: "This is where the trollers' strategy extends to the creation and running of apparently bona-fide mailing lists."
- Done-It-All: "These trolls know and have experienced everything. Their knowledge is paramount and they will drown you in facts and anecdotes until you give up."
- Downer: "This troll complains about everything: too much information, not enough information, boring posts, it was better last year, someone else does it better and no one listens."
- Elder: "Driven by 'Escape' forces. An Elder is an out bound member of the community, often engaging in 'trolling for newbies, where they wind up the newer members often without questioning from other members.'"
- Emotionally-Charged Troll: "These Internet Mole People pop up, usually in the form of some other type of troll, to make you feel bad by playing on your emotions."
- E-Venger: "Driven by 'Vengeance' forces. An E-Venger does trolling in order to trip someone up so that their 'true colours' are revealed."
- Expert: "The Expert knows everything about everything and loves to share his knowledge. He's a lawyer, a doctor, a senator, a pro-ball player, a historian, an engineer
in reality, of course, he's an unemployed temp living with his mom."
- Failoblog Troll: "Failoblog troll's dream is to have a blog as successful as the one he trolls. Unfortunately as you can see for yourself if you're foolish enough to follow the link he provides to his tragically unread blog, he is incapable of expressing himself coherently, interestingly or amusingly. His tone is bitter, thwarted, envious: like Iago, only without the quick-wittedness or charm."
- Flamer: "Has no interest in the topics discussed but just wants to cause trouble for their own amusement to lift daily grind boredom."
- Flamer: "This Internet Troll likes to cause trouble. Anywhere. With anyone. For any reason. If there's no trouble to be had? This Troll will cause some. This type of troll is especially fond of using words that aren't considered PC."
- Flirt: "Driven by 'Social' forces. A Flirt takes part in trolling to help others be sociable, including through light 'teasing'."
- Flooder: "The Flooder tries to break forums by posting the same lame thing (LOL! ROTFL!) over and over and over and over and over and over
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- Fraud Troll: "This person, who claims any number of things to gain the sympathy of the world, has none of the problems he or she claims to have."
- Fraud: "Also known as the Romance Scammer or the Deposed Nigerian Prince, the fraud takes pleasure in robbing people of their cash or self respect. If your friends warn you that something seems hinky, PAY ATTENTION!"
- Frost Troll: "Like an infantile child who proudly sits in his own poo poo, the Frost Troll's social ineptitude makes it nearly invulnerable to any criticism. Its Achilles heel is the rejection it faced as a youth. Maybe it was that rather unfortunately timed 'cold sore' outbreak which was forever memorialized in the high school yearbook or that embarrassing first time experience with the poor girl's armpit."
- Frost Troll: "Taking its name from the loathsome Skyrim creature, you should tread carefully with the Frost Troll. These are the sort of guys who have convinced themselves that being an rear end in a top hat qualifies as a legitimate sense of humor. The breed consists of those who blow cigarette smoke into a cancer survivor's face, or who, even more offensively, wear an Ed Hardy v-neck.
- Genuinely Funny Troll: "The concept of trolling isn't necessarily wrong. Sometimes people say stupid things, and they deserve to be gently ribbed. Occasionally you'll see someone write something you don't agree with, and of course you have the right to reply. Keep your tongue in your cheek, don't be cruel, and wonderful things can happen."
- Ghost: "Once you've become friends with people on Facebook, I think you enter into an agreement of sorts: you both decide to interact with each other and, most importantly, you both decide to use the service. They don't have a profile picture and the only information that's filled out in their profile is their name and birth date. They're a member, but not really."
- Grammar Hag: "This Internet Troll chooses only to pop in and out of your life to point out when you've misused a particular word, phrase, or used the wrong context. This troll always does so with a very satisfying flourish."
- Grammar Nazi: "They're physically unable to not point out any and every spelling mistake or grammatical error they find on the internet, and are under the impression that such mistakes instantly discredit what the writer was trying to say. Basically, their dicks."
- Griefers: "A common type of troll found on forums and on online games, where they take on very different meanings. Griefers exist to cause problems and delight in stirring up large-scale 'flamewars' Griefers are also (though not always) rude, abusive and sometimes downright cruel: many Griefers do this to provoke their victims into a response."
- Harasser: "Cross this troll and they will find and post your address, weight and financial information on every platform in existence."
- Hate Monger: "One of the most nauseating types of Internet trolls is The Hate Monger. This commenter blasts the Internet, and otherwise civil discussion, with hate speech. Be it sexist, racist, homophobic ('GAY!' is an oft-used trolling one-off), or otherwise, the Hate Monger reflects the ignorant dregs of humanity. You'll see them everywhere, but particularly virulent is their presence on forums that children can easily read and those aimed at politico/societal discussion."
- Hater: "They don't need a motive, they just move from victim to victim saying not very nice things and making you feel like you've done something to deserve it. Which is nice."
- Honorable Nitwit: "Honorable Nitwits absolutely love to speak about honor. This breed invokes the concepts of honor, integrity, humility, and other traits straight from the Boy Scout Oath more often than a Klingon warrior on anti-depressants. Honorable nitwits are convinced that everyone around them suffers from a lack of honor, an idea they thoroughly fail to understand in attempting to use its lack to smear others."
- Old Warrior: "The Old Warrior has been there and done that. He has little time to spare for those who have not been there and done that. The Old Warrior has been there and done that to such an extent, in fact, that he is always right. Anyone who disagrees with him, therefore, is wrong by definition and should shut the hell up. Old Warriors place a very high premium on one's credentials relevant to the subject matter discussed, failing to understand the logical fallacy of appeals to authority."
- Forum Cultist: "Forum cultists are extremely proud of the incredible Internet communities to which they belong. They pride themselves on the exclusivity of those communities and actually believe that 'it can't happen to them', 'it,' of course, being their own banishment. Forum cultists place a very high premium on groupthink and generally react to differing opinions with outrage, banning all who dare to speak them."
- Pretend-novice: "Has an agenda to push but pretends to not to understand arguments against said agenda in order to push the agenda further. By appearing to be a new user, she can get away with combativeness without appearing aggressive or hostile and can always excuse any poor arguments as ignorance or genuine inquiry."
- Humor Trolls: "One of the more common types of trolls and although often destructive they also tend to be mischievous rather than outright malicious (exceptions do exist). Humor Trolls believe that the act of trolling is comedy and indeed some Humor Trolls can be funny to certain people, the major problem with this particular type of troll is the comedy is not always welcome and often disrupts the normal flow of online communities."
- I'm Better Than You and You're a Moron Troll: "This type of troll isn't out-of-control-crazy, just more condescending and smug. This troll looks for picky things to criticize as justification for why you are an idiot with the mental capacity of a sea cucumber. These trolls will also take time to spell out specific reasons why they are too good/talented/smart to listen to you."
- Iconoclast: "Driven by 'Destructive' forces. An Iconoclast takes part in trolling to help others discover 'the truth', often by telling them things completely factual, but which may drive them into a state of consternation. They may post links to content that contradicts the worldview of their target."
- Idiot Troll: "This Internet Troll responds to every post you write with things a blithering idiot (or teenager) would say."
- Idiot: "You haven't seen them since you were 14, and you're suddenly wondering why you accepted their Facebook friend request. They comment on your pictures of the Eiffel Tower telling you how much they love Blackpool. Hmm."
- Internet Radio/Media Trolls: "Internet Radio Troll Formal Definition: A variant of Internet Troll describing internet radio show hosts, their networks and listeners who use online media platforms and social sites to defame & humiliate a person, group, cause or belief. Unique to their profile is how they provoke and encourage their listeners to engage in the same vitriolic behaviors. Unlike Internet Trolls who act alone or in small groups, Internet Radio Trolls manipulate as many listeners as possible to join in their cyber-attacks."
- Internet Troll: "An Internet Troll is a colloquial expression used to define an online user who uses Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to purposely and actively provoke, defame, anger, tease, flame, or incite other online users. More often than not, the Internet Troll does not know the target recipient(s) of their vitriolic statements and behaviors. Internet Trolls regularly appear in all forms of online mediums ranging from online video gaming gatherings to chatroom and forum discussions."
- IRL Troll: "The IRL (that stands for In Real Life to all you AFK people) Troll is the type of person that acts like an Internet bottom-feeder in everyday life. Perhaps it's someone that spends too much time in front of a glowing screen, or perhaps it's just someone who burned their mother's copy of Emily Post. These are the people that you're not entirely sure should be at every single dinner party that you go to, and it's getting a little strange that they're always there."
- Just Don't Get It Troll: "Just Don't Get It Troll is the feeblest form of troll life. In fact he hardly qualifies as a troll at all because he doesn't understand what proper trolling is about, or indeed what the interweb thing is really for, or anything. He'll often begin his rants with 'I can't believe you get paid for writing this rubbish' or 'How disgraceful that a fine newspaper like the Telegraph should allow its reputation to be sullied by such bilge.'"
- Know-it-all: "Whatever you know, they know more. They spend a lot of their time attempting to discredit every Guardian article ever written, whilst still claiming it's their favourite newspaper."
- Lame Teenager: "The Lame Teenager responds with clever sayings like, 'I know you are, but what am I?' and 'I'm rubber and you're glue
' Warning: Sometimes the Lame Teenager is really a 40-year-old guy who can't think of anything better to say."
- Let-Me-Hijack-Your-Post-To-Tell-My-Horrible-Story Internet Troll: "These Internet Mole People almost always leave you wondering why they left you the comment at all, except that you're now probably feeling guilty for being upset about anything, ever."
- Liar: "The Liar is the most common troll. He loves to lure in brainless high-school girls by pretending he's a romantic 20-year-old sensitive poet. The Liar is fairly harmlessas long as you don't set up an IRL meet-up."
- Line Crosser: "In the words of Joey Tribbiani, 'You're so far past the line, you can't even see the line. The line is a dot to you!'. They hide behind their online persona and think this means the usual rules of society don't apply."
- Lurker: "Driven by 'Surveillance' forces. Lurkers make silent calls by accident, etc., clicking on adverts or 'like' buttons, using 'referrer spoofers', reporting posts, modifying opinion polls or user kudos scores."
- Meh Troll: "Easily identified by its complete absence of originality and creativity, the Meh Troll is a common, but minor threat. It relies upon the beating of dead horses and archaic stereotypes when attempting comedy. Consider the guy who can't help but offer grape soda to his black friend or who depends upon making fun of Justin Bieber and you'll get the idea. At best, he'll get a few nervous chuckles."
- MHBFYJenny: "Driven by 'Forgiveness forces'. A MHBFY Jenny takes part in trolling to help people see the lighter side of life and to help others come to terms with their concerns."
- Nellie McNeggerson: "Nellie likes to show her displeasure by negging every craigslist post you make, regardless of its content. If you say, 'cool!' she'll neg you. If you say 'thanks!' she'll neg you. She might even create multiple accounts so she can neg you four or five times."
- Never-Give-Up, Never-Surrender Troll: "This troll is ALWAYS right and will battle to the death to prove it. There's no point in trying to fight her. If she can't back something up with reality, she'll make something up, just to show you how wrong you are."
- Never-Gonna-Give-You-Up-Troll: "This Internet Troll is right. Always. And this troll will never, ever, stop telling you why. It doesn't matter how many times you argue, this troll is right."
- New Service Addict: "They became a friend of yours on MySpace, or maybe even followed you on LiveJournal, and ever since then, they've wanted to be your friend on every social network known to man. Sometimes you catch a really serious one who signs up for all the newest services before anyone, and they immediately send out invites like they're passing out candy to kids on Halloween."
- Not A Troll, Trolls: "Not everyone expressing a dissenting opinion on your website is an Internet Mole Person."
- Off-Topic Trolls: "Unclear as to whether these trolls are actually people or simply spam-bots."
- Old-time Nobody: "Social networks provide a slew of opportunities to connect with old friends, but that doesn't mean you need to befriend your third-grade buddy Bill, whom you haven't had a discussion with in 20 years. Usually they mention a time in your life the two of you shared when you were kids. Maybe it's not the end of the world, but it does get a bit awkward when they remember that time and you don't."
- Overtly Reflective Troll: "If you've ever known some tool (usually armed with an acoustic guitar) who speaks in an unnecessarily soft tone and refuses to use any other adjective but 'deep' or 'meta,' you are familiar with the Overtly Reflective Troll. It will tirelessly comment on the state of our existence and leave your nostrils with the overpowering stench of an overcrowded, but well-fed bullpen. The Overtly Reflective Troll doesn't really believe its drivel, but just wants to make you look bad in front of the ladies."
- Patent Trolls: "A patent troll uses patents as legal weapons, instead of actually creating any new products or coming up with new ideas. Instead, trolls are in the business of litigation (or even just threatening litigation). They often buy up patents cheaply from companies down on their luck who are looking to monetize what resources they have left, such as patents."
- Peacemaker: "Arguing with a troll is a dangerous game, but it turns out that some internet commenters are in fact normal people with unprecedented levels of common sense."
- Pedant Troll: "In his imagination, pedant troll is the very exemplar of reason, balance and moderation. He feels effortlessly superior to the ridiculous, extremist, purblind fool whose blog he haunts, and whom he likes to put down with his killer sarcasm, weapons-grade pedantry and niggling little quibbles masquerading as constructive criticism. If he were really as brilliant as he thinks he is, he would at the very least have a major blog of his own by now, and more likely be King of the World. Strangely, he has yet to achieve either of these things."
- Pedant: "This troll will refuse to listen if 'there' and 'their' is misused or there is a typo mistakes automatically invalidate arguments."
- Playtime Trolls: "An individual plays a simple, short game. Such trolls are relatively easy to spot because their attack or provocation is fairly blatant, and the persona is fairly two-dimensional."
- Point Misser: "The Point Misser lacks the part of the brain that detects humour and loves nothing more than complaining about TV shows they haven't even seen."
- Political Commentator: "Imaginative use of swear words and an ability to twist everything into an argument about misspending the taxpayer's money is a must."
- Preacher: "Whatever the topic, they'll find some way of turning it into a great theological debate. And all you wanted to do was Instagram a picture of your dinner."
- Priggish Grammar Troll: "No matter what the discussion is about, the Priggish Grammar Troll will ignore the argument and pick on the one word you used incorrectly, like 'alot' or misuses of 'they're,' 'their' and 'there.'"
- Profane Screamer: "If someone says something even remotely critical of the Profane Screamer, he'll TYPE IN ALL CAPS, telling you what a @#$# you are and insulting your mom. The Profane Screamer is often a noob and often turns into The Crybaby."
- Psycho Trolls: "These trolls have an unconscious psychological need to feel good by making others feel bad. Such people may use their real names on the internet, and they may not even realise that they are 'trolling'".
- Rabid Flamer: "This guy likes to make trouble for his own amusement. If nothing particularly nasty is going on, he'll whip out his flamethrower and burn everyone in his path, especially denizens of parenting or pets chat rooms."
- Ranting Troll: "Ranting troll has an ax to grind and his preferred place to do this is on your blog or in a review of your book. Like Crazy Troll, Ranting Troll kind of makes some sense, though his argument might be very tangential."
- Religious Trolls: "These trolls use Bible Verses and religious scripture to justify being mean to others for no real reason."
- Rent-A-Mob: "This troll will bring a like-minded troll army with them to fight the cause. Be warned, the army could be just one person in disguise."
- Retroactive Stalker: "The Retroactive Stalker will go back in time to find every cragislist post you ever made until he finds something embarrassing you said, even if you posted it three years ago. After that, whenever you post anything new, the Retroactive Stalker will link to the old post(s) in an effort to discredit you."
- Ripper: "Driven by 'Thanatotic' forces. A Ripper takes part in self-deprecating trolling in order to build a false sense of empathy from others."
- Self-Feeding Troll: "This guy likes to argue, even when everyone else in the fold tells him he's wrong. Without support from his nonexistent friends, he changes handles or makes up new ones to show the fold how loved he is."
- Serial Leaver: "If they can't get their own way, they threaten to leave forever because of the vile bullying and then return a few days later. Repeat."
- Sharing Troll: "Also known as the TOU Violator, this psycho will find out your personal information and post it on message boards when you anger him. For example, when he's being an rear end to someone and you step in to tell him to knock it off, he'll use your real name or post your address."
- Shock Trolls: "Shock Trolls are arguably one of the more malicious trolls and are fairly common in some parts of the internet, Shock Trolls delight in causing offensive and may infect computers with malware 'for fun' or hack into sites and vandalize them. Shock Troll tactics often involve the use of disgusting, perverted or controversial imagery or texts and much like the Griefer Shock Trolls may find the resulting chaos to be amusing."
- Shouter: "They're angry. So, so angry. They're angered by happy people, sad people, other angry people, cats, badgers, themselves, politicians and humus."
- Snert: "Driven by 'Anti-social' forces. A Snert takes part in trolling to harm others for their own sick entertainment."
- Snob: "This troll will just post *yawn*, *slow hand clap* or a rolling eye gif after every post they deem below par."
- Sock Puppeteer: "If you've got any concept of ROI, you're clearly not a Sock Puppeteer. These people can't actually have paying jobs. They're entirely too busy ruining everyone's Internet fun and potentially having an extremely odd personality disorder. The Sock Puppeteer is a curious type of troll who creates several alternate, additional accounts on a commenting forum to flank their original trolling comment or argument with support."
- Spam Troll: "When internet trolls put links into their already annoying long winded posts."
- Spambot Troll: "Spambot troll is on a mission, quite possibly a paid-for mission to judge by the frequency with which he posts. His job is to sabotage the comments section by filling it with cut-and-paste postings of little relevance to the debate in hand. He was probably sent straight here from CACC which also sums up the quality of the stuff he writes."
- Spambot Trolls: "Spambot Trolls might not even be people, but they crud up comments of otherwise civil discussions and they do so all over the Internet. They paste text and links into comments that often lead to data mining bugs or dead-ends, and there's not much rhyme or reason to their names, words, or links. The Spambot Troll is like an automated Baiter; they just waste energy and space, and sometimes provoke a reaction, though it's hard to imagine that anyone takes their bait."
- Stalker Troll: "It takes a fairly sick mentality to want to be a troll. If you were in any way healthy, you would prefer to hang out the blogs of people you agree with, rather than maliciously setting out to disrupt those of people you hate. Stalker troll is the sickest of the lot. He becomes obsessed with every detail of life of the person whose blog he infests, in the hope of gleaning titbits, which he can use against his nemesis. For example, one of the regular trolls on this blog makes frequent sneery references to the fact that I suffer from depression. This is bizarre."
- STD Troll: "As many of you know, a sexually transmitted disease is hard to kick, just like this troll. Even when you think you've lost it for good, it comes back for another round. Unless you are a Zen monk, you'll quickly lose patience with this cretin and reward it with the desired reaction. The best way to fight this troll off is by doing something counterintuitive: agreeing with it (please keep in mind this philosophy only applies to STD trolls, you should really just stick with a good antibiotic for an actual STD). I refer to this as the troll with the 'troll' defense."
- Stranger: "It happens to all of us: someone we don't know tries to be our friend on Facebook. Their profile claims they graduated from the same college and they live in your general area. You know you've never met the person and even if you did, it was for a fleeting second and you don't remember them at all."
- Strategic Trolls: "A very serious form of game, involving the production of an overall strategy that can take months or years to develop. It can also involve a number of people acting together in order to invade a list."
- Swearer: "If anyone dares to disagree with them, this troll will reply IN CAPS AND WITH LOTS OF SWEARING *@!&. They will also tell you how ugly you and your mum are."
- Tactical Trolls: "This is where the troller takes the game more seriously, creates a credible persona to gain confidence of others, and provokes strife in a subtle and invidious way."
- Spoiler: "The Spoiler likes to ruin people's days. On the film fo, he gives away endings ('He was dead the whole time!'). On sports sites, he posts the final scores."
- Troll Behind A Troll Behind A Troll: "This Internet Troll, when he or she cannot summon up the support of others, will invent new screen names, logins, and profiles in order to support him or herself and his or her argument."
- Troll: "Driven by 'Chaos' forces. A Troll takes part in trolling to entertain others, bringing some fun and mischief to an online community."
- Twister: "They take everything you say out of context, and use it to make you sound like a douche. The tabloid journalists of the trolling world."
- Vengeful Troll: "The minute you anger the Vengeful Troll, he or she posts your personal information everywhere."
- Vulgar Troll: "These, the crudest of all trolls, make no attempt to hide their species. Often, they make racist comments, or they may post porn and other spam. Vulgars usually confine their comments merely to primitive, profane, off-topic observations. When you log into the Really Profound Serious Philosophical Discussions board and see the post, 'I smell my farts,' you've spotted the Vulgar Troll. Other species of troll sometimes revert to this form when cornered."
- Deceptive or "Classic" Troll: "More sophisticated but often easily identified and exposed, the Classic Troll gratifies his ego by pretending to be someone or something he or she is not. Classics make up elaborate stories about themselves, sometimes weaving some amounts of truth into their lies. As a web of lies is difficult to build with consistency, however, Classics are often 'outed' by other forumites."
- White Knight: "If the White Knight thinks someone hurts someone's feelings, he'll put on his shiny armor and joust for honor and goodness
even if the 'attacked' person tells him to shut up."
- Wizard: "Driven by 'Creative' forces. A Wizard does trolling through making up and sharing content that has humorous effect."
- YouTube Commenter: "Are you having a great day? Well, we've got the solution for you. YouTube.com is the web's leading video sharing site, and has become a hugely popular search engine. Comments on the videos are those of an open forum, with very little moderation (especially in the pre-YouTube-by-Google days), and are generally a web junkie's daily reminder that everyone on the Internet (so, pretty much everyone in the world) is grossly ignorant, contributing to global idiocy in scads, and generally sucks really, really hard."
Thats a lot of trolls.
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