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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kentucky, post: 3225599, member: 33176&quot;]Wikipedia...</p><p>&quot;In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_slang" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_slang" rel="nofollow">Internet slang</a>, a <b>troll</b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English" rel="nofollow">/troʊl, trɒl/</a>) is a person who starts quarrels or upsets people on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet" rel="nofollow">Internet</a> to distract and sow discord by posting inflammatory and digressive,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll#cite_note-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll#cite_note-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/extraneous#Adjective" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/extraneous#Adjective" rel="nofollow">extraneous</a>, or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-topic" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-topic" rel="nofollow">off-topic</a> messages in an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_community" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_community" rel="nofollow">online community</a> (such as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsgroup" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsgroup" rel="nofollow">newsgroup</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_forum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_forum" rel="nofollow">forum</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chat_room" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chat_room" rel="nofollow">chat room</a>, or blog) with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullying_culture" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullying_culture" rel="nofollow">intent of provoking</a> readers into displaying <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotion" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotion" rel="nofollow">emotional</a> responses<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll#cite_note-PCMAG_def-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll#cite_note-PCMAG_def-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a> and normalizing tangential discussion,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll#cite_note-IUKB_def-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll#cite_note-IUKB_def-3" rel="nofollow">[3]</a> whether for the troll&#039;s amusement or a specific gain.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Intent is the key...it was for EVERYONE&#039;S amusement, although perhaps not a skillful effort.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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