your last point is pretty much there
but it's definitely not about being a bit of cunt. It's a specific search for a reaction, usually by saying something deliberately inflammatory.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 18 Oct 2011, 11:55, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

So, it is possible to troll from time to time
because lets face it we all go for a reaction some times, with out being a troll? For example see Al V Swipe. But one is not a troll unless this is one's raison d'être? This would be my position, but I'm fairly sure I've been told I don't understand the term before.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 18 Oct 2011, 12:00, Reply)

It needs to be your pure purpose for being there to be a troll, yeah.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 18 Oct 2011, 12:08, Reply)

While I agree in principal
There are people who spend 90% of their on-line lives being arseholes to get a reaction and yet avoid the label because they occasionally have a civil conversation. I think they are worthy of at least demi-troll status, or shall we just stick to arsehole?

There's also the phenomenon of people who may only troll on here while being a 'normal' poster on /talk (and for all I know vice versa). They also resist the label, but I think 'at the time they are doing it' it's justified to an extent.

Sorry if this is all dull but I find internet sociology fascinating.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 18 Oct 2011, 12:21, Reply)