Include a basic definition of what you consider trolling. Because people seem to deem a huge variety of things trolling. Silly comments are fine but no direct personal insults.
Include a basic definition of what you consider trolling. Because people seem to deem a huge variety of things trolling. Silly comments are fine but no direct personal insults.
Before most trolling became toxic, there was the variant of light trolling which was nice and very fun. I remember one person presenting a talk at a hacker conference about trolling, but all they did was talking about trolling as in fishing… for the whole talk. It was a nice way to waste everyone’s time.
For those who might be confused, the term for fishing is trawling, which means dragging a net behind the boat.
So it’s a pun loosely based on a homophone, although trawl is pronounced more like the first syllable in trolley. With the right accent they sound similar, though.
Ken M comes to mind as an example of the more light-hearted variant.