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Originally Posted by JSWolf
You (people using the word troll incorrectly) are using the word troll incorrectly.
The meaning of troll is someone in an online chat (i.e., IRC) trolling for online sex. Hence calling the person a troll. It has nothing to do with disrupting a forum.
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From Wikipedia:
In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking other users into a desired emotional response[2] or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.[3] In addition to the offending poster, the noun troll can also refer to the provocative message itself, as in "that was an excellent troll you posted". While the term troll and its associated action trolling are primarily associated with Internet discourse, media attention in recent years has made such labels highly subjective, with trolling being used to describe intentionally provocative actions outside of an online context. For example, recent media accounts have used the term troll to describe "a person who defaces internet tribute sites with the aim of causing grief to families.
I can think of several regular posters here who meet that definition....