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Originally Posted by Polar Bear
From one of the urban dictionaries...
"A Troll is a person who sows discord on the Internet by starting arguments or upsetting people, by posting inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community with the deliberate intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion, simply for their own amusement."
It's rampant in the political forum.
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A real troll doesn't necessarily believe what s/he is saying. They're just saying things to start an argument.
Some people on the political forum mean the ugly things they say. Same as with the unmoderated online news comments.
I think there's a difference. The trick is to tell which is which.