There are too many people calling trolling at the moment. Dom Joly is particularly bad for this on my twitter feed, exposing trolls when they are not trolls in my view. They're people shouting abuse, possibly flamers if that term still exists. nothing more or less than that.
To Explain, my definition of trolling would be put in another way, shit-stirring. You're throwing a comment out for the reaction you get, you're saying that Star Wars is crap where Star Trek is the dogs bollocks, and waiting for people to rise to it, and getting off on the reaction. I've never got why you would but apparently some do, which is ok but you don't feed them.
To make what I think clear, this is not a troll, whatever the telegraph believes. He's a wanker, yes, he's a flamer, he's an obnoxious prick, but he is not a troll. There is some thought behind trolling, and it shouldn't just get a reaction saying you're a stain on humanity, it should make people think about what they believe. Trolls should stir it up, they shouldn't abuse people. Please remember that.
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