In slang, a troll is a person who posts or makes inflammatory, insincere, digressive, extraneous, or off-topic messages online (such as in social media, a newsgroup, a forum, a chat room, an online video game) or in real life, with the intent of provoking others into displaying emotional responses, or manipulating others' perception, thus acting as a bully or a provocateur. For other uses, see Troll (disambiguation).Ī revision of a Wikipedia article shows a troll vandalizing an article on Wikipedia by replacing content with an insult.
For the method of fishing, see Trolling (fishing).
