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Trolling

In slang, trolling is when a person posts deliberately offensive or provocative messages online (such as in social media, a forum, a chat room, an online video game) or performs similar behaviors offline. The methods and motivations of trolls can range from benign to sadistic. These messages can be inflammatory, insincere, digressive, extraneous, or…

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Psychological characteristics

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Corporate, political, and special-interest sponsored trolls

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Origin and etymology

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Media coverage and controversy

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Origin and etymology

Trolling, identity, and anonymity

Corporate, political, and special-interest sponsored trolls

Psychological characteristics

Concern troll

Troll sites

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Avg. degree1.99
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related to India · 25
Trolling → According, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, Bollywood, Criticles, GTFO, Hindu, In, Kerala, Khan, Kummanadi, Maharashtra, Malayalam, Newslaundry, OMKV, Rishi Kapoor, Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Supreme Court, Swati Chaturvedi
related to United Kingdom · 20
Trolling → Act, April Jones, Communications, Communications Act, Courts Act, Criminal Justice, Georgia Varley, In, In October, Internet, Lords Select Committee, Malicious Communications Act, Section, Sending, Several, The House, Trolls, UK, United Kingdom, Until
related to Examples · 18
Trolling → America Online, AOL, Facebook, Facebook Gold Account, Gold, In, Inc, Internet, It, Kenneth Zeran, Mr, Oklahoma City, Six, So-called Gold Membership, The, This, Zeran, Zeran's
related to Academic and debate · 17
Trolling → August, By Mattathias Schwartz, Feminist ForumHow, Internet RageMalwebolence, Internet Trolls Are Narcissists, Jennifer Golbeck, Managing, New York Times Magazine, Psychology Today, Psychopaths, Respond, Sadists, Safety Online, Searching, September, The World, Web Trolling
related to Psychological characteristics · 17
Trolling → Bad Clowns, Dark, In, Internet, Like, Machiavellianism, Moreover, Psychological, Radford's, Researcher Ben Radford, Researches, SPD, Studies, The, Their, They, Trolls
related to Concern troll · 14
Trolling → Bass, Bass's, Concern, Congressman Charles Bass, Democrat Paul Hodes, Democrats, For, Hodes, IndieNH, IndyNH, New Hampshire, Republican, Tad Furtado, The
related to In other languages · 13
Trolling → An, Another, Both, China, Chinese, European, Hong Kong, In Chinese, In Hebrew, Internet, Taiwan, Taiwanese, The
related to Troll sites · 13
Trolling → Because, Encyclopedia Dramatica, French, Internet's, Ligue, LOL, New York Times, Places, Reddit, The, These, This, TOTSE
related to Corporate, political, and special-interest sponsored trolls · 11
Trolling → Cent Party, Chinese, Gary King, Global Times, Harvard, Internet, Organizations, Teams, The, The Chinese Government, When
related to Usage · 11
Trolling → Application, Farhad Manjoo, However, Internet, More, Some, Sometimes, Such, The, Trollface, While

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Trollingis agame about identity deception0.90text
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