Why do people "Troll" Internet Forums?

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I've never been on any Forum or Message board where there wasn't at least a dozen people trying to cause trouble or trying to piss people off. On the Ole Miss Scout board that I'm a part of it is awful. Several posters correcting people's spelling, punctuation, and sentence structure in a pissed off tone... It is a damn sports message board. Who cares as long as you get the point across... On gambling forums people get bashed for posting plays... Damn it's a 50/50 chance of hitting the bet or not... Example: you come here and say fellas I'm playing Pitt +8 and sometimes multiple posters call you a freaking idiot or you have no clue how to cap blah blah blah..... Hell I used to play B/C class softball in Mississippi and we had a message board for Upcoming tournaments.... You know with entry fee, location, who was in it, and what affiliation we would be playing under (ISA,USSSA, or ASA). It would get so heated in that message board that people would end up in a fight at the parks.... Over Softball people!

My question to all of you: what do people get out of trolling? Why would you want to be considered the dick of the forum? How many quality posters does this cost us? I'm game for disagreeing and debate. I respect a lot of people and if they have a strong feeling the other way I listen... It has saved me a ton of money by discussing it.. Help me understand.
 

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It's all about attention. That's why you'll find the most trolls in the most popular threads. And negative attention is attention regardless and they get plenty of it and love it.
 

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well, they do it because they're shallow simple people and the WWW is the only place they have a voice

in real life, people just smile at them at walk away
 

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the internet allows some to express themselves in ways they would never dream of doing in person. aka, internet tough guy, etc...
 

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the internet allows some to express themselves in ways they would never dream of doing in person. aka, internet tough guy, etc...

I actually am a real life tough guy. FYI
 

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A lot of it is what some consider trolling is in fact that said person has too thin of skin. Too thin of skin for a gambling forum. Words on a screen, boys. Post your opinions and let it fly. I'm honestly embarrassed for the ones who claim to have people on ignore, on ignore on a gambling forum full of strangers. What mess must people be in real life if they need to put posters on a gambling forum on ignore.
 

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I don't know but this board is one of the most docile when it comes to trolling.

I posted at another board where most people where assholes. They also had a reputation system and some asshole would come in and give me bad ratings daily.
 

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A lot of it is what some consider trolling is in fact that said person has too thin of skin. Too thin of skin for a gambling forum. Words on a screen, boys. Post your opinions and let it fly. I'm honestly embarrassed for the ones who claim to have people on ignore, on ignore on a gambling forum full of strangers. What mess must people be in real life if they need to put posters on a gambling forum on ignore.

I agree that a ton of people are to thin skinned.... I talking about the idiots.... You know you tell them 2+2 is 4 and they even try to argue that... But I guess we all know there screen name.... I have over 1000 post and a majority of people have never heard of me. Everybody knows the village idiot lol... I read some bashing and wonder to myself if this person is really that big of a dick or just attention seeking.. Lose lose either way.
 

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I agree that a ton of people are to thin skinned.... I talking about the idiots.... You know you tell them 2+2 is 4 and they even try to argue that... But I guess we all know there screen name.... I have over 1000 post and a majority of people have never heard of me. Everybody knows the village idiot lol... I read some bashing and wonder to myself if this person is really that big of a dick or just attention seeking.. Lose lose either way.

OK. I get what you're saying, pal. Good post.
 

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Tennessee scout forum is same way. Grammar police all militant. DRIVES ME NUTS.who are they trying to impress? Ive killed more brain cells than these pretentious pricks have...ive nothing to prove. It paibs me that those people are so insecure posting from aol on their 2002 dell computer they overpaid for. Gtfo.
 

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