User:Cmurr81

"This is typically done by posting inflammatory and digressive, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community (such as a newsgroup, forum, chat room, or blog), with the intent of provoking readers into displaying emotional responses and normalizing tangential discussion."

(This is done by posting purposely opposing, offensive messages meant to provoke emotional responses from the person being "trolled".)

"This is typically for the troll's amusement, or to achieve a specific result such as disrupting a rival's online activities or manipulating a political process."

(This is done for the trolls's amusement, and to oppose any opinion made by an online user meant to disturb them. Most recently this has been used in manipulating political processes according to (source))

"Application of the term troll is subjective. Some readers may characterize a post as trolling, while others may regard the same post as a legitimate contribution to the discussion, even if controversial. Like any pejorative term, it can be used as an ad hominem attack, suggesting a negative motivation."

(This sentence expresses opinion and content that is stated as fact, however it needs a proper citation to make it officially factual.)

"Regardless of the circumstances, controversial posts may attract a particularly strong response from those unfamiliar with the robust dialogue found in some online, rather than physical, communities."

(No matter the social network or setting of trolling, controversial messages may garner a more emotional response from online users who are unexperienced to this type of online discourse.)

"There are competing theories of where and when "troll" was first used in Internet slang, with numerous unattested accounts of BBS and UseNet origins in the early 1980s or before."

(There are differing opinions and thoughts on how the term "troll" originated, however (SOURCE) claims that the term was first used in the 1980s or even earlier)