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troll
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Generally annoying people on the internet, whose primary motivation is to
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cause disruption, distress or anger. The name comes from the grumpy
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and chaos-loving character from folklore and fantasy.
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Trolls typically have no interest in the topic or thread under which they
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are posting. The usual advice when encountering trolls is to ignore
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and/or block them, but this is sometimes not an easy solution. When
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unleashed within a forum, stream or mailing list trolls can quickly
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cause enough dissarray to destroy communities which took years to build
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and as such they should be recognized as an existential threat to
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software projects if they're not quickly dealt with.
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Hired trolls may also be used for political purposes by governments or
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corporations to disrupt rival organisations and spread fear, uncertainty
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and doubt.
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