Editing Troll (slang) (section)

== Usage ==

Application of the term ''troll'' is [[Subjectivity|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.<ref>Leone, M. "[https://edisciplinas.usp.br/pluginfile.php/2997807/mod_resource/content/1/2017_-_The_Art_of_Trolling_-_Draft.pdf The Art of Trolling]". University of Turin.</ref> More potent acts of trolling are blatant [[harassment]] or off-topic banter.<ref>Baldwin, Z. (24 August 2018). "[https://www.griffin.law/distinction-trolling-online-harassment-law-surrounding The distinction between 'trolling' and online harassment, and the law surrounding it]". Griffin Law. Retrieved 17 February 2022.</ref> However, the term ''Internet troll'' has also been applied to information warfare, hate speech, and even political [[activism]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Birkbak|first=Andreas|date=2018-04-30|title=Into the wild online: Learning from Internet trolls|url=https://www.firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/8297|journal=First Monday|language=en|doi=10.5210/fm.v22i5.8297|issn=1396-0466 |doi-access=free |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216104504/https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/8297 |archive-date= Dec 16, 2023 }}</ref>

The "[[Trollface]]" is an image occasionally used to indicate trolling in Internet culture.<ref>{{cite web |last=Prahl |first=Kyle |url=http://www.psu.com/a019344/Trollface-hack-strikes-PlayStation-3-PSU-community-member-reports-XMB-weirdness|title=Trollface hack strikes PlayStation 3? PSU community member reports XMB weirdness |work=PlayStation Universe |date=9 May 2013 |access-date=3 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515045805/https://www.psu.com/news/trollface-hack-strikes-playstation-3-psu-community-member-reports-xmb-weirdness/ |archive-date=15 May 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Valle |first=Mario |url=http://www.publimetro.cl/nota/cronica/pasta-y-masterdog-ya-son-parte-de-la-jerga-universitaria/xIQmef!22mBeJJLytl6U/|title="Pasta" y "MasterDog" ya son parte de la jerga universitaria |work=[[Publimetro]] |access-date=3 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719104602/https://www.publimetro.cl/nota/cronica/pasta-y-masterdog-ya-son-parte-de-la-jerga-universitaria/xIQmef!22mBeJJLytl6U/ |archive-date=19 July 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://yucatan.com.mx/imagen/forever-alone-y-ay-si-ay-si-entre-los-mas-populares | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202221424/http://yucatan.com.mx/imagen/forever-alone-y-ay-si-ay-si-entre-los-mas-populares | url-status=dead | archive-date=2 December 2013 | title="Forever Alone" y "Ay sí, ay sí", entre los más populares – el Diario… | access-date=17 May 2013 }}</ref>

The word is sometimes incorrectly used to refer to anyone with controversial or differing opinions.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url = http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2012/12/i_m_not_a_troll_why_does_everyone_on_the_internet_keep_calling_me_one.html|title = Stop Calling Me a Troll|last = Manjoo|first = Farhad|date = 5 December 2012|work = Slate|access-date = 6 January 2015}}</ref> Such usage goes against the ordinary meaning of troll in multiple ways. While [[psychologist]]s have determined that [[Sadistic personality disorder|psychopathological sadism]], [[dark triad]], and [[dark tetrad]] [[Psychological trait|personality traits]] are common among Internet trolls,<ref name="Dynel 2016">{{cite journal |last=Dynel |first=Marta |date=September 2016 |title="Trolling is not stupid": Internet trolling as the art of deception serving entertainment |editor-last=Kecskés |editor-first=István |editor-link=István Kecskés (linguist) |journal=[[Intercultural Pragmatics]] |volume=13 |issue=3 |publisher=[[De Gruyter]] |location=[[Berlin]] |pages=353–381 |doi=10.1515/ip-2016-0015 |s2cid=151433921 |eissn=1613-365X |issn=1612-295X}}</ref><ref name="JournalofPersonality">{{cite journal |last1=Andjelovic |first1=Tamara |last2=Buckels |first2=Erin E. |last3=Paulhus |first3=Delroy L. |last4=Trapnell |first4=Paul D. |date=April 2019 |title=Internet trolling and everyday sadism: Parallel effects on pain perception and moral judgment |journal=[[Journal of Personality]] |volume=87 |issue=2 |pages=328–340 |publisher=[[Wiley-Blackwell]] |location=[[Chichester|Chichester, West Sussex]] |doi=10.1111/jopy.12393 |pmid=29663396 |s2cid=4955521}}</ref><ref name="Comput. Hum. Behav.">{{cite journal |last1=Navarro-Carrillo |first1=Ginés |last2=Torres-Marín |first2=Jorge |last3=Carretero-Dios |first3=Hugo |date=January 2021 |title=Do trolls just want to have fun? Assessing the role of humor-related traits in online trolling behavior |url=https://mobt3ath.com/uplode/books/book-99319.pdf |journal=[[Computers in Human Behavior]] |volume=114 |issue=106551 |page=106551 |publisher=[[Elsevier]] |location=[[Amsterdam]] |doi=10.1016/j.chb.2020.106551 |s2cid=225027966 |issn=0747-5632}}</ref><ref name="SPSP.org">{{cite web |url=https://www.spsp.org/news-center/blog/buckels-internet-trolls |title=Probing the Sadistic Minds of Internet Trolls |last=Buckels |first=Erin E. |date=7 June 2019 |website=www.spsp.org |publisher=[[Society for Personality and Social Psychology]] |location=[[Washington, D.C.]] |access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="Cyberpsychology">{{cite journal |last1=March |first1=Evita |last2=Steele |first2=Genevieve |date=July 2020 |title=High Esteem and Hurting Others Online: Trait Sadism Moderates the Relationship Between Self-Esteem and Internet Trolling |journal=Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking |volume=23 |issue=7 |pages=441–446 |publisher=[[Mary Ann Liebert|Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.]] |doi=10.1089/cyber.2019.0652 |pmid=32364769 |doi-access=free }}</ref> some observers claim that trolls do not believe the controversial views they claim. [[Farhad Manjoo]] criticises this view, noting that if the person is trolling, they are more intelligent than their critics would believe.<ref name=":0" />