Troll/Playing With: Difference between revisions

'''Basic Trope''': Someone who tries to offend and upset people on the Internet and/or get them into [[Flame War|arguments with each other]] or [[Internet Backdraft|re-ignite old Flame Wars]]. Motives can vary from [[It's Personal|hatred for one of the parties involved]] to [[For the Lulz|laughing at the response]] to [[For the Evulz|enjoying the suffering of the parties involved.]]

* '''Played Straight''': Trolly McLulz begins to post insulting and incendiary commentary, or alternately posts overwhelmingly stupid or obviously fake postings, or becomes the [[Garbage Post Kid]].

** Trolly is assigned the attributes of an [[All Trolls Are Different|mythological troll]], though he does not have them or lives in a universe (such as [[Real Life]]) where such does not exist.

** Trolly is so over the top that he is immediately recognized as a troll.

* '''Parodied''': A moderator or longtime trusted user on a community pretends to be a troll for April Fool's or something similar.

** Trolly is so over the top or so cliched that he becomes [[Self-Parody]].

* '''Averted''': The community or place is something of actual interest to Trolly or the people are his friends. While he trolls elsewhere (and may eventually there given the motivation) he behaves and is a sincere contributor and/or a real friend there.

** Trolly doesn't post on the forum.

* '''Invoked''': Trolly makes his first post.

** Someone questions whether that new user is a troll.

* '''Defied''': Trolly decides not to troll.

** The mods and admins have strict rules against trolling and ban any trolls on sight.