Why do Trolls exist?

[Plucky]

I think trolls gives up on trying to be inteligent and instead, trys to be a nusance....i guess they ARE smart in one respect, usually when they troll on boards that has rules; they usually only troll to the near maximum threshold that doesnt get them banned or anything, but obviously annoying to everyone else.

 

[Daniel Laeben-Rosen]

A troll, generally speaking is someone who says something inflammatory for the singular purpose of getting attention.
Usually it's someone who don't feel they get enough attention outside the internet, and particularly not the positive kind, creating a sort of feeling that "Any attention = good attention" even if the attention in question is just having alot of people pissed at you.

That and some people are just assholes who like taking advantage of their anonymity on the internet to be assholes to an extra degree. Asshole 2.0 basically.

 

[Sexy Street]

They live under bridges waiting for travelers to come around so they can ask three questions in riddle form. Duh.

 

[penguindude42]

to find out more about magnets, and spread the glorious word of rapter jesus. he has a lolz level of over 9,000. also, pedobears. lots and lots of pedobears.

/thread

 

[Azulito]

A troll is someone who provokes others in order to recieve an emotional response hence the phrase "Do not feed the trolls". As mean as most of them may seem, never take anything they say personally. They use the anonymity of the internet to just annoy others for the sake of annoying others.

 

[Spookimitsu]

ever hear the expression "opinions as like a$$holes,everyone has one"

sometimes, those with those very same opinions ARE assholes. It's the law of averages

 

[Vibhor]

Oh trolling is fun.
Why do you do it you ask, well I would ask you something instead, Why do you eat junkfood even though its unhealty and shit?

 

[The Rockerfly]

Because so many people are so very pretentious. The amount of pseudo intelligent, overly sensitive emo faggotry on the Internet sometimes just calls for skewering.

This, exactly this. It is so much fun to troll youtube and ultimateguitar.com

 

[Simmo8591]

Because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.

well said Alfred /endthread

 

[MasterWhatever]

Reaction... plan and simple. Pure rage fueled reaction.

 

[Mechsoap]

Cause it makes them feel unique.

 

[Ima842]

<spoiler=a troll>http://animalderuta.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/troll.jpg
But srly i counted 3 tipes of troll so far.
1-A sad troll or unsuccessful one, it's the most annoying one of all.
2-A succesful troll, it's the one that is actually funny. It trolls the people that deserved to be troll.
3-A cannibal troll, it troll the trolls
NOTE if i made any gramatical mistake, please correct me.
EDIT: reason: some do it "for the lulz", and other do it to attrack other trolls.

 

[zehydra]

They exist for the same reasons that people who write viruses exist, TO ANNOY PEOPLE!

Viruses are a little more malicious though. Some people write Viruses for the same reason they'll randomly destroy someone's property.


There's also a large portion of viruses that exist for the sole purpose of stealing your identity too, which means they're in it for the money, not pissing people off.

 

[Assassin Xaero]

Because it's fun to piss people off.

That. And it is something to do when you're bored... If I do ever troll, it is usually on facebook.

 

[PatrickXD]

Well there's this other universe called Alternia...
OT: I've never really trolled (okay maybe omeagle) and I don't see the major attraction to starting shitstorms on forums of internet rage. I don't know really, I guess some poeple just find it hilarious to annoy other people.

 

[GeorgW]

There is only one reason for a troll to exist. In their own words: For teh lulz.