Gnash gnash, snort snort, chuff chuff.  Or maybe not.

***WARNING: Long Wikipedia quote ahead.***

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll

"Intent

"Trolls can be existing members of a community that rarely post and
often contribute no useful information to the thread, but instead
make argumentative posts in an attempt to discredit another person,
concentrating almost exclusively on facts irrelevant to the point
of the conversation, with the intent of provoking a reaction from
others. The key element under attack by a troll is known only to
the troll.

"A person who retaliates (using whatever means) as a result of a
misunderstanding (or as a way of rebelling against the overzealous
application of rules) is not a troll. A troll is a person who
approaches a board with the specific intention of stirring things
up, either as a goal in and of itself or as a means of attacking
the board perhaps motivated by opposition to the ethos of the
board. For example, a neo-Nazi approaching a Jewish forum with the
intention of attacking the members, purely because the neo-Nazi
knows the forum to contain Jewish members, will be considered a
troll.

"The general element, that determines whether a malicious user is a
troll or not, is the level of indignant emotions present in the
person, coupled with the person's history with the forum or group.
An indignant user who has had a previous normal relationship with
the group is not a troll, even if the user uses methods of attack
that are characteristic of a troll attack.

"A troll's main goal is usually to arouse anger and frustration
among the message board's other participants, and will write
whatever it takes to acheive this end. One popular trolling
strategy is the practice of Winning by Losing. While the victim is
trying to put forward solid and convincing facts to prove his
position, the troll's only goal is to infuriate its prey. The troll
takes (what it knows to be) a badly flawed, wholly illogical
argument, and then vigorously defends it while mocking and
insulting its prey. The troll looks like a complete fool, but this
is all part of the plan. The victim becomes noticeably angry by
trying to repeatedly explain the flaws of the troll's argument.
Provoking this anger was the troll's one and only goal from the
very beginning."

Say 'hi' to Douggie St. Troll for me.

Willa