Kate Bush

I had an incredibly full life with my imagination: I used to have all sorts of trolls and things; I had a wonderful world around my toys and invented people. I don't mean I had imaginary friends; I just had this big imagination thing going on. I didn't need any imaginary friends, because I had so much other stuff going on.

British Musician

Nia Jax

I was having a lot of issues with just a lot of social media trolls: people would try to make fun of my size and my weight to the WWE and what not. I just decided to go out there and post a picture of me in a bathing suit. I said, 'You know what? This is my body. I'm going to embrace it, and I'm going to show the world.

Australian Athlete

Steve Aoki

The way I pick who gets caked is generally by who shows me the most energy and is screaming for it. I still can't help but ask myself... should I stop caking people? Will that stop the haters from hating? Stop giving the trolls more content to target me with?

American Musician

Saba Qamar

Have you ever thought how one phrase, one sentence, one troll can ruin someone's entire life? Why do we interfere in their private lives? Think of others as our properties? And say whatever bitterness is in our hearts without thinking twice?

Pakistani Actress

Taapsee Pannu

The trolls don't realise that they are actually helping me become more popular, and in return, I am helping them grab a celebrity's attention. I think my trolls and I are very good friends.

Indian Actress

Limmy

Trolling can be a great way to engage with the world, a way to regain self-esteem and happiness, or, dare I say it, a way of life.

Scottish Comedian

Adnan Sami

Pakistan doesn't value its artistes. I will get trolled for what I have said, but that is the reality. It is unfortunate.

Pakistani Musician

Nora Fatehi

Trolls and cyber bullies have been feeling too safe in the cyber world for too long.

Canadian Dancer

Ananya Panday

I have inherited my father's thick skin, which helps me deal with trolls.

Eleanor Tomlinson

Frankly, I don't want to let trolls into my life.

English Actress

In folklore, 'troll' often has a negative meaning, associated with fear or danger.

Negative Connotation

'Troll' originates from Scandinavian folklore and often appears in related stories.

Scandinavian Origins

'Troll' describes someone seeking attention by upsetting others online.

Internet Behavior

'Troll' as an internet term is slang and informal, often seen in social media contexts.

Modern Slang

Internet 'trolling' is generally viewed as a harmful practice and is discouraged.

Negative Online Practice

'Trolling' is a specific fishing method, not just any fishing activity.

Fishing Technique

'Trolling' as wandering is rarely used today and might confuse listeners.

Outdated Usage

The action 'trolling' online usually has intent to provoke a quarrel or upset someone.

Provocative Intent

'Trolling' is frowned upon and can lead to being banned from platforms.

Negative Online Interaction

 What I want you to do when you get home is email me the passwords to all of your email accounts, not just the nice, respectable work one in your name, but all of them, because I want to be able to just troll through what it is you're doing online, read what I want to read and publish whatever I find interesting. After all, if you're not a bad person,

Glenn Greenwald: Why...

 Oh no, I've been doing it all my life, bud. Gotcha My one eye can see better than you. That one eye is a powerful eye, man. I'm telling you very powerful. GORDON Fish filleted. Not bad for a troll. GORDON It's time to start seeing how the sausage is made. Now, we just gotta grind her.

Gordon Makes Smoked Fish...

 That is your best case outcome when you get sued by a patent troll. Now I had hoped to team up with some of these larger companies in order to defend against this lawsuit, but one-by-one they settled out of the case, even though -- and this is important -- none of these companies

Drew Curtis: How I beat...

 will quite literally roll. Your job is to go from door to door, asking voters whether they prefer the troll or the treefellow and to use the results to project how the election will go. Your fellow citizens want you to succeed and would tell you the truth

Can you solve the...

 by facilitating the spread of misinformation, rumors, echo chambers and hate speech. The environment was purely toxic. My online world became a battleground filled with trolls, lies, hate speech. I started to worry about the safety of my family.

Let's design social...

 I'm trying to set up basically the beefiest rig that I've ever set up in my life just to make sure that that we can get Bruce out of the hole I pretty much tied together this entire troll forest I think I have ten trees interlinked this

Mysterious Islands in...

 encourage digital surveillance systems NGOs going out there trolling trying new experiments I'm sure I can't prove it but I'm sure that that's one of the major reasons why we're fighting diseases so much sooner and I'm

Good news about...

 As the troll stomps off in anger, the paradoxes cheer you for winning them their freedom, and promise to lead you to the treasure at the top of the stairs. If you can reach it.

 scientists have found cats make a huge range of meows and they wondered if there was a universal cat human language there's a troll that was quite yeah

BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...

 And so I soon became familiar with the phenomenon of the internet troll. These guys seem to live beneath the bridges of said superhighway --

Troll

An imaginary creature in folklore, usually large, ugly and frightening.

Often appears as...

A person who posts intentionally annoying or offensive messages on the internet, usually to upset or provoke others.

Often appears as...

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To fish by trailing a baited line behind a boat.

Often appears as...

To stroll or wander.

To post intentionally annoying or offensive messages on the internet, usually to upset or provoke others.

Often appears as...

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Negative Connotation

Scandinavian Origins

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