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>Trolls don't care what you think.

False. Trolls derive joy from the grief of others that they have inflicted. That's what trolling is. See also: Sadism

Being a 'Contrarian' is different than trolling, but that takes some mental work to see how it can be constructive rather than simply a knee-jerk habit to elicit a negative response.




I meant they don't care about your opinion of them personally; otherwise, you are mostly correct.


>False. Trolls derive joy from the grief of others that they have inflicted. That's what trolling is. See also: Sadism

You are trying to frame something fundamentally illogical, logically. Trolling just is. It's narcissism at its peak.

Trolling is the opposite of charisma. It's making your point in an extremely childish and negative way instead of educating someone on something and getting them to see your point of view. It's step 1 of persuasion, except most people have moved past this phase subconsciously (as in obviously name calling and acting like a baby won't get you what you want) and those who haven't, are branded as trolls.




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