What is Trolling?

I would like to start off with , What is Trolling per Wikimedia it states in general : someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking other users into a desired emotional response^[1] or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.

It is a way of hiding because there to afraid of being confronted and a chicken's way out of a real discussion. From Old French: A hunting term, a mythological monster,: In Icelandic, purs to be trolling, to troll about: In Japanese, tsuri means fishing and refers to intentionally misleading posts whose only purpose is to get the readers to react: In Korean nak-si also means fishing, is used to refer to Internet trolling attempts, as well as purposefully misleading post titles, In Thai, the term "krean" (เกรียน) has been adopted to address Internet troll. No matter the country or language it all means the same "Trolling is a game about identity deception, and being brand a Troll is quite damaging to one's online reputation regardless were you live or our on the internet from.

Some people need to say things anonymous as a way of venting, or to relieve the extra stress they are going through, other people are just down right mean. Some on the advantages of being anonymous are: for security, and just to be able to get on the internet and not have your daily constantly monitored.

Here are some ways for each person to combat: proxies who provide a layer of protection between you and the server for which you need information, a website I like is All-Net Tools were you can run a proxy test. There is also Anonymity programs to be a little more reliable and speed, with the proxy it will slow your system down some.

Advantages of not being anonymous: are if you want as many people to now you as possible, not concerned with protecting your identity, personal information or emotions. Each person has to decide how much they want out there or not out there. No matter where you go on the internet, you can be watched. The question is do you wish to be know or not?