The troll is a mythological creature that originally appeared in Germanic-Scandinavian legends. These are some mountain spirits hostile to man; people have always associated their appearance with mysticism. It is known that trolls live in caves and guard their treasures, but they like to kill people and just like that. The vital activity of this creature wakes up when the last ray of the sun hides behind the horizon, and they leave their caves in search of prey. If they captured a woman, they did not always kill her, leaving any of them as their wife, or as a cook to cook food from human meat and bones.
Despite the tremendous physical strength and cunning, and on the troll is the government. He needs to solve the riddle and if he cannot find the solution, then the creature dies, but if it is solved, the victim is also addressed to the riddle, and if it is impossible to solve it, the person will be torn to pieces. If both opponents give alternate correct answers, then the most basic thing for a person is to hold out until dawn, as the rays of the sun turn the troll into stone.
In various works, trolls are depicted in different ways, but always with large noses, brown wrinkled skin, and an evil facial expression. The description of long fangs sticking out of the mouth and tangled hair is added. But, sometimes trolls appear to be small and kind creatures, but this is in fairy tales for young children. In addition to mountain trolls, there are also similar creatures that settle under the bridge, which they themselves build, but after passing through it they charge people. Bridge trolls do not bring harm to humanity, they behave quietly and if the bridge is destroyed, they will die.
The image of trolls is widely used in fantasy films, but here it is more often represented as evil, but sometimes it helps a person to get rid of a common enemy who threatens to destroy the world.
Description
Glory to the trolls was created by the dramatic poem “Peer Gynt” (1867) by Henryk Ibsen. He portrayed them primarily as patriots: trolls think or try to think that the disgusting drink they make is a delicious drink, and that their caves are palaces. In England, the Valkyries were pushed into the village, and turned into simple witches, among the Scandinavian peoples, the giants of ancient mythology who fought with the god Thor also degenerated, turning into rural trolls. Trolls of folk beliefs are evil and stupid elves living in mountain caves and dilapidated huts. And two-three-headed ones are considered the most notable among them ...
Trolls by nature were so vicious that they could kill a person simply out of a whim, out of habit. During the day, night trolls hid in caves. But as soon as the last ray of light died out, they crawled out to scour the dark pine forests and fjords in search of human victims. Long-armed and strong, they were dusted with earth and covered with moss.
Eyes bulging, wide mouths open, swollen nose-bombs constantly moving, sniffing in search of a human smell. Trolls are cold creatures, and only the warmth of human blood could warm them.
Not always the trolls killed and devoured their victims. They could grab and drag the woman to their cave in order to turn her into a slave, buried forever in the darkness and dampness of the underground den. She was supposed to cook human bones and pieces of meat brought by the troll after his nocturnal wanderings on the ground. She could become the wife of a troll. Then the unfortunate beggars awaited, ruthless abuse. And so for the long months. Finally, she was rubbed with magic burning ointments, and the woman turned into a terrible creature. Her face was dark and covered with wrinkles and pockmarks, her nose looked like an onion, her delicate skin was coarse and covered with hair, and her voice suddenly changed so much that it was more like a grunt. Never again is she destined to bask in the rays of the pale northern sun, never will she recognize human love. Now she is the wife of the troll, as ugly and voracious as he is, as lustful and at the same time clogged and shaking from the slightest stern look of her underground ruler.
How to defeat the troll?
Trolls possessed power that was many times superior to the power of mere mortals. But the trolls were reprimanded. This council is especially well known to young children: if you ask the troll a riddle, he will be obliged to solve it, he will not be able to resist the riddle. If the troll cannot solve the riddle, then he will die, but if he does, he will ask his own and if this time you cannot solve the riddle, the troll will tear you to pieces. If you managed to solve the riddle, then you must try to take the troll with these questions before dawn, because with the first rays of the sun the troll will immediately turn into stone and this will be a salvation to man.
The image of the troll in modern culture
In literature
- In the tales of Scandinavian writers of the 19th century, trolls played the same role as in the German tales - the gnomes: the main source of miracles occurring with human heroes. The Norwegian P.K. Asbjørnsen and the Finn Zacharias Topelius wrote a lot about them in the 19th century. Their trolls are giants and powerful sorcerers who like to cruelly make fun of a man. Such they are in the famous play by H. Ibsen, “Peer Gynt”.
- In the series of books by the Finnish writer Tove Janson, “Moomins” (1945), perhaps the most original view of trolls appears. These are small peaceful creatures living a peaceful pastoral life. Outwardly, they look like small humanoid hippos.
- Trolls appear in the story of the English writer John Tolkien "The Hobbit" in 1937. Tolkien trolls are huge, evil, but simple-minded creatures, cannibals, more like ogres (cannibalistic giants) than Scandinavian trolls. This stereotype turned out to be so tenacious that in the mass consciousness, especially among Anglo-Saxon writers, these two species of creatures practically merged. Tolkien trolls become stony when exposed to sunlight. Occasionally, trolls appear in the epic "Lord of the Rings."
- The image of the Scandinavian trolls, often mixed with the image of the jotuns, continues to appear in the literature - in particular, they play a central role in Paul Anderson's novel “The Broken Sword”.
- Clifford Saymak in 1968 included trolls, like fairies, goblins, banshees, and dragons, in his science fiction novel The Goblin Sanctuary. Trolls - wild, but almost harmless - are found by Astrid Lindgren in "Roni, the daughter of a robber."
- Terry Pratchett's books on the Flat World present an original race of trolls — organosilicon creatures whose thinking depends on ambient temperature. Their stupidity is explained by the poor functioning of the organosilicon brain at normal temperature, with strong cooling, the trolls show ultra-high intelligence.
- In Asprin's books about the MIF corporation, an important role is played by the difference between female trolls (trollins) and men. Unlike men, trolls are very beautiful. One of the regular characters in the series is Tananda Trollina, a professional killer.
- In the Edith Pattu novel “East,” trolls are beautiful, but vicious creatures that outwardly differ from people only in very pale and stiff skin and a creaky voice. They live in the far north of Greenland and speak Finnish. They capture people in slavery, making forays into the southern countries.
- Also, trolls are repeatedly mentioned in the Harry Potter books of the English writer Joan Rowling.
In the cinema
- In addition to films made on the basis of fantasy literature, trolls are the heroes of films with an original script. For example, the evil troll in the 1991 comedy "Frightened Fool Ernest."
- The difficult fate of the Norwegian trolls, whose existence is hid by the state under the script, is dedicated to the film “Troll Hunters” (2010), shot in the genre of pseudo-documentary film.
- A more original interpretation of the life and existence of trolls was presented in the first film of the Peter Jackson trilogy “The Hobbit”: “they talk and have clothes like people” (quote from the movie “Troll Hunters”).
- In the film Beowulf and Grendel (2005), Grendel and his parents are called trolls.
- In the series “Merlin,” one of the villains is the carnivorous, but greedy troll, who prefers to eat rotten fruits and dung.
- Trolls are the heroes of the mini-series "Tenth Kingdom" (1999). The troll king - the Joker - rules the third kingdom and along with the Evil Queen. His children - Beauty, The Strongman and Pustozvonon - are stupid and cause a lot of trouble for the father. This troll family loves shoes and collects all sorts of different shoes, as well as gold and jewelry.
- The trolls in the series “Grimm” (the 19th episode of the 1st season of “Leave it to the Beavers”) are real racketeers who consider all bridges to be their property and are cruel even to their allies.
In animation
- The ectoplasmic creature in the animated series Extreme Ghostbusters was called the troll.
- In the fourth series of the first season of the animated series "Metalocalypse", the Finnish lake troll Mustakrakish appears.
- In the 2012 animated film Snow Queen, there was a troll named Orm. In the second part of the animated film “Snow Queen 2: Re-freezing”, which was released in 2015, the troll Orm returned and became the main character of the film.
- 1994 cartoon “Troll in Central Park”.
- In the cartoon "Fairies: The Lost Treasure", Ding-Ding meets two trolls when crossing the bridge, which intimidate passers-by.
- In the 2016 Trolls cartoon, they are portrayed as kind and constantly having fun creatures hunted by the Bergen giants.
In music
- There is an old Scandinavian ballad "Herr Mannelig" in which the lady troll unsuccessfully tries to seduce a Christian knight. This song in modern processing was performed by In Extremo, Haggard, Garmarna and many others.
- Trolls featured in the music of Norwegian composer Edward Grieg to Ibsen's drama Per Gynt. The famous play “In the Cave of the Mountain King” sounds when the troll king appears.
- Finnish Finntroll band, singing in Swedish, has completely devoted its work to trolls and their struggle with people - "invaders". A similar but less militant theme is developed by the Trollfest group, focusing more on the fun drinking of trolls. Humorous tales of trolls are told in the songs of the group “Troll Bends Spruce”. A slightly different direction was chosen by the Belarusian group Litvintroll, performing traditional folklore and ancient songs of Belarus in a heavy “troll” treatment, with energetic bagpipes (Belarusian drum) and electric guitars.
- The American death-metal group Dethklok has in its repertoire the song Awaken, which tells about the awakening of the Finnish lake troll Mustakrakish.
Internet trolling
Trolling is not a new word; it appeared at the beginning of the 21st century along with the development of the Internet. In essence, trolling is a provocation of users in order to get emotional comments from them. At the same time, the troll itself may be a person who does not take a specific position on the issue on the topic of which is fueling a debate. In the process of trolling, the user tries to ask provocative questions, to prove to other members of the community that they are wrong without any arguments, to do everything to make opponents lose their temper.
Trolling is an interesting psychological and social phenomenon that originated in Usenet in the 1990s. Many people have tried to publish provocative messages on the World Wide Web once or twice just out of curiosity. But for some it has grown into a habit and even a style of communication on the network. So far, there is no serious study of whether this style of communication with avid trolls can turn into real life and lively communication with people, but, obviously, such a danger could potentially exist. Since the beginning of the 21st century, Internet trolls have begun to form their own communities and organizations, sharing experiences on the most effective way of inciting conflicts. Now any popular forum, newsgroup and wiki project sooner or later faces trolls and trolling. Wikipedia did not escape this.
What is the meaning of trolling?
Since on the Internet any community (forum, news portal with comments, a group on social networks) consists of participants who monitor changes and participate in the discussion, each user has his own specific status. Even without being familiar, people gradually recognize each other by nicknames and communicate like with friends in real life. The modern Internet is built on user interaction, and trolls try to break the rules, quarrel people, escalate a conflict atmosphere in order to achieve angry comments and get a person out of himself. Often trolling is based on creating comments with a hidden meaning that half of the users will not understand exactly.
This is a special level of trolling art that such users are proud of. They can take screenshots of their “victories”, making ridiculous opponents a laughing stock, or they can start trolling in order to relax and have fun on the Internet. Trolls, for whom the creation of conflict situations are part of the job, may receive a certain fee for comments. They are asked to respond to user messages and incite hatred under posts of a particular topic. For example, during the war with Ukraine, on all thematic sites, you could find the same comments that offend Russia. Getting involved in a dispute, the troll speaks on behalf of the opponent, thereby forming the attitude of users to a specific country and its inhabitants.
Who is a troll?
It is believed that users of several categories can become trolls: schoolchildren and students for whom this form of communication is no more than fun, adults trying to compensate for the lack of attention by “working” on the Internet, as well as conscious users who make trolling for a living. Since the massive presence of trolls on the network allows you to control the emotions of ordinary users, this practice is often used by PR agencies that do not neglect the black methods of promoting a new product and destroying competitors. Trolls can be stupid and smart people who create detailed, reasoned, well-thought-out comments that initially contain a provocation, or they can work according to a pre-prepared scheme. It all depends on the form of trolling and the goal that a person pursues.
Recently, more and more specialists are interested in the troll phenomenon. They believe that competent trolls can make a real revolution in social networks and on thematic platforms, which can later translate into popular protests in real time.
So different trolls
There are several types of trolls. We will name the main of them:
- Political. In the midst of election campaigns at all levels (usually at the provincial level) entire armies of trolls appear on the network, tracking news with the mention of certain candidates and leaving positive or negative comments, depending on whose interests the trolls represent. Such users can act on their own if they want to support the candidate, but they can work on the instructions of the campaign headquarters. Trolls working on a different, higher level, spark controversy at venues where world issues are discussed (confrontation between Russia and the USA, Russia and Ukraine, the election of a new president of the country). Similarly, they can work on their own or for hire.
- Arsonists. Such users can create disputes from scratch for fun. They do not want to offend other people, but they like to monitor their reaction to absurd comments and are ready to spend aimlessly on the network for several hours a day. To start the debate, they choose the most relevant, hot topics like religion, attitudes to controversial laws, discussions of an odious person and the like.
- Experts. Users who are trying to prove their competence in a particular field in the comments and are filled with scientific facts to point out the mistakes of other commentators are called “expert trolls”. They like to argue and bring the conversation to the point where they stop responding. Only then do they put an end to and leave, emphasizing the ignorance of others in the subject of the dispute.
- Fraudsters. Scam trolls are the most dangerous of these users. They argue not just like that, but with the goal of finding out important information from people: place of work and social status, relations with this or that person, and even credit card information. In the heat of argument, a person may say too much, it is this information that a fraudster will need to do something bad.
Solutions and alternatives
Popular wisdom teaches us to avoid feeding the trolls and ignore the temptation to answer them. The answer to trolling inevitably leads the discussion away from the topic, unbalances the observers and supplies the troll with the attention he craves. When hunters attack the troll, he replies “ABGZ. DRP. GTsLR. ", Or" You were divorced. You lose. Good luck". However, since hunters (similar to trolls) often provoke conflicts themselves, as a result, only other forum users lose, who would prefer that the conflict does not appear at all. Literature on the subject of trolling suggests that labeling the “troll” on a person can cause clearly undesirable and unhealthy consequences. A person rejected by a social group, both in online communication and in real life, can consolidate such an antagonistic role in itself, and will tend to continue to annoy or outrage group members. The role of the “troll” is often a sign of social disability, and the label can forever make the user like that.
Wandering around the expanses of the World Wide Web, each of us from time to time has to deal with trolling. Sometimes we ourselves become “victims” of trolls, without even knowing about it.
Recently, trolling has become widespread and has spread widely through forums, blog comments, and social networks. This phenomenon does not bring any benefit and is a source of negativity, therefore, when meeting with the troll, ignoring it becomes the most optimal solution. What is trolling? Who is a troll and how to deal with it?
What does the word trolling mean?
In English, the word trolling means "Catch on a spoon" . Its origin is associated with the emergence of special slang, which is actively used by participants in virtual communities.
For the first time in the context of the Internet, the term appeared in the Oxford Dictionary, where it was mentioned in two meanings - the fishing version, which implies “catching” by trolls of naive users, and in the mythological. In the latter case, we have in mind the heroes of Scandinavian mythology - trolls, who in legends and tales are presented as evil and ugly creatures.
What is trolling?
On the Internet, trolling is seen as a social provocation used by individual users to attract attention, shocking or publicity. 
Initially, such actions were carried out out of curiosity, but subsequently, for many people, trolling became a habit and even a peculiar manner of communication on the Web. Today, there are special troll communities on the Internet where people share their experiences in provocations and inciting conflicts.
The main purpose of trolling is to bring discord into society. Through incitement, sarcastic or humorous remarks, the troll tries to engage people in useless conversations and create confrontation. Thus, he causes chaos on the Web and becomes confident that such actions draw attention to his own person.
Who are trolls on the Internet?
Trolls are people who post provocative and rude messages on the Internet. These posts interfere with the thematic discussion and often offend the participants in the conversation. To impress and gain, the troll uses various means.
Disguising himself as an ordinary user, he goes over to personalities, draws the attention of the participants in the conversation to some contradictions in the statements, tries to offend and quarrel between the interlocutors.
Typically, trolls are people who are tired of the daily routine or are disappointed in their lives. Often they suffer from an inferiority complex, so they try to prove their worth in the vastness of the Web. In addition to ordinary people, trolling is actively used by participants in information wars. 
In this case, the troll tries to divert the attention of users from an acute problem or to attract them to their side by means of throwing in, rumors, slander or putting dirt on the Internet.
What types of trolling are there?
Depending on the sending of messages, trolling can be targeted or aimed at any object. In the first case, it is used by individuals for entertainment, in an effort to amuse pride or to feel the significance of their impact on the emotions of other people.
According to the specifics of the object, trolling can be directed to the entire community of the forum, to groups in social networks or to an individual participant. Often trolls try to make sense of some specific discussion, that is, change the course of the discussion, or change the point of view of the participants in the conversation.
How to deal with trolling?
The best way to fight the troll is to ignore it. A person who is ignored loses interest in communication and leaves the forum to troll in other venues. Often, community moderators come into the fight against trolls, who send them to the ban or edit posts. 
On the part of other users, the fight against trolling comes down to zapping or “trolling trolls,” when participants expose the provocateurs to counter-ridicule. Such harassment leads the troll to realize the futility of its business and leaves the site.
Today we’ll talk about who the trolls are on the Internet and learn how to distinguish these characters and protect their nerves from their antics.
A troll is a user who has become famous for his constant trolling. In general, it is difficult to give a definition to this phenomenon, because the name of such a character is, by and large, in no way connected with his “professional activity”. From English, “trolling” translates as “spinner fishing”. Analogies can be drawn, but very subtle and indirect: the troll also “fishes”, throwing a spinner, that is, any provocation and pulls out “fish” - the most unrestrained and naive users who simply don’t know who they are contacting. Speaking of who the trolls are on the Internet, it is also necessary to indicate the connection of the name of a group of users with mythological characters of the same name, nasty and malicious creatures, hunting for small dirty tricks.
Summarize: the troll is a small network bully who gets indescribable pleasure by watching the skirmish provoked by him in the comments / chat / on the forum or continuing to participate in it. Provocateur, instigator of conflicts, petty dirty tricks - there are many synonyms.
A few signs of a typical troll
The troll, like any web user, has distinctive features, and now we will list several features of a typical troll.
In order not to become a victim of trolling and not expose yourself in the end, it is not enough to know who the trolls are on the Internet, you also need to be able to distinguish them. Fortunately, this is not difficult to do, because all trolls behave stereotyped. How exactly, see here:
So, the troll on the network:
Troll Classification
It's time to talk about the types of Internet trolls: so, to your attention a brief, but quite capacious classification of trolls.
Internet trolls have two “breeds” that differ in their methods of activity:
- Fat trolling is preferred by near-minded individuals, most often by schoolchildren, whose main goal is to attract maximum attention to themselves. It’s easy to crack them, and fight too, such trolls are timid and disorderly only until they are repulsed. There is little harm from their activity, the maximum, a spoiled mood and shaky nerves are especially impressionable.
- Troll acting subtly. A much more dangerous character. A good psychologist and manipulator, who does not just achieve hype around him, but can fulfill more global goals, even to cover up one or another resource. There are not so many real professionals in the network, but they do more harm than all the fat trolls combined.
Internet troll. Who are they and why are they doing this? Means of dealing with Internet trolls.
Who is the internet troll? What does the internet troll mean?
Troll is a user who communicates roughly, and also posts provocative posts and messages on various groups of social networks. Often such people write silly (sometimes even frankly "stupid") comments. We can say that the troll on the Internet is the one who behaves inappropriately, spitefully, and even "teaches" and provokes users to swear and negate.
Emotions are called trolling, which only works with very emotional or inexperienced people who have no idea what trolling is and who troll is. The most primitive way of fat trolling is to insult the opponent or his relatives, negative reviews about what is valuable to him. Now it’s almost no effect on anyone, besides, moderators on all resources mercilessly ban for this. Yes, and the "food", that is, other people's emotions, the troll will receive a minimum.
Those. any troll message will be aimed at insulting or provoking. They will constantly touch upon “sore subjects” in order to evoke emotions in the rest, and negative ones.
Some signs of a troll.
Constant attempts to get personal in the conversation.
Using the topic of the dispute only to provoke the emotional reaction of the interlocutor (demagogy).
The pretense of nearness and ignorance - or vice versa, knowledge of everything in the world (usually the inverse relationship between the real and the shown is traced).
Opinion radically different from the opinion of the local majority.
Bad manners, boorish behavior (usually this is a sign of a fat, that is, uninteresting, obvious, troll).
Filing g%: on the fan (touching obviously controversial provocative topics).
Confidence that everyone else is “dull g%: but” and another demonstration of their superiority.
So what do such people do?
Of course, they are engaged in provocations. Trolls write provocative texts, mock users, insult, ask obscure and ambiguous questions. In general, they annoy and attract attention to inadequate behavior in every way.
Now this is already taking the turn of an ideological information war. The psyche of people is so shaken, and then these mercenary trolls poison, really pushing people to action.
How to distinguish a troll from a person?
Examine his profile. If at least 1-2 of the listed items, then this is a troll:
- there is no personal photo on the avatar, but there is an incomprehensible, usually silly picture .
- the troll has few friends, usually less than 10
- The troll page has recently been registered. This is easy to check against the troll's profile wall. Just look when he had the first post on the wall. If today or yesterday, then this is definitely a troll.
- no personal photos. In general, there are few photos, and instead only a few pictures.
- a typical troll is absolutely immune to criticism of itself, to the arguments of reason, to logic or to appeals to morality.
First of all, the troll never stands on ceremony with its opponents and does not choose decent expressions, it acts on the principle of “the worse, the better”, therefore everything is used - mate, accusations and insults.
And the more they answer him, the more he “starts up”. At the same time, the troll is absolutely not interested in your opinion, as such, it does not listen to the arguments, the main thing for it is to remove as many people as possible from the mental balance, lower it to your level and make it communicate in your own language. In fact, the troll is a person who is amused by impunity for rudeness. The main part of those who want to troll on the Internet are those who solve their psychological problems in this way.
Why do trolls specifically cause people to abuse them?
Paid commentators. Do not forget about paid commentators, who are hired in order to revive the exchange of views on a particular site or group on social networks. Naturally, with intelligent comments this goal cannot be achieved, a scandal is needed. It is provided by paid commentators: the angrier their words, the more they respond to them and, accordingly, the higher the rating of this article and the entire site as a whole.
What can not be done with Internet trolls?
The desire to argue with the troll in order to prove to him how wrong he is is akin to desire, getting on all fours, mowing at the dog that barked you. The Troll will be rude to you, trying to provoke you to be rude or thoughtless. The classic troll technique is to say that you were scared of it or that you had nothing to answer.
If you tried to insult the troll, then he won, because he stole you to the negative. If you started to answer him, but then stopped talking - he won because he decided that he managed to offend you or that you have nothing to answer (like he "leaked" you).
Classification of trolls on the Internet.
Oddly enough, but trolling has its own classification. More precisely, the Internet troll can be different. In some cases, even recognizing such a user is difficult. So what types of inadequacies can you meet on the net? There are two concepts in total. This is a "fat" and "thin" troll.
For example, “fat” is a typical inadequate. He simply attracts attention, often does not respond to adequate answers. Shy, trying, if something happens, to self-destruct. Fighting a fat troll is easy.
Usually so called users "near", with a shaky nervous system. As some say, a typical rebel schoolboy.
But the “thin” troll is already a more serious problem. Such recognition is not easy. And to figure out how to deal with trolls on the Internet of this type is also not always easy. Usually, the “subtle” are well versed in psychology, behave quite adequately, but manage to attract attention to themselves and also cause negative emotions in people. These are clever manipulators who always achieve their goal. Able even with complete calm to bring the interlocutor to hysteria and a nervous breakdown. Very dangerous, especially for those who succumb to psychological influence without any problems.
How do trolls earn on the Internet?
Payment for them is different. Some receive money for each reply to them, while others simply for each message of their own. In the second case, your answer and reaction are not important to the troll - it just makes money. The calculation of customers that people are silent, but they read and draw their conclusions.
After all, something drives users when they "go crazy" on the network. It is earnings that become the main motivation.
Sometimes users turn to trolls to destroy forums and groups, and they are paid for this. The same applies to the "tricks" of various citizens.
For example, if you want to play a trick on someone online and bring him to hysteria, turn to the troll. Perhaps this is all the user data earnings.
The troll raises the topic, which in this community should cause heated debate and quarrel, and enjoys the reaction. It is considered to be special chic for the troll to write only one, starting message in the subject, after which dozens of pages of disputes and quarrels of participants who have long forgotten who started it all will follow.
The main topics for srach and seething, in general, have long been known.
This is primarily politics, in the second story, followed by a series of sexual issues. For example, just mentioning the name of Stalin on almost any platform is enough to cause a fierce srach. Especially if this community does not adhere to a clear assessment of its activities. Supporters and opponents immediately rush in and start tossing each other tons of texts, historical calculations, analyzes, etc. If society is more or less intelligent. In a less intelligent society, participants begin to shower each other with tons of insults and threats. Someone banyat. The troll rubs his hands, “eats” and grows fat.
Trolling is more experienced in trying to pit different participants together, as if remaining aloof.
To do this, the troll must find two people with different looks and play on it. When they quarrel, everyone can form a support group. Moreover, if you do everything quite subtly - no one will notice the initiator at all and remember that everything started with his messages.
Rates approximately (3 years ago) And the payments are different, I know in one place they pay for a provocative comment - 15 rubles, for inciting a discussion - all 60 rubles. But they say that if they work officially and under control, they get from 15 to 20 thousand.
All this goes to keep attention to this or that group in a social network!
Trolls also receive money for directing discussions in the right direction, creating the appearance of public opinion, and provoking hatred of certain famous personalities or political forces.
Group trolling
The trolls raid consists in the fact that several trolls attack the participants together, causing everyone to be puzzled: they talked peacefully, where did these negatives come from? More subtle raids can have different scenarios. For example, two trolls start a dispute among themselves, each has a support group. When the degree of emotions reaches the desired level, one of the trolls suddenly agrees with the other and takes his point of view, starting to scold what he just praised with all his might. Those who are embroiled in a dispute on his side are confused.
Another option:
trolls breed people into emotions, and themselves somewhere on another resource (for example, in another group, if it happens on a social network) discuss the emotions of participants and laugh at them. At the right moment, one of the previously not participating trolls gives a link to the resource where the trolls laugh at their victims. Participants come, read and understand that they mocked them.
The advantage of group trolling is that even a person who knows who the troll is may not be able to figure it out. “Well, this troll, and that one? Not everyone is around trolls? ”Not everyone will guess that trolls can act together.
How to behave with trolls on the Internet?
Respond to provocations. The main thing is to remain completely calm. Your answers should be reasonable, balanced. Try not to show that you are annoyed and put on emotion troll posts. After all, this is precisely what he achieves! As soon as it is noticed from your answers that you are not responding to provocations, they will leave you behind. The more indifference you show to the provocateur, the less interesting you will seem to the troll. Yes, sometimes it’s not so easy to keep calm. But no aggression, even if you really want to.
Please note. telling the troll that he is a boor, a bastard and an idiot is the stupidest thing you can do. The troll just expects you to break loose, yell and wave your hands - he only needs it. When you are calm, answer him specifically, and if he continues to carry the blizzard, leave, the troll does not reach its main goal - it does not breed you to an emotional reaction.
It is impossible to convince the troll - it has a completely different task.
Ignore is the best and most effective option.which can only be offered is simply ignoring.
Just do not notice the troll, do not respond to its provocations - show that you do not care about him. The main thing is no aggression, only peace. Even if they brazenly get into your dialogue, don’t notice it. In general, with any provocateurs, ignoring is the best weapon. Interest in you will simply disappear, because there will be no emotions and attention needed by the troll on the network. So, it makes no sense to have a dialogue with you. It is a waste of time that will not bring any pleasure to a fool.
Contact the site administration (for example, through the button "complain - insult)to provocateurs banned.
It sometimes helps, to answer in one word: "Thick." Or: “A young troll, for the first time in her life, is trying to get food for herself. How touching. "
The most useful thing you can to write is to remind other participants in the discussion that one does not have to enter punctuation with the troll. But do not pay public attention to the troll by publicly complaining about it.
Remember! Do not feed the trolls with negativity. If h the man begins to get angry, nervous, curse, and this only makes the troll more angry. If you were attacked by a troll, then most likely we are promoting some useful and productive idea.
Ancient tales, legends and myths introduce the reader to all sorts of spirits and strange creatures. Our ancestors believed in their existence unconditionally. These are mermaids, and elves, and gnomes. If all these spirits are familiar to the majority, then some of these creatures can be called quite rare. For example, who are trolls? These are some of the strangest mythical creatures that we know mostly only from Scandinavian, British and German legends.
Description of creatures and place of residence
Trolls are mountain spirits, most of them of enormous growth, hostile to people. According to legend, once they rebelled against the supreme god Thor, were defeated and since then live in the mountains and caves, gradually degenerating. For the Norwegians, for example, the question of who the trolls are is not there. These creatures can be attributed almost to the national symbol of this country. Trolls are everywhere. They lie in wait for careless travelers in the mountains, live in the cellars of palaces and castles, and at night hide from sunlight in caves. Norwegian trolls, like everyone else, are very afraid of sunlight. Therefore, they hunt only at night. Any gaping troll who has not had time to hide in a cave, with the very first ray of sunlight turns into stone. Therefore, tourists visiting Norway are strongly discouraged from taking any minerals with them as souvenirs from this country. Any stone lying on the road can turn out to be a troll, which at night, having regained its original appearance, will certainly harm a person who has torn it out of the usual environment.
Where else can you meet the troll
According to the Norwegians, the only country where these mythical creatures live is Norway. Trolls, according to their stories, sometimes wade across the sea to look at Denmark, but always come back. After all, Norway is their homeland and home. Some residents of this northern country even believe that one of the trolls lives right in the capital, in the basement of one of the ancient buildings. However, the British and Germans know who trolls are. In the north of England you can see three huge rocks, which, according to legend, are considered petrified trolls. Judging by the legends, these creatures can be not only huge (5 - 8 m tall), but also small, like gnomes. There are also individuals of ordinary human growth. Therefore, when you meet a strange person in the mountains, you need to pay attention to whether his tail is sticking out from under his cloak.
How to behave when meeting with a troll
Trolls are non-vegetarian creatures. They are very fond of meat. And sometimes I’m not averse to feasting on a little man. Therefore, having met the troll, you need to run away from him without looking back. Moreover, if such a "meeting" occurred on arable land, then across the furrows, so that the tracks form a cross with them. Sometimes they are also advised to riddle the troll. If he does not solve it, then he will release the traveler. Otherwise, he will offer his. Not unraveled immediately tear to pieces.
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So, who are the trolls, you probably now understand. Of the variety of mythical creatures, these are perhaps the most bloodthirsty and dangerous. In addition, they do not shine with a special mind and are unusually ugly in appearance. A big nose, for example, is the main feature of all trolls, no matter how small or large.
