President Barack Obama

[Kyuuketsuki]

A troll is someone deliberately fucks with the 'opposing side' right?

Not quite the words I'd use but yeah, a troll is someone who visits a forum with the express intention of starting a ruckus (usually some kind of flame war) ... typically they don't stick around though they may return to fan the flames of their troll.

A good troll will be subtle intended to wind peiople up and get their collective bloods boiling.

That's why Amanda (who I believe is one of those Adrian invited over for a debate) isn't a troll ... she's just woefully ignorant and in many ways a victim of those who have "educated" her.

That Frodo sticks around is also why he isn't a troll even if his style is irritating.

When its just someone who is ignorant and/or misunderstand things and feels quite passionate about it (and doesn't realize how ignorant they are), then that's not really a troll is it?

Right.

A troll is intentional yeah?

I would say a proper troll is yeah.

And even a spammer isn't always intentional. A troll is - and is worse - yeah?

A real troll is because it is intentionally malicious, because the troll frequently does what he/she does without believing a word of what he/she says i.e. it's done purely for the reaction.

I suppose when I banned David Mabus for the second time I was wrong to do it (in part) for trolling because I think he actually believes the crud he posts.

Or have I got the 'troll' definition wrong (other than that 'strange thing' that lives under a bridge).

You got it right and it's still related to the fairytale troll concept.

Kyu