'Trolling'

[CellarDweller]

I don't believe that someone stating an opinion that goes against what others is saying is "trolling".

I believe that trolling is attempting to "stir the pot" with a group of people.

On another site that I mod, there is a thread about Jake Gyllenhaal. While he was in his relationship with Reese Witherspoon, there were some who though the relationship was fake.

There was one member in particular who would come to the thread and start posting awful things about Jake, how he was gay, how Reese was a beard, that Jake didn't deserve a career because he wasn't being truthful about himself, and on and on.

Normally, that's not "trolling" behavior....however, this person was not posting anywhere else on the forum, only going to this Jake thread to start trouble with other members. It got so toxic that the forum instituted a rule that members were no longer allowed to discuss Jake's sexuality.

Once this person didn't have that topic to discuss, they left the forum, never to be seen again.