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I remember the story of “Three Billy Goats Gruff” as a child. It was the one about the three Billy goats of different sizes that wanted to cross the bridge to get to the grass on the other side.  Unfortunately, the bridge was home to a large, mean troll.  Bravely, the small goat crossed first and was approached by the fierce Troll who threatened to gobble him up.  He promised the troll that his much larger brother would be crossing next and the Troll was tricked into waiting for the bigger meal. The troll allowed the small goat to cross. The middle Billy goat, of course, did the same thing. However, the largest Billy goat was as fierce as the troll and killed the troll. And the goats lived happily ever after.   The moral of the story was ”Go pick on someone your own size!”, or was it a message of equality wins.

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A troll is a fearsome member of a fairy-tale anthropomorphic race from Scandinavia, mostly Norway. Their role ranges from fiendish giants, similar to the ogres of England – to a wily, more human-like folk of the wilderness, living underground in hills, caves or mounds. Depending on if the troll is from the forest or mountains, the forest sometimes likes to hide deep springs or rivers. Originally more or less the Nordic counterpart of giants, although much smaller in size, the fierceness of Trolls are told be something to fear. A troll is a creature of prodigious strength and immense stupidity. Trolls generally reach a height of twelve feet and weigh up to a ton. But has today’s world come up with a different depiction of this fiendish giant?

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A troll is also a person that creates a web account and does malicious things to get attention. A troll is someone who purposely defies the rules of the forum in order to upset members and gain attention.  A troll is a person who picks fights in discussion forums by posting deliberately offensive comments. You have posted a grand total of two comments, on a provocative topic, and have no history of engaging in general discussion on other matters. A troll is someone that posts something intentionally to piss people off, regardless of their own opinion on the subject.

A troll is usually experts who reuse the same words of their adversaries and in turning the words against them. A troll is someone who inspires heated oratory, someone who is purposely provoking and pulling people into heated discussion. Heated discussions usually end with name calling and a flame war. A troll is someone who incites people into flame wars. A troll is a person who comments anonymously with statements that are meant to anger. Their remarks sometimes do not make any sense. Like the ugly creatures they are named after, they exhibit no positive characteristics, and as such, they are recognized as a lower form of life on the net, as in, “Ignore him, he’s just a troll.”