Julian Cope presents Head Heritage

Trolls come to forums for entertainment. The internet is just a playground to them and anything can and will be said by them.

Attaching normal social morays to troll posts is a foolish practice. It is very important to remember they will deliberately attempt to wind up marks by any means and if a mark isn't prone to anger they will instead attempt to discredit their arguments.

Other popular tactics include
- acting the victim especially if attacked back or called out as a troll
- agreeing with some posters to drive a rift in a normally passive forum
- circular logic and logical fallacies ie X is true therefore Y must be
- grouping with other trolls, each playing a different yet complimentary role eg agitator and supporter or victim and white knight.