User blog comment:Martin J Sallberg/Trolls are mythical beasts/@comment-8117023-20150606144649

Though I agree with most of the points you have made, ForestFairy was talking about people who add absolutely nothing of value to discussions and deliberately go out of their way to annoy and provoke others.

I agree that there should be a clear line between internet trolls and people with unwonted opinions or opinions that are contrary to another person's thoughts - ForestFairy should have touched upon that in her original blog post. All too often have I or someone else been labelled as a troll for having a slightly abnormal or dissentient opinion.

However, this does not mean that internet trolls do not exist. Believe it or not, there are people who do go out of their way to annoy or provoke others. Most of the time, these people do not believe what they put out on the internet because to them, other people falling for their obviously malicious and overly abnormal words generates comedy.