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Depends on what you consider as trolling.

Wikipedia says: 'In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking readers into an emotional response.'

But it does go on to say: 'Early incidences of trolling were considered to be the same as flaming, but this has changed with modern usage by the news media to refer to the creation of any content that targets another person.'

I suppose it varies.

To me, trolling is saying things either to annoy people or to get a response (emotional or otherwise). Trolling can be harmless and hurtful imo.

If you don't know the context, you ought to be careful.

I knew someone would point this out and it is a valid point. I suppose when you type messages it's hard for people to know how you are conveying your message (sarcasm isn't always implied for example).

Also, sometimes you miss valuable information or other people just blurt out what appears to be random shit when actually it isn't and you don't know the context.

That said, you can still use your judgement to know when someone is being harmless/silly and when someone's saying things to be hurtful. You can still inquire and ask trolls to say sorry or you can even ask them why they are saying what they're saying. If they carry on and don't stop, warn them. If they don't pay any attention to the warnings and they keep on trolling, kick them or ban them.

If a person is trolling for laughs and they tell everyone that they are are only playing and they stop as soon as anyone makes it know that they are offended, then I see nothing wrong with that.

I don't like politically correct people who pick up on every little insult or statement and start pointing their fingers and accusing people of being 'racist' or 'sexist'.

This is a true story. While on a server, this guy had the 'n word' in his nick. I said that's harsh. He said he was black and that it was just a joke. I suggested that he change his nick and (IIRC) he did. I even had a little racist joke myself. Nobody got shirty and that was the end of that. Some 'politically correct' person would have called me racist for what I said, but I made sure that I knew the context and made it clear that I was only making a harmless joke. Does anyone want to hear it?