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Sometimes I make a legit call and get called a troll. Sometimes I call troll and then after further posts are made feel the OP or commenter may just have a view that upsets me. Normal?
Sometimes trolls are really obvious.
Otherwise...
If you got called a troll on a legitimate post, take it as a sign that IT'S NOT NORMAL. It is in fact so strange that we believe "NO SANE PERSON WOULD EVER DO THAT" and hence believe the post to be fake.
I got called it all the time and didn't agree with it. The problem for me is that it doesn't have a singular definition and what others may think of as trolling is not what I think.
I always thought trolling was having a private joke that the victim then becomes aware of and realises their stupidity. I just wanted to make a joke that everyone else was part of from the start.
Interesting, I like your first definition. I always though it was posting BS to incite people silly enough to bite.
My sense of humor is often too dry and people just think im an idiot.
Yeah, that's kind of it. And humour is tricky online. I dial the sarcasm and irony dial down to about 1 here (it's up to 11 in everyday life) because people don't get it and take comments at face value. If I say, "I'd better go. I've got an appointment to shoot some puppies in the face", patently I don't mean it. You'd be surprised how many take it literally, though. Someone once told me they hated me for what I do. I thought *they* were being sarcastic. But nope, turns out a bunch of people thought I shot puppies as a pastime.