Internet Trolling.

In recent months, the media has labelled cowardly, nasty humans who bully until they upset someone to the point of self harm, as trolls.
I'm here to set them straight.

Trolling (the art of trolling)

As Wikipedia describes:

"In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory,[3]extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as a forum, chat room, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking readers into an emotional response[4] or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.[5] The noun troll may refer to the provocative message itself, as in: "That was an excellent troll you posted.""

This quote could not have hit the nail on the head any more than an electric nail gun.
A troll sends out comments in the hopes of getting an emotional response, (mostly aggravated, frustrated or angry), and never ever to physically or verbally threaten an individual.

Below is a conversation taken from Omegle, a random chat site. This is another form of trolling, but very close to the Wikipedia example.

You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!
You: hi
Stranger: m 15
You: f 15
You: what's your name handsome
Stranger: wanna txt?
You: i wanna know your name first
Stranger: tony
You: Hi. I'm NyQuil. Talk to your doctor to see if I'm right for you!
Stranger: ok wanna
Your conversational partner has disconnected.

Bullying

An example of a bully is somebody who makes personal threats against a person.
For example, telling someone to "go kill themselves" is a form of bullying. Saying something nasty to somebody about their looks, personality, gender, or sexual orientation (although most trolls refer to others as "faggots," "faggets," "fags," "phaggots," this is usually used to generalise the entire population, so as not to be or become sexist in others eyes, and isn't usually considered, or taken as, an insult. Unless you were mad bro) is also bullying.

Internet bully on Twitter

Anybody who does not TRULY know the meaning, or definition, of trolling, outside of what the biased, liars inside the media empire feed them, cannot loosely use the term to describe someone who bullies others.


Omegle Trolls.Com

Troll on Wikipedia