In Reply to: Wot the....? posted by BekBel on Wednesday, 23. March 2005 at 11:48 Bali Time:
Have seen this terminology crop up again and again.
Had no idea what it meant until now. To me a troll was a doll with wild/coloured hair.
Have in my short time on this forum seen 'trolls' viciously attack others for no appparent reason. Their posts are often deleted.
I, as a relative newcomer to computers (no doubt there would be others) found this post of Rex's, like most his others very informative.