Online Trolling and Warning Signs
Trolling is posting inflammatory, abusive, controversial, offensive, irrelevant messages against you to upset or provoke you to lash out or display emotional responses.
Trolling can start off a heated battle of words among the members in the group against each other while the person who started it enjoys the frustrated responses.
Few pointers / warning signs
- Inflammatory, attacking , agitating or provocative posts
- Derogatory posts that target a specific group, individual or subject.
- Posts on controversial topics to insite anger and reactions.