# What do you call a person who trolls a troll? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 8, 2022, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158 "2022-05-08T22:31:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158/21 "2022-05-09T21:46:15Z")
“… it’s Trolltown, Gatopescado…” ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158/22 "2022-05-09T21:53:11Z")
I call them feeders. Trolling a troll is feeding a troll, and trolls on this site should be banned, not fed. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158/23 "2022-05-09T22:48:42Z")
Trolls troll trolls. But not all who troll trolls are trolls. Sometimes trolls troll trolls to troll. But some who troll trolls troll for motives whole. Perhaps troll trolls for motives droll. If you trust trolls. Or trust trolls trolling other trolls. Or trust the polls. Of trolls and trolls trolling other trolls. That say or claim to say why trolls. Are trolls or trolls just trolling other trolls. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158/24 "2022-05-09T23:12:37Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > Of trolls and trolls trolling other trolls. That say or claim to say why trolls. Are trolls or trolls just trolling other trolls. Troll, troll, troll, troll, troll, troll troll troll… “Shuttup! Bloody vikings!” ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158/25 "2022-05-09T23:23:31Z")
> [@peccavi](#): > > was necessary to destroy the thread in order to save it… The only winning move is not to play. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158/26 "2022-05-10T00:44:42Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > Trolls troll trolls. But not all who troll trolls are trolls _Never send to know for whom the troll trolls; it trolls for thee._ ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158/27 "2022-05-10T00:50:39Z")
[That’s insane troll logic.](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InsaneTrollLogic) ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158/28 "2022-05-10T01:06:02Z")
“Whoever fights [trolls] should see to it that in the process he does not become a [troll]. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” With apologies to Nietzsche. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158/29 "2022-05-10T01:36:18Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > I call them feeders. Trolling a troll is feeding a troll, and trolls on this site should be banned, not fed.⁢ I don’t agree Feeding a troll is giving them what they want—getting riled up. The result is that the troll is happy. The whole idea of trolling a troll is that you actually rile _them_ up. I’m not saying it’s easy. For an attention-seeking troll, there’s not much you can do but not pay attention to them—though I’ve seen some people do so in some aggressive ways. (The recipe thing in the Pit is an example.) The anger-seeking troll is easier, though it can sometimes be hard to tell if you’ve actually broken though or if it’s still part of the bit. There are some trolls you can get rid of just by ignoring them. But the good ones don’t give up so easily. I’ve seen cases where trolls took over a space. Sometimes the better reaction is to fluster them enough that they go away. I’ve seen it done, particularly by the type of people who are often troll targets (like outspoken women). It’s not as simple as saying mean things to them, as that is just anger and is exactly what they want. But it can be done. Usually it involves being quite smarmy. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158/30 "2022-05-10T03:19:44Z")
Are you my Mother, or my sister? I lost track. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158/31 "2022-05-10T03:22:09Z")
Well, back in the olden days of [Battle.Net](http://Battle.Net), when it was just the one game, we called people who killed player killers (pks) player killer _killers_ (pkks). So… what’s wrong with troll troller? ---
**Author:** ![superwombat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superwombat/32/16616_2.png) [@superwombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superwombat)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158/32 "2022-05-10T03:33:49Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0QrBxWcBXow/maxresdefault.jpg "Austin Powers | Moley Moley Mole") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QrBxWcBXow) Oh, wait… ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158/33 "2022-05-10T12:59:27Z")
Trollabundin [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/wsl-KHGe4Kk/maxresdefault.jpg "Eivør Pálsdóttir: Tròdlabùndin (Trøllabundin) – 10.08.13") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsl-KHGe4Kk) (Okay, it’s not a funny response. But it’s an awesome song, plus how often do you get to hear music in Faeroese?) ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158/34 "2022-05-10T14:12:41Z")
Be careful, lest you summon Mustakrakish the lake troll with all this talk of Trolls and Singing… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4_SNmG1p_Bg/maxresdefault.jpg "Mustakrakish's Awakening | Metalocalypse | adult swim") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_SNmG1p_Bg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158.md?page=1)