Internet/Usenet Trolls

I am curious why some people become "trolls" on the internet? Why may be the psychology behind trolling.

For example; there is a woman who is quite popular on usenet who calls herself Poopie Pants. She calls herself a usenet performance artist and makes some outrageous posts. She also seems to have made up her own language which is a dialect of English.

Sometimes flame wars come about from her posting but most of the time she is quite entertaining.

What is a usenet performace artist? Is there a difference between that and trolling?

--Gerald

Replies:

Re:Internet/Usenet Trolls, by John, 12/15/00 Re:Internet/Usenet Trolls, by Gerald Miller, 12/15/00 Re:Internet/Usenet Trolls, by John, 12/16/00 Re:Internet/Usenet Trolls, by Tom, 12/19/00 Re:Internet/Usenet Trolls, by John, 12/20/00 Re:Internet/Usenet Trolls, by Tom, 12/20/00 Re:Internet/Usenet Trolls, by John, 12/22/00 Re:Internet/Usenet Trolls re Poopie Pants, by Tina, 02/09/01 Re:Internet/Usenet Trolls re Poopie Pants, by John, 02/12/01 Re:Internet/Usenet Trolls, by Kaye, 07/13/02

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