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Trolling is a art. Trolling should be done softly, and should leave plausible deniability until and unless you get to a point where blowing your cover maximizes lulz. Trolling should split the room into roughly the following groups: 85% bewildered bystanders, 10% angry, and 5% who see what you're doing and either leave you alone or join in. Those numbers are fluid bit the point holds that in ideal situation the majority of people are either too confused to say anything or are on your side.
As I've grown up (read: I am not a thirteen year old boy anymore) I've started to realize that beyond being mean-spirited bigotry is just not very lulzy. In general good trolling shines a light on how someone who is being loud about their very strong and very wrong opinions online is a complete moron. Annoying the fuck out of hate groups is also acceptable.
Edit: there's also just being weird and fucking with people by way of a harmless prank
In conclusion trolling is a land of contrasts.
Yeah that all sounds accurate