Troll

The internet troll is basically an attention whore and someone who does things to call attention to themselves. This isn't neccessarily a bad thing if the troll is intelligent and is trying to bring attention to certain issues, but is a bad thing if the troll is stupid or just trying to bring attention to himself/herself.

Sometimes trolls are very funny and while they get a rise out of people most in the troll culture learn to spot their own kind and sometimes have troll battles, and indeed if one trolls better then the other there is an acknowledgement of "better troll" which usually means funnier.

Reverse trolls are the sort of intellecutal sort trying to get people to pay attention to what they are saying cause they aren't ego maniacs just like to talk about what they want to talk about.

Troll culture has several legends in the different formats the internet has taken.

With the advent of the political blogosphere the troll is seen as someone who politically differs from the main purpose of a blog or wiki, for example if someone came to liberapedia and said george bush rules, this would be evidence of troll like behavior.