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When did trolling become "baiting"?
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When did trolling become "baiting"?
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When did trolling go from "Stirring up drama in an internet community to see people's reactions" to "HURR LOOK HOW RETARDED I AM XD"?
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around 2010 i believe
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When the phrase "trolling" got to 9gag and whatever other faggotry produced rage comics.
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Baiting is essentially low quality trolling that's done with the purpose of getting one "ugh this makes me so mad!" from many different people, while trolling is more intricate, and leads to people actually getting frustrated (stringing someone along for 10-20 posts)
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