Why Trolls Troll, and how to deal with them

Trolls Gonna Troll

I've been dealing with trolls lately, and I know its not good to feed trolls by paying attention to them, but I've decided to come up with ways to handle them well.

Troll, its a relatively new term.  To me, it means a person who acts in a particular way for the attention it generates.  But, I've started to believe its more than that.

I think that there's this fundamental drive in some trolls that makes them desire control.  They want to make people mad.  They're often try to appear disinterested in whatever they are trolling, and simply are there because of its trollability.  They look for places where they can upset people, and then sit-back and laugh at them.

Not all trolls are devious, but I wonder if those deviants are a result of epic failure in something they tried hard at.  Like people in League of Legends who start losing a lot in their ELO, and just snap.  They can't bare the thought of failing while trying to win, so they take the easy route of trying to lose.  They also want others to suffer like them, the frustration of loss, and the anger...

Solutions?
Delight in the suffering in others is dark...  and a way to combat it is to not show frustration.  Instead, show disinterest or delight.  If you believe you're being trolled, simply acknowledge it in an unimpressed way.  'O great, another troll zzzzzzzzzzzz' or ' nice trolling>.> *slow clap*' are great ways to curb a trolls enthusiasm.

look out for?

Sometimes it feels like you're being swarmed by trolls.  The reality is, that some people are just stupid, and enjoy regurgitating their uneducated opinions.  Sometimes these idiots come in groups, with their imbecilic opinions confirmed by other nincompoops, they have trouble listening to reason. In a way, they are unintentional trolls.  Getting upset with these morons does not help.  

I can't pretend to be an expert on this, but this is what I do:  I make a solid effort to present them with facts.  they will often ignore them, but hopefully it plants a seed of truth in them, that will later turn into an epiphany.  

Trolls end

The majority of gamers have become unimpressed by trolls and insta-ignore them.  They're losers who forfeit their desire to win in exchange for a desire to lose.  They need to find other ways to cope with defeat, and find the drive to be better.  I foresee online therapy for trolls, and an ever expanding quantity of them.  Yes, trolls are only going to get worse.