Troll organization

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A troll organization (also known as troll association or troll gang) is a group of internet trolls who associate together, share ideas and resources, and may act in a concerted manner. They sometimes adopt a name for their group, and on occasion elements of an organizational structure. This is difficult, as trolls often object ideologically to organized structures and cooperation, and disapprove of agreeing with anyone. The verb to anarchize seems to have been coined to describe the minimal degree to which trolls can manage their joint technological and cultural needs to achieve their goals. Some troll groups refer to themselves as an anarchization, though this term is also used to mean extreme democratization.

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See also: Meow Wars

In past years, Usenet had a set of troll news groups, usually taken over from unused newsgroups ostensibly devoted to other topics, such as alt.syntax.tactical (sometimes called trollgnaws) where members would discuss trolling techniques and organize raids of other newsgroups. Similar organized raids on internet forums are known as forum invasions, the purpose being to offend a particular group, to simply enjoy the reaction such invasions provoke, or to attack the signal-to-noise ratio of the other newsgroups and forums.

On the Slashdot website, a subculture with several such organizations has formed, some devoted to moderating each others' posts upwards and others to propagating new types of posts.

Some troll organizations engage in more serious projects that seem unreasonable or grandiose. The world trolling anarchization for instance claims to be seeking to free the Internet of having any "owned" domain names, presumably so trolling, alone, defines what words are to mean what, and what is to link where. It is not at all clear how this goal would be achieved, though, according to Larry Sanger in a notable essay on Kuro5hin where he declared that "trolls" had "taken over", wikis such as the Wikipedia had become examples of such a takeover process.


Some troll organizations are known for things including massive multination operations in which they "own" or "pwn" people for various reasons, generally, to prove points that were never in question. One of the most notable "trolls" of all time, was by a group of IRCers from "EFnet" in #penispump, who trolled, or owned, a person by the 'IRC' nick of "sonic" who has a few screws loose, in a multi-platform "raid" using, IRC, AIM, MySpace, the United States Postal Service, the Yellow Pages, and pictures from a russian mail order bride site. During this "raid" the victim, sonic, divulged personal information including but not limited to, penis size, location, and his effiminate features.

[edit] List of notable troll organizations

  • Naziniggers, a trolling group that attack many different boards and people via online tools, reside on the gay site ww.thedarkrideforums.com
  • Penis Pump (PP4L) (trolls various IRC networks, mainly EFnet. Common targets include #computers, #lebanon, #php, #politics, #science , #math , #scientology , #irchelp , #christian , #freebsdhelp , #bible , #islam , #microsoft. Myspace users have also reported being harassed by Penis Pump. The callsign PP4L stands for Penis Pump 4 Life, since its members are unusually dedicated to their cause. Furthermore, PP members can be identified by the catchphrase YA WE PUMPIN. holy shit i love chairs! MOAR CHAIRS
  • American Nihilist Underground Society (most often found trolling boards devoted to heavy metal music)
  • The Troll Kingpin's Army - operates on the Internet Movie Database IMDb. Has conquered several movie boards to date, including Spider-Man 3 and Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End. Currently led by the Troll Kingpin - other prominent members include Evil Sorcerer, the Great Monarch, Dr. Thomas Weintraub, Kathie, and Johnny.
  • Gay Nigger Association of America (GNAA) (trolls Slashdot, Kuro5hin, freenode, Wikipedia, and other online communities)
  • The Cabal (sometimes Committee) of Logged in Trolls (CLIT) was a group of trolls active around 2002 on Slashdot. Their primary objective was to get first posts. The League of Anonymous Cowards was formed in response.
  • Trollkore (trolls Slashdot)
  • Pink Lions : The site for gay Millwall fans.
  • His Imperial Majesty's Elite Orbital Bomber Squadron (HIMEOBS)
  • Sacred Jihad against Slashdot (SJAS)
  • The "AQ40" is a secretive group that is responsible for a majority of rumors leaked into the gaming community.
  • The World Internet Troll Union (WITU)
  • myg0t A popular online-gaming trolling organization.
  • EvilPyoko Trolls pedophiles and porn BBS's.
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