Not really sure why I’m posting this but anyway
. Troll’s can usually be regarded as dicks but they come in different guises & with different motives. They are (usually) always intelligent, otherwise they would not merit the “Troll” label! You occasionally get “would be” Trolls who register & create as much havoc as possible in a very short space of time but aren’t taken seriously by the regulars & are usually dismissed quickly by Mods.
But then there is the “super troll” & these guys are the most intelligent of all. They are very knowledgeable, will come & go, often with months between posts & will disappear almost as quickly as they arrived till next time. The main aim seems to be to be to upset the status quo of any forum that becomes a bit too "settled" regardless. Forums have to be seen to be an “interesting” forum (whatever that is) to keep adds coming in & I sometimes wonder if some “Trolls” are on the payrole! But I can be prone to a little paranoia