When you attempt to join an organization or group with the intent of preventing yourself from being fucked with and or avoid criticism.
Frank: Did you know that Stan is gay?
John: Stan is only pretending to be gay for the purposes of troll shielding.
John: Stan is only pretending to be gay for the purposes of troll shielding.
by AnthonyCumia June 17, 2024

Saying a sentence, or writing some sort of social media post just to get a rise out of everyone. Usually done for Facebook likes.
by sueprguy May 31, 2015

Did you see the anti-Trump meme I posted? I was troll-fishing for my alt-right uncle and now it has 102 angry comments.
by steine April 22, 2018
