The act of making a response for no other reason than to gain attention. It is commonly displayed by insecure, or narcissisticpeople. Even if the remark is rude, or starts an argument, the person trolling gains the social interaction that they wanted. This is displayed more in women than men.
Suzi: MY LIFE SUCKS
Jack: awww what's wrong?
Suzi: blah blah blah drama drama drama
Jack: It's alright! <3
Suzi: <3
Suzi was not upset, only wanted people to acknowledge her. She is Internet Trolling.
Joe: People can be such assholes!
Paula: Is it me?
Joe: No <3
In this case Paula is internet trolling. She had no reason to think it was her, she just wanted Joe to acknowledge her.
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. PenguinBooks,1992. p. 38)