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* Cry for help: Many so-called trolls, in their postings, indicate disturbing situations regarding family, relationships, substances, and school. Some believe that trolling is an aggressive, confrontational way by which trolls seek a sort of "tough love" guidance in an anonymous forum.
* Effect change in user opinions: A troll may state extreme positions to make his or her actual beliefs seem moderate (this often involves [[sock puppet | sock puppeteering]], where the "bad cop" is a sock-puppet troll) or, alternatively, play the role of "[[Devil's advocate]]" to strengthen opposing convictions (with which he or she usually actually agrees).
* Test the integrity of a system against "social attacks" or other forms of misbehavior: For example,
* Amusement: To some people, the thought of a 70-year-old Internet user being sent to a sexually explicit or gross image is genuinely funny. Individuals of this sort are generally thought immature and annoying.
* [[Domino effect]]: Related to amusement, but a more specific fashion: starting large [[chain reaction]]s in response to one's initial post. Achieving a disproportionately large response to a small action is the general theme. This is similar to how a young child that goes missing (but is actually hiding) may act with glee, seeing a large number of people conducting a massive search in response to the supposed disappearance.
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