@bytebro @Sheril
Trolls predate the internet.

Back in the 80s there were Usenet groups. Sort of like bulletin boards that worked via distributed servers.

Every now and then a troll, or sometimes a hoard of them would flood Usenet groups with posts rendering normal use impossible.

Even then there were the main two types; vandals who just wanted to trash a usenet group, and the windup merchants who just wanted to annoy people.

Either way, trying to reason with them was pointless.