Catching Tadpoles?

[Didymus20X6]

Generally speaking, the term "trolling" is typically regarded with a much more negative, mean-spirited connotation. It's less about amusing people and more about deliberately trying to annoy people. Most forums highly discourage it.

As to whether what Joe was doing can be considered "trolling" or was merely joking, that's a different matter.

[Sonya610]

Generally speaking, the term "trolling" is typically regarded with a much more negative, mean-spirited connotation. It's less about amusing people and more about deliberately trying to annoy people. Most forums highly discourage it.

Technically trolling is saying things to bait a group into some sort of excited, angry, or offtopic response i.e. trolling for sharks by throwing chum in the water.

I agree he was joking, not trolling. If he pretended to be serious and got everyone all upset THEN it would be trolling, but it was obviously a joke.