Early incidents of trolling were considered to be the same as flaming, but this has changed with modern usage by the news media to refer to the creation of any content that targets another person.
Stari izgredi s troliranjem izjednačivani su s potpaljivanjem, ali to se vremenom promijenilo suvremenom uporabom novosnih medija radi referiranja ka stvaranju sadržaja koji cilja na drugu osobu.