&gt; The essence of trolling isn&#x27;t bullshitting; it&#x27;s knowing how to get a rise out of people.<p>&quot;Provocative&quot;? No, I think there needs to be an element of bad faith or inauthenticity. &#x27;Actual&#x27; trolls are supposed to be  malicious creatures.<p>&gt; homeschooling<p>I wouldn&#x27;t call that scalable, it only worked for me because I was already coding by the time I convinced my parents to let me do my own thing. Though maybe there is an advanced body of theory I&#x27;m not aware of.