I dunno, I'm good friends with an SA goon. He's not a bad guy, either. But that's rare. Most tolls nowadays are prepubescent losers who feel the need to build themselves up by picking on EVERYONE.
Honestly, though, some of the people I've seen get trolled were really just begging for it. Like the guy that was getting off sniffing his younger sister's underwear and posting blogs about it. XP
having been trolled/harassed and bothered both on the internet and in life for nearly a year, my honest opinions are as follows:
1: It's the goddamn INTERNET, you stupid fucks. The people who really matter in your life aren't going to care what some random jerk says. And 90% of the time they're blowing hot air out their asses, unless you're the type who posts detailed explicit personal information in your journals.
2: Ignoring works for the most part, but there will always be that small group of stubborn trolls who just beg for opinion number three...
3: If you can't beat em, join em. Be nice to them, agree with them, or feed the fire some more. When they realize you're sitting at home laughing your damn ass off so much you need an oxygen tank, they'll decide they've gotten/lost thier lulz and stop.
I also find it funny that in order to have the last word/insult, today's young prepubescent trolls will usually use non-sequiters and talk themselves into corners. Not like the old veterans who know how to really get under someone's skin with intellect rather than just brute force of numbers.
When you can be SUCCESSFULLY trolled by a single person, that person deserves a round of applause, becasue trolls of that caliber are rare these days.