concern trolls

A form of concern troll — Someone who posts to an Internet forum or newsgroup, claiming to share its goals while deliberately working against those goals, typically, by claiming "concern" about group plans to engage in productive activity, urging members instead to attempt some activity that would damage the group's credibility, or alternatively to abandon group projects entirely.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of concern troll
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of concern troll
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