Ken M — real name Kenneth McCarthy — actually never heard of trolling when he got started. He started out commenting on various articles with sincere remarks, but he was unable to get any sort of rational responses to what he wrote. "I was appalled by the Yahoo comment section," he told Reddit. "It was such a toxic, s***** space."

By April of 2011, he switched from thoughtful, rational comments to snarky and satirical ones, wanting to see how far he could get with being a moron, while hopefully dispelling the toxicity he saw online. As his comments became more and more popular, he branched out from Yahoo and hit the Huffington Post, ABC News, and pretty much any other place people go to consume serious news articles.

When not popping up on various comment sections for news sites and driving people crazy, he actually found a way to legitimize being an Internet troll. He became so notorious online for his ridiculous and inflammatory commentary, Collegehumor hired him to write a column called, appropriately enough, "The Troll," which he wrote for a little over a year before cancelling his deal. He said the pressure to come up with new content where he wasn't imitating himself became too difficult to maintain.