Australia's infamous internet troll Tristan Barker gets uncomfortable with

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Australia's infamous internet troll Tristan Barker gets uncomfortable with Triple M Grill Show interview

INFAMOUS internet troll and cyber bully Tristan Barker was expecting a cushy ride on breakfast radio this morning.

But the heat got too much when he was questioned about his new found fame as Australia's most prolific internet troll.

Austereo's Triple M The Grill show invited Mr Barker on air to find out "if he is an internet troll, is he that bad or just a naughty boy".

Mr Barker, 18, confirmed he had been "a very, very naughty boy" but appeared uncomfortable with the suggestion that him spending hundreds of hours on the internet abusing everyone from celebrities to murder victims was a poor life choice.

One of the show's hosts asked Mr Barker why, with a "life in front of you", he would become a "troll of the highest order" and "pry upon those weaker than you".

But the interview lasted less than two minutes when Mr Barker objected to that claim, suggesting musicians like Nicki Minaj were not vulnerable.

"The only person weaker than me that I think I'm taking advantage of is you stupid breakfast jocks for giving me publicity," he said.

The interview then ended with one host questioning why he had made it on as an interviewee.

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If people don't know that trolling could result in being charged with a Criminal Offence maybe the attention could be a good thing .

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You obviously don't get what I'm saying. Why give them the attention on Radio and TV which is exactly what they seek. That's different to condoning what they're doing.

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I don't see him as a troll... is is a young idiot but not a troll. 

insulting others is not being a troll... 

It's a bit of a fine line I think.

Some trolls aim to stir people up about a subject without being personally nasty although it is apparent that some trolls go too far and do intentionally upset their targets, who do not need or deserve it.