Newsflash, internet trolls are horrible people. Found a link to this article on MDA, definitely worth a read.
Internet Trolls Really Are Horrible People
Narcissistic, Machiavellian, psychopathic, and sadistic.
In the past few years, the science of Internet trollology has made some strides. Last year, for instance, we learned that by hurling insults and inciting discord in online comment sections, so-called Internet trolls (who are frequently anonymous) have a polarizing effect on audiences, leading to politicization, rather than deeper understanding of scientific topics.
That’s bad, but it’s nothing compared with what a new psychology paper has to say about the personalities of trolls themselves. The research, conducted by Erin Buckels of the University of Manitoba and two colleagues, sought to directly investigate whether people who engage in trolling are characterized by personality traits that fall in the so-called Dark Tetrad: Machiavellianism (willingness to manipulate and deceive others), narcissism (egotism and self-obsession), psychopathy (the lack of remorse and empathy), and sadism (pleasure in the suffering of others).
It is hard to overplay the results: The study found correlations, sometimes quite significant, between these traits and trolling behavior. What’s more, it also found a relationship between all Dark Tetrad traits (except for narcissism) and the overall time that an individual spent, per day, commenting on the Internet.
To be sure, only 5.6 percent of survey respondents actually specified that they enjoyed “trolling.” By contrast, 41.3 percent of Internet users were “non-commenters,” meaning they didn’t like engaging online at all. So trolls are, as has often been suspected, a minority of online commenters, and an even smaller minority of overall Internet users.
Chris Mooney is the author of The Republican War on Science and, with Sheril Kirshenbaum, Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future.
Remainder of Article HERE.
Finally, an article about bb. That’s a nice.
Debating? What debating? If you haven’t got the message that debating is over by now , you never will.
Some form of social disobedience is the only recourse left.
This.
“Machiavellianism (willingness to manipulate and deceive others)…”
And then this…
“To be sure, only 5.6 percent of survey respondents actually specified that they enjoyed “trolling.”… “So trolls are, as has often been suspected, a minority of online commenters, and an even smaller minority of overall Internet users.”
BAHH-HAHAHAHAH!!!
They got fuckin PLAYED! The say that trolls manipulate people, then sit back and opine that their “survey” is accurate… did they think the trolls, who manipulate people because it’s fun, didn’t manipulate them and their survey?
AHH-HAHAHAHA!!!
Dumb fucks…
Personally, I love the hell out of trolling… nothing makes me happier on the Interwebs than to go into a group of self-important, sneering assholes and wreak havoc… watching them cry and whaaaa and blow their porch light… it’s been awhile since I trolled anywhere or anyone, but that don’t mean it ain’t fun..
So, all politicians & bankers are trolls. Didn’t really think of it that way.
Fedgov politicians and tbtf banksters are sociopaths (at best) and psychopaths ( at worst). BC-LR to all
Stucky ,why are you being mean to me ?You’re feel guilty and be nice for a while.