“In two online studies (total N = 1215), respondents completed personality inventories and a survey of their Internet commenting styles. Overall, strong positive associations emerged among online commenting frequency, trolling enjoyment, and troll identity, pointing to a common construct underlying the measures. ”
Both studies revealed similar patterns of relations between trolling and the Dark Tetrad of personality: trolling correlated positively with sadism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism, using both enjoyment ratings and identity scores.
Of all personality measures, sadism showed the most robust associations with trolling and, importantly, the relationship was specific to trolling behavior. Enjoyment of other online activities, such as chatting and debating, was unrelated to sadism. Thus cyber-trolling appears to be an Internet manifestation of everyday sadism.
social isolation, escapism, venting out emotional stress via an anonymous media , if these don't scream help im not sure what kinda idiot needed to figure that out desu
Not everyone knew where and who they should go for help...
I seems that many trolls are in their teens or early twenties, with rather bad house situation or future uncertainties...
After reading this paper, I kinda feel pity at the trolls...... Living their life with emotional and psychological problem..... It must be hellish.
but rather then pity and sympathize with them doing so via internet is next to useless desu
we can only fix it by improving society as a whole and stopping people who have mental problems from copulating. desu~
improving healthcare, providing more jobs, etc desu
also i am for the prevention of letting stupid people breed desu..
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