Internet Trolls, how pathetic are they?

Insults are a violation of forum rules...buddy.

 

Yes, I know this grandma.

 

I don't know why you take it as an insult. You are a troll and you are trolling, just like you do in every thread. BTW, I'm not the one who was banned for trolling.

 

Like I said, the truth hurts, huh?

 

Insults are a violation of forum rules

 

Insults are a violation of forum rules

 

Let's start by getting our definitions straight: An Internet troll is someone who comes into a discussion and posts comments designed to upset or disrupt the conversation. Often, in fact, it seems like there is no real purpose behind their comments except to upset everyone else involved. Trolls will lie, exaggerate, and offend to get a response.

What kind of person would do this? Some Canadian researchers decided to find out.

They conducted two online studies with over 1,200 people, giving personality tests to each subject along with a survey about their Internet commenting behavior. They were looking for evidence that linked trolling with the "Dark Tetrad" of personality traits: narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and sadism.

They found that Dark Tetrad scores were highest among people who said trolling was their favorite Internet activity. To get an idea of how much more prevalent these traits were among Internet trolls, see this figure from the paper:



Look at how low the Dark Tetrad scores are for everyone except the trolls! Their scores for all four traits soar on the chart. The relationship between trolling and the Dark Tetrad is so significant that the authors write in their paper:

"... the associations between sadism and GAIT (Global Assessment of Internet Trolling) scores were so strong that it might be said that online trolls are prototypical everyday sadists." [emphasis added]

Trolls truly enjoy making you feel bad. To quote the authors once more (because this is a truly quotable article): "Both trolls and sadists feel sadistic glee at the distress of others. Sadists just want to have fun ... and the Internet is their playground!"

 

Good night Sir. And give your wife a big kiss for me as well.

 

So, what was it that you wanted to "debate" about again?

 

You are a very lame troll. Lol! I think I ran circles around you tonight and beat you at your own game, huh? You are exactly the type of person that I was describing earlier in my thread. I respond to posts. You make personal attacks that are totally unwarranted.

 

I take it then, that you are not for Trump?
He is certainly disrespectful to women. (well, men too, but he doesn't call men ugly or fat).

 

The typical troll can dish it out but cannot take it. Instead of replying to posts, he will make up lies about the person he is allegedly "debating" (if that is what you would call coming onto a thread and trying to flame bait the participants in the conversation). He will try to redeem himself at some point by making up some other lie about himself (so that he can have some kind of phony honor, of which we know he has none.).

 

He called Michael Moore ugly and fat, I think. I believe Donald Trump was referring to SOME types of women when he made his comments. Some women will have sex with rich men, that is just a fact.

 

Funny - I think there's only 5 pounds between him and Moore.

 

I wouldn't know, and that is not what this thread is about anyways. This is an off topic chat thread, not a political thread.

 

Trump is special. The rules do not apply to him. LOL

 

Still not giving up with the trolling, huh? While you aren't very good at it, you are a persistent little bugger! Where's the fly swatter gone to?

 

So, if you read the next few pages after your post, you will see how engaging with trolls doesn't really work? Although you can out troll them sometimes, they will always come back for more because they LIKE it. That is the whole reasoning behind why they do it, they crave negative feedback. Strange S & M type people, like the article says. And especially men who like to specifically target women are the lowest common denominator, IMO, because that just means that they are too cowardly to take on another man that they consider their "equal" so you can see how they are also very misogynistic.

 

You post a thread in a public forum, give an opinion, and don't think the opinion should be debated? Huh?

 

Trolls typically insult others? Yes?

 

You can debate my opinion, but that doesn't mean it matters to me! Lol! So what is it that you disagree with?

 

Now, moving on to more important things . . . this is a very interesting and accurate article.

https://www.lifewire.com/types-of-internet-trolls-3485894

The persistent debate troll
This type of troll loves a good argument. They can take a great, thoroughly researched and fact-based piece of content, and come at it from all opposing discussion angles to challenge its message. They believe they're right, and everyone else is wrong. You'll often also find them leaving long threads or arguments with other commenters in community comment sections, and they're always determined to have the last word -- continuing to comment until that other user gives up.

 

The insult troll

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The insult troll is a pure hater, plain and simple. And they don't even really have to have a reason to hate or insult someone. These types of trolls will often pick on everyone and anyone -- calling them names, accusing them of certain things, doing anything they can to get a negative emotional response from them -- just because they can. In many cases, this type of trolling can become so severe that it can lead to or be considered a serious form of cyberbullying.

 

I don't really consider this one to be trolling though. It kind of IS a reason to say something in some instances, especially when the poster is a know it all.

The grammar and spellcheck troll
You know this type of troll. They're the people who always have to tell other users that they have misspelled words and grammar mistakes. Even when they do it by simply commenting with the corrected word behind an asterisk symbol, it's pretty much never a welcomed comment to any discussion. Some of them even use a commenter's spelling and grammar mistakes as an excuse to insult them.

 

The forever offended troll
When controversial topics are discussed online, they're bound to offend someone. That's normal. But then there are the types of trolls who can take a piece of content -- often times it's a joke, a parody or something sarcastic -- and turn on the digital waterworks. They're experts at taking humorous pieces of content and turning them into an argument by playing the victim. People really do get upset by some of the strangest things said and done online.