Science Says: Internet Trolls = Genuinely Bad People

Started by Jacob, October 03, 2014, 06:14:10 PM

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mongers

#15
October 03, 2014, 07:57:38 PM
Quote from: Valmy on October 03, 2014, 07:53:09 PM
Trolls are pretty horrible.  It is amazing the sort of chaos and harm you can cause just be being a horrible person with an internet connection.

This I find hard to believe, have you and evidence, say from an internet forum, any at all post from here?  <_<
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Razgovory

#16
October 03, 2014, 07:58:39 PM
Quote from: Valmy on October 03, 2014, 07:53:09 PM
Trolls are pretty horrible.  It is amazing the sort of chaos and harm you can cause just be being a horrible person with an internet connection.

And a webcam, a knife and a hostage.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Valmy

#17
October 03, 2014, 07:59:15 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on October 03, 2014, 07:58:39 PM
And a webcam, a knife and a hostage.

Well that is less surprising :P
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garbon

#18
October 03, 2014, 07:59:46 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on October 03, 2014, 07:57:13 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 03, 2014, 07:27:39 PM


In short, "Machiavellianism" is simply a catchy phrase coined for a field that relies on labels by individuals who have never read a single word by Machiavelli.

That's fair, but they probably haven't read up on Sade's work either.  Actually, I'm willing to bet you are the only one on this board who's read his works.

I've read some but found them dull.
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Razgovory

#19
October 03, 2014, 08:02:16 PM
You just like to hard to get along with.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

garbon

#20
October 03, 2014, 08:04:38 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on October 03, 2014, 08:02:16 PM
You just like to hard to get along with.

What's that about getting hard?
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

MadImmortalMan

#21
October 03, 2014, 08:26:33 PM
Duh. They trolled the survey.
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DGuller

#22
October 03, 2014, 09:56:38 PM
How is trolling defined?  Is it just being an ass in an Internet discussion for its own sake, or is it more malicious than that?

garbon

#23
October 03, 2014, 09:57:55 PM
Quote from: DGuller on October 03, 2014, 09:56:38 PM
How is trolling defined?  Is it just being an ass in an Internet discussion for its own sake, or is it more malicious than that?

Posts from poor civil servants in HK who just want to drive.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Valmy

#24
October 03, 2014, 10:34:54 PM
Quote from: DGuller on October 03, 2014, 09:56:38 PM
How is trolling defined?  Is it just being an ass in an Internet discussion for its own sake, or is it more malicious than that?

Good question.  I guess I think of trolls being people who enjoy screwing with people online to some degree.  Some of them will get quite malicious because they can and stuff.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Jacob

#25
October 03, 2014, 10:38:50 PM
Quote from: Valmy on October 03, 2014, 10:34:54 PM
Quote from: DGuller on October 03, 2014, 09:56:38 PM
How is trolling defined?  Is it just being an ass in an Internet discussion for its own sake, or is it more malicious than that?

Good question.  I guess I think of trolls being people who enjoy screwing with people online to some degree.  Some of them will get quite malicious because they can and stuff.

My impression was that it was self-determined "my favourite activity on the internet is trolling" combined with other psychological measurements.

Barrister

#26
October 03, 2014, 11:02:39 PM
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on October 03, 2014, 06:45:09 PM
It's the tendency to violently advocate for gaoling the indigenous peoples of the frozen North American tundra.

:D
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DGuller

#27
October 03, 2014, 11:37:07 PM
As I read through all 14 pages of the HK thread, I was wondering whether Mono is a troll or a psychopath.  I guess it doesn't really matter, if this study is to be believed.

CountDeMoney

#28
October 04, 2014, 12:05:43 AM
Quote from: DGuller on October 03, 2014, 11:37:07 PM
As I read through all 14 pages of the HK thread, I was wondering whether Mono is a troll or a psychopath.

He's neither;  he's Chinese, and that thread simply illustrates his Chineseness.

Syt

#29
October 04, 2014, 12:22:54 AM
Quote from: Jacob on October 03, 2014, 06:59:36 PM2) High scores in the "dark triad" personality traits (amusingly breaking down to more than three traits: machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy, direct sadism, and vicarious sadism).

The article calls it "Tetrad", with the forth trait, sadism, being split into two subgroups. [/nitpick] ;)
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