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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPerhaps it's time to do something different...
"Overall, the authors found that the relationship between sadism and trolling was the strongest, and that indeed, sadists appear to troll because they find it pleasurable. "Both trolls and sadists feel sadistic glee at the distress of others," they wrote. "Sadists just want to have fun...and the Internet is their playground!"
The study comes as websites, particularly at major media outlets, are increasingly weighing steps to rein in trollish behavior. Last year Popular Science did away with its comments sections completely, citing research on the deleterious effects of trolling, and YouTube also took measures to rein in trolling."
http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2014/02/internet-trolls-sadists-psychopaths-lulz
I have no answers to this. I know it's happening. Many have seen it and many have complained. Many have left for good.
It's why I don't hang around much anymore. I comment rarely and when I see something outrageous, I leave the site. I don't even bother to lodge a complaint because the odds are are stacked against trolls actually being removed. Sometimes, it's like a mud pit for trolls. And when you roll around in a mud pit...
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Perhaps it's time to do something different... (Original Post)
BanzaiBonnie
Feb 2014
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Silent3
(15,020 posts)1. There's both conscious and unconscious trolling
Some people are clearly being obnoxious just to be obnoxious, to get a rise out of others. This strongly applies to anyone who finds a lot of use for the word "lulz" in their life.
Some people are simply being passionate and genuine, exposing how truly awful and/or stupid they are in the process.
Adam051188
(711 posts)2. amen, brotha
lulz
schmatypants is a mind reader.
1000words
(7,051 posts)3. You are being kind, regarding the latter.
There are many folks who inevitably use online forums as a place to project their personal dramas and unload their emotional baggage.