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5. Trolls just want attention, and it makes them feel less impotent.

Tue Feb 11, 2014, 04:55 PM

Feb 2014

And the paid ones just want to waste your time any way they can.

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"Online Trolls are Everyday Sadists" [View all] mainer Feb 2014 OP

Yep, the Milwaukee Urinal/Sentinel site is infested beyond hope. Scuba Feb 2014 #9

Oh Bingo!!! Faux pas Feb 2014 #3

I like youtube comments arely staircase Feb 2014 #4

Trolls just want attention, and it makes them feel less impotent. bemildred Feb 2014 #5

Something about the "anonymity" of the web ... 1000words Feb 2014 #6

No doubt. Rex Feb 2014 #7

Having just read "Trial by Fury," I have no doubt this is true mainer Feb 2014 #8

I can't even stomach reading the comments on YouTube, or polly7 Feb 2014 #10

There's also a difference between trolling and being a troll Fumesucker Feb 2014 #12

What I really hate is the overreaction to trolls. chrisa Feb 2014 #13

Anonymity has as many detrimental effects as positive ones. nt TheMathieu Feb 2014 #15

A troll used to be someone ... redgreenandblue Feb 2014 #16

"This whole who-is-the-paid-shill witch hunt is disruptive nonsense. geek tragedy Feb 2014 #23

Denial of the flatly obvious. woo me with science Feb 2014 #24

repeating the same loony-tunes conspiracy theory whackadoodle nonsense geek tragedy Feb 2014 #25

The sadism is why they vote against their own best interests. JaneyVee Feb 2014 #17

... woo me with science Feb 2014 #19

I put them on ignore. Done. Have never used ignore but, Life is too short Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #20

Wait a minute. This was an online survey. Marr Feb 2014 #26

Kick RobertEarl Feb 2014 #28

Kick zappaman Feb 2014 #29