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Study: Internet Trolls are the "Prototypical Everyday Sadists"

posted by LaminatorX on Sunday June 22 2014, @01:12PM   Printer-friendly
from the Billy-Goats-Gruff dept.

AnonTechie writes:

Results suggests trolls aren't seeking praise or wanting to manipulate; other studies indicate they may breed more. While it's important to preface what is to follow with a reminder that correlation doth not causation make, a new study [Pay Walled, Abstract Available] has found seemingly clear ties between internet trolling and a person's likelihood of being predisposed to the "Dark Triad." [Pay Walled, Abstract Available] But more interestingly it finds that only one particular negative personality trait is stroked by trollish behavior and its findings suggest trolls may be breeding.

The paper's critical finding was that the Dark Triad of personality traits were often correlated, or in other words someone who was narcissistic would be more likely to be psychopathic, and so on, statistically speaking.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/02/12/online-trolls-are-just-everyday-sadists-according-to-new-paper/

http://www.dailytech.com/Study+Internet+Trolls+are+the+Prototypical+Everyday+Sadists/article36091.htm

 
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  • (Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Sunday June 22 2014, @01:39PM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday June 22 2014, @01:39PM (#58687) Homepage Journal

    So, the bottom line is, trolls are heterosexual? The study was probably done by a gay group then.

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  • (Score: 2) by tynin on Sunday June 22 2014, @01:44PM

    by tynin (2013) on Sunday June 22 2014, @01:44PM (#58689) Journal

    Is the joke whooshing over my head, or? I fail to see how you came to that conclusion.

    • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday June 22 2014, @03:55PM

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday June 22 2014, @03:55PM (#58722) Homepage Journal

      When I first read this article, it said "trolls are multiplying" or something to that effect. Or "trolls are breeding". The title implied the joke. And, it was probably edited to conform with political correctness, leaving the joke all alone and looking stupid.

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      • (Score: 0, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday June 22 2014, @05:17PM

        by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Sunday June 22 2014, @05:17PM (#58742) Homepage

        I'm starting to think that posting these stories is a deliberate ploy to try to get all of the "troll" out of everybody's system here so that the other discussions are less tainted by emotional reactions and other shitposts.

        Which reminds me,

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by c0lo on Sunday June 22 2014, @01:51PM

    by c0lo (156) on Sunday June 22 2014, @01:51PM (#58691) Journal

    its findings suggest trolls may be breeding.

    No, I most strenuously deny it. I'm not because...

    I'm too sexy for my love too sexy for my love
    Love's going to leave me

    I'm too sexy for my shirt too sexy for my shirts
    So sexy it hurts

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