Psychologists study “trolling behavior” on internet, find most ARE really horrible

[WelshBloke]

It also takes a deranged psyche to let someone else get to them, to let their emotions get controlled like that and then further lack the self discipline needed to restrain and keep control. It's a mental weakness and trolls exploit that for their jollies. Doesn't take any research or science to figure that out.

Disagree. Its natural human behaviour to react if attacked. Its not natural human behaviour to attack someone for no reason other than to cause upset.

 

[z1ggy]

I am jack's complete lack of surprise. Doing stuff to get off on other's pain.

The fucktards that sent the one family pictures of their daughter in a wrecked 911 were psychopaths, as simple as that.

I saw those pics. They were either state troopers in CA or crime scene investigators. They said they had the pics for "personal use".

Pretty sick shit. I can't imagine anybody getting enjoyment out of seeing a teenage girls face/head smashed to little bits and her brain splattered all over.

 

[Moonbeam]

Disagree. Its natural human behaviour to react if attacked. Its not natural human behaviour to attack someone for no reason other than to cause upset.

Neither of the two conditions you describe are natural. Both have the same origin caused by being put down as a child.

Think about what it means to be attacked. It is natural to react to a physical attack but how can you be attacked verbally? Imagine a person whose language you don't know adopts the body language of a kind person and hurls every imaginable insult your way, you won't feel attacked at all.

That is because you have no pre-existing associations with the words he uses and emotional pain. You see, the only way you can be insulted is to not only know the meaning of words, but to know them on a feeling level, a level where those words trigger past feelings of pain. It is having been hurt by words in the past that make words that you emotionally recognize as associated with past pain feel like an attack. The reality, however, is that you are in the presence of sound waves. It is only the meaning that you give them that causes you to react.

The person who has relived his past experiences, felt his or her ancient pain, understands that he or she was put down as a child and internalized those feelings and then as an adult now sees via memory that what he or she was sold were all lies, that can be free from such feelings of attack.

So while it is common, very very common to react to being trolled as it were, you can really only be trolled if you already believe what is coming your way.

This is why people can be trolled in two ways. They can be trolled by folk who are filled with their own self hate, and those who know the truth of that and tell you it. There is no difference in the reaction of self haters to being played by their self hate by a troll who wants to hurt, and being told as a heads up that this is their actual condition. Sadly, both look like the same troll even though they are completely different.

I have demonstrated this fact a million times in this forum but the blindness to our inner reality is immense. There is nothing that surfaces our hate faster than being told you hate yourself. We are prisoners of a catch 22. I will not look at my prison of self hate because I will hate myself if I do. And if you tell me that's my condition, I'll hate you.

So you see, truth is a troll and so is a truth teller.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

I consider myself a minor troll and I have half of those traits. Color me shocked. My trolling is limited to witty sarcasm though.

Pretty much this. I love getting in an innocent rise out of complete douches that can't have logical arguments.

That doesn't mean I set buildings on fire (narcissism), fight random people, steal from stores, or despise people in general.

 

[HeXen]

Disagree. Its natural human behaviour to react if attacked. Its not natural human behaviour to attack someone for no reason other than to cause upset.

Attacked by texts? Trolling is baiting btw but in regards to someone insulting you or whatever, the fact someone would feel attacked from a complete stranger texting on a free message board from anywhere in the world ...well, one should sit and think about the reality of that for a moment. This is far, far different than someone in your face...that is a real attack where defense or some response would be necessary to elevate any potential threat. But here you just let them win by getting upset over someone that doesn't even know you outside of what you post. Trolls exist because they win..remember that.

 

[jackstar7]

Attacked by texts? Trolling is baiting btw but in regards to someone insulting you or whatever, the fact someone would feel attacked from a complete stranger texting on a free message board from anywhere in the world ...well, one should sit and think about the reality of that for a moment. This is far, far different than someone in your face...that is a real attack where defense or some response would be necessary to elevate any potential threat. But here you just let them win by getting upset over someone that doesn't even know you outside of what you post. Trolls exist because they win..remember that.

I'm pretty sure it's not a chicken or egg scenario. Of course trolling/baiting behavior had to manifest first before it could be successful. Also the human brain is not that adept and distinguishing between different threat levels, especially when most people enjoy a safe and minimally threatened life.

Which is to say: blaming the victim is kind of shitty.

 

[zephyrprime]

One really has to question the kind of deranged psyche that gets it's jollies trolling the hell out of message boards for hours everyday.

It's just natural for some people. Psychopaths are just born. Some people are just born evil. And yes, I believe trolls are evil even though their actions are inconsequential. They would take bigger actions in real life if they could get away with it.

Anyway, this study is no surprise but non-surprising studies are valuable because they prove things so that we don't have to rely on speculation.

 

[WelshBloke]

Attacked by texts? Trolling is baiting btw but in regards to someone insulting you or whatever, the fact someone would feel attacked from a complete stranger texting on a free message board from anywhere in the world ...well, one should sit and think about the reality of that for a moment. This is far, far different than someone in your face...that is a real attack where defense or some response would be necessary to elevate any potential threat. But here you just let them win by getting upset over someone that doesn't even know you outside of what you post. Trolls exist because they win..remember that.

I don't think anyone really cares about the type of dipshit trolls that post on forums, I was more thinking of the ones where it's a lot harder to separate from threats of actual violence and the type that was referenced earlier where they posted pictures of someones dead/dying daughter to the parents.

 

[ManyBeers]

Attacked by texts? Trolling is baiting btw but in regards to someone insulting you or whatever, the fact someone would feel attacked from a complete stranger texting on a free message board from anywhere in the world ...well, one should sit and think about the reality of that for a moment. This is far, far different than someone in your face...that is a real attack where defense or some response would be necessary to elevate any potential threat. But here you just let them win by getting upset over someone that doesn't even know you outside of what you post. Trolls exist because they win..remember that.

Did you mean alleviate? If not I'm sorry.

 

[Newell Steamer]

The majority of the time, the very thing the trolls are bashing is what they hate in themselves.