At the mo. It has to be...... as a result of a recent experience:
TROLLS....
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What is trolling? Who is a troll?
Obviously to someone the meaning is different than to others ...
Is trolling or trollish behavior:
- An obnoxious way to try and get attention in strangers' comment threads, usually very negative, aggressive and rude texts
- Fighting with anyone that disagrees
- Someone trying to get even with the world no matter how.
- Getting a feeling of power from antagonistic behavior
- Someone with a lousy self-esteem
- Someone who likes to hurt people. A warped mind, perhaps
Bantering among friends is not trolling, you know your friends and how much they can take (mmmmm......)
and i have done some research:
Psychology Today
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Jennifer Golbeck Ph.D.Your Online Secrets
Internet Trolls Are Narcissists, Psychopaths, and Sadists
Trolls will lie, exaggerate, and offend to get a response.
In this month's issue of
Personality and Individual Differences,
a study was published(link is external)that confirms what we all suspected: Internet trolls are horrible people.
Let's start by getting our definitions straight: An Internet troll is someone who comes into a discussion and posts comments designed to upset or disrupt the conversation. Often, in fact, it seems like there is no real purpose behind their comments
except to upset everyone else involved. Trolls will lie, exaggerate, and offend to get a response.
What kind of person would do this? Some Canadian researchers decided to find out.
They conducted two online studies with over 1,200 people, giving personality tests to each subject along with a survey about their Internet commenting behavior. They were looking for evidence that linked trolling with the "Dark Tetrad" of personality traits:
narcissism, Machiavellianism,
psychopathy, and sadism.
They found that Dark Tetrad scores were highest among people who said trolling was their favorite Internet activity. To get an idea of how much more prevalent these traits were among Internet trolls, see this figure from the paper:
Look at how low the Dark Tetrad scores are for everyone except the trolls! Their scores for all four traits soar on the chart. The relationship between trolling and the Dark Tetrad is so significant that the authors write in their paper:
"... the associations between sadism and GAIT (Global Assessment of Internet Trolling) scores were so strong that it might be said that online trolls are prototypical everyday sadists." [emphasis added]
Trolls truly enjoy making you feel bad. To quote the authors once more (because this is a truly quotable article):
"Both trolls and sadists feel sadistic glee at the distress of others. Sadists just want to have fun ... and the Internet is their playground!"
The next time you encounter a troll online, remember:
- These trolls are some truly difficult people.
- It is your suffering that brings them pleasure, so the best thing you can do is ignore them.
References
Buckels, Erin E., Paul D. Trapnell, and Delroy L. Paulhus. "Trolls just want to have fun."
Personality and Individual Differences67 (2014): 97-10
grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.............
and this is how they get to me:
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So these creatures:
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Just HAVE to go in room 101.....
PHEW!!!