The Psychology of Trolls

americathegreat1492

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.psychologytoday.com/blog/your-online-secrets/201409/internet-trolls-are-narcissists-psychopaths-and-sadists%3famp

Not usually a fan of psych today but there is a direct link to a paper is inside the article. For reference, the dark tetrad is:

Sadism
Machiavellianism
Narcissism
Psychopathy

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In reply to americathegreat1492 • 2:44p, 11/17/17

AG

Quote:
Sadism
Machiavellianism
Narcissism
Psychopathy

Seems about right.

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3:17p, 11/17/17

AG

throw in a big dose of evangelicalism and you got one heady brew

or a president

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In reply to Marco Esquandolas • 3:50p, 11/17/17

AG

Marco Esquandolas said:
throw in a big dose of evangelicalism and you got one heady brew

or a president

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4:55p, 11/17/17

AG

Totally correct about trolls.

I was watching "Cyberwars" or whatever on the Vice channel and the CEO/founder of twitter said himself, the downfall of twitter is mostly in fake news, misinformation, and believe it or not, trolls and spam.

If you have nothing of substance and depth to add to a discussion, is it so hard to be silent?

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4:29p, 11/18/17

Yes

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In reply to americathegreat1492 • 9:46p, 11/24/17

AG

americathegreat1492 said:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.psychologytoday.com/blog/your-online-secrets/201409/internet-trolls-are-narcissists-psychopaths-and-sadists%3famp

Not usually a fan of psych today but there is a direct link to a paper is inside the article. For reference, the dark tetrad is:

Sadism
Machiavellianism
Narcissism
Psychopathy

I posted something similar years ago. Think,about it. What do trolls do? In a few words, they jack with other people solely because they think it is entertaining. Sociopaths.