Study Done on Internet Trolls

[Archalen]

Had to repost this here because it made me think of you psychopaths:

Study Done on Internet Troll Personality (http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/climate_desk/2014/02/internet_troll_personality_study_machiavellianism_ narcissism_psychopathy.html)

Here's a gem from the article:

They even constructed their own survey instrument, which they dubbed the Global Assessment of Internet Trolling, or GAIT, containing the following items:

I have sent people to shock websites for the lulz.

I like to troll people in forums or the comments section of websites.

I enjoy griefing other players in multiplayer games.

The more beautiful and pure a thing is, the more satisfying it is to corrupt

Yes, some people actually say they agree with such statements. And again, doing so was correlated with sadism in its various forms, with psychopathy, and with Machiavellianism.

I dunno- I like to troll a little on the internet but I think I'm a decent person IRL. I thought most people liked to troll, but maybe that's just the mind of a sadist.

[Tiggles]

Had to repost this here because it made me think of you psychopaths:

Study Done on Internet Troll Personality (http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/climate_desk/2014/02/internet_troll_personality_study_machiavellianism_ narcissism_psychopathy.html)

Here's a gem from the article:

They even constructed their own survey instrument, which they dubbed the Global Assessment of Internet Trolling, or GAIT, containing the following items:

I have sent people to shock websites for the lulz.

I like to troll people in forums or the comments section of websites.

I enjoy griefing other players in multiplayer games.

The more beautiful and pure a thing is, the more satisfying it is to corrupt

Yes, some people actually say they agree with such statements. And again, doing so was correlated with sadism in its various forms, with psychopathy, and with Machiavellianism.

I dunno- I like to troll a little on the internet but I think I'm a decent person IRL. I thought most people liked to troll, but maybe that's just the mind of a sadist.


I'd like to think I'm a good person IRL

[zanderklocke]

I think there is a difference between trolling and just being silly/poking fun/playing a harmless practical joke. I think of trolling as the people that send gore pictures to a family that just lost their kid in a car accident. Those people are disgusting.

[BahamutDF]

So basically, in summary:

http://media.giphy.com/media/U9CFWw4zEzlDO/giphy.gif

[Archalen]

I think there is a difference between trolling and just being silly/poking fun/playing a harmless practical joke. I think of trolling as the people that send gore pictures to a family that just lost their kid in a car accident. Those people are disgusting.

There have been a few threads in the past about people who died IRL and most people are respectful but some still troll. Reminds me of that kind of behavior. I agree there is a major difference there.

[Mac Dretti]

pity reply

[LulzSect]

http://i.imgur.com/qQvLQJ4.gif

[jaybone]

I'd like to think i might get laid one day but 14 year old dragons > sunlight

[Kagatob]

^
I think you mean pokemon.

[LulzSect]

http://i.imgur.com/8AENE.jpg

[BahamutDF]

XD

[Kagatob]

Isn't that the 4th time you've posted that 9 year old 4chan meme?

[Nirgon]

fuck this gay earth

[Kagatob]

How was Valentine's day Nirgs?

[Nirgon]

Good, went to a nice Italian dinner with the wife

[Kagatob]

What a coincidence. So did we. Baked Ziti.

[LulzSect]

http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs17/f/2007/221/0/4/Banana_Pedo_Bear_by_zorkky.gif

[Kagatob]

Come on in. The water's fine.
http://gallery.anime-media.com/albums/userpics/10001/normal_In_Soviet_Russia_-_Loli_peep_at_you21.jpg

[LulzSect]

http://cdn.gifbay.com/2013/01/pedobear_likes_to_have_fun_by_himself-26450.gif

[Kagatob]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lMJSb1UJcu8/T6uJLsPg_3I/AAAAAAAABo4/ZIDSnXqHDlA/s1600/tin_to_kita_nda.jpg

[LulzSect]

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/072/265/1237917779613.jpg?1284764547

[Kagatob]

More reposts (the worst kind of repost considering you've also posted that image before as well).

You are bad at this. Not amusing.

http://randomc.net/image/Ro-Kyu-Bu/Ro-Kyu-Bu%20-%2005%20-%20Large%2022.jpg

[LulzSect]

http://1-media-cdn.foolz.us/ffuuka/board/q/image/1349/13/1349139402197.gif

[radditsu]

Stop hotlinking fagatob.

[Kagatob]

Stop hotlinking kagatob.

? My options are limited from my phone.

http://media.giphy.com/media/PhjzkdmqCnQIw/giphy.gif

[Pitborn]

Pras Manitoba.

[Archalen]

Here on this thread we have a dis

[radditsu]

You harm the bandwith of the sources webserver when you do that. And they do not get any clicks


It's like stealing. And stealing is a crime.



http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HmZm8vNHBSU

[Kagatob]

Lol.

[BahamutDF]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ErKrocjPh64/T2pvVp38yOI/AAAAAAAACHA/P30dJj6bVwA/s640/InternetFightRDPPR.gif

[radditsu]

Fukin ponies

[Kagatob]

Renegade for life.

http://i32.tinypic.com/1zd850k.jpg

[radditsu]

Vegeta gets his ass kicked so much. Never wins a fight

[Kagatob]

Vegeta gets his ass kicked so much. Never wins a fight

Nappa, Kui, Dodoria, Zarbon, Guldo, Captain Ginyu, Android 19, and Android 20 would like to have a word with you.

[radditsu]

Nappa cheap shot. Rest of those are scrubs. Cell beat himike a mule and he killed himself for buu and didnt scratch his ass. Then all that GT crap.

[Kagatob]

Captain Ginyu: Scrub. Lol

Says Raditz, the only character in the whole series to be killed by someone with a lower ki than him. :D

[radditsu]

Turned into a frog= scrub ending.

Also no idea why you bring up Raditz. Piccolo always was a ****** with a plan.

http://www.foodsubs.com/Photos/radish.jpg

[runlvlzero]

Study is so damn full of confirmation bias.

[runlvlzero]

Cause everyone is going to be all those personality traits when trollin and everyone trolls. Fucking crazy if u don't troll from time2time. Means you've repressed many important instictual traits and don't ever express your psychopathy...

u got probs

[BahamutDF]

Nappa, Kui, Dodoria, Zarbon, Guldo, Captain Ginyu, Android 19, and Android 20 would like to have a word with you.

Why do I get the spidey sense that arguing with you over anime is a losing endeavor?

[Kagatob]

Why do I get the spidey sense that arguing with you over anime is a losing endeavor?

I prefer discussion to arguing, unfortunately I tend to be quite the continuity Nazi. Any corrections I make our errors I point out are merely reflexive and not personal.

[BahamutDF]

http://cdn.gifbay.com/2013/05/miguel_herrera_goes_super_saiyan-51676.gif

[Archalen]

Cause everyone is going to be all those personality traits when trollin and everyone trolls. Fucking crazy if u don't troll from time2time. Means you've repressed many important instictual traits and don't ever express your psychopathy...

u got probs

Eh, I know people who as far as I know never troll on the internet. But I'm not one of them, lol. Thanks for actually discussing the topic though.

[runlvlzero]

Eh, I know people who as far as I know never troll on the internet. But I'm not one of them, lol. Thanks for actually discussing the topic though.

They prob troll IRL... those bumperstickers... gawwwwd...

[BahamutDF]

It's so hard not to be trollin' occasionally, what with the internet giving you a vast array of meme based ammunition and all.

[Ahldagor]

real trolls would kill and eat their victims

[Champion_Standing]

Trolling used to be an artform, back in the days of the Yahoo news BBS when you had real professionals that trolled people without ever insulting them, cussing, or saying anything disgusting.

You stupid fuckin kids on the interwebs today don't even know what real trolling is.

[radditsu]

You stupid fuckin kids on the interwebs today don't even know what real trolling is.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b386/wasabi23us/7429_de40.gif

[BahamutDF]

Trolling used to be an artform, back in the days of the Yahoo news BBS when you had real professionals that trolled people without ever insulting them, cussing, or saying anything disgusting.

You stupid fuckin kids on the interwebs today don't even know what real trolling is.

http://www.abc.net.au/technology/images/general/blogs/memes2011/badass.png

[Champion_Standing]

http://www.abc.net.au/technology/images/general/blogs/memes2011/badass.png

http://24.media.tumblr.com/b59830d7b60299c04c425deab5ff7932/tumblr_moogayUqWU1qhe88io1_500.gif

[Ahldagor]

Trolling used to be an artform, back in the days of the Yahoo news BBS when you had real professionals that trolled people without ever insulting them, cussing, or saying anything disgusting.

You stupid fuckin kids on the interwebs today don't even know what real trolling is.

now everyone gets caught up in trying to out-troll the others, and nothing is made. that's the saddest part. no more collective trolling influencing people's lives.

[BahamutDF]

now everyone gets caught up in trying to out-troll the others, and nothing is made. that's the saddest part. no more collective trolling influencing people's lives.

It's always been that way. The internet isn't conducive to give-and-take arguments/discussions.

[Ahldagor]

It's always been that way. The internet isn't conducive to give-and-take arguments/discussions.

are we just getting bored with the internet now? is it time...
http://illusion.scene360.com/wp-content/themes/sahara-10/submissions/2013/09/landscape3.jpg

[BahamutDF]

are we just getting bored with the internet now? is it time...
http://illusion.scene360.com/wp-content/themes/sahara-10/submissions/2013/09/landscape3.jpg

Oh, it's time all right.

http://media.giphy.com/media/11rIergnpiYpvW/giphy.gif

[Reguiy]

http://i.imgur.com/zXYnWeC.jpg

[BahamutDF]

Hahaha seriously?

[Ahldagor]

http://i.imgur.com/zXYnWeC.jpg

http://i.minus.com/i9CeEJuZ1dqVb.gif

[Archalen]

Lol study made it to CNN? Srs bsns

[Nivar Quartz]

Lol study made it to CNN? Srs bsns



http://i.imgur.com/z1604D9.jpg

[cries4hardcore]

The issue is anonymity. The Internet removes all repercussions. In rl if you trolled people would ostracize you. Or kick the shit out of you. Or some other form of punishment. It's sick though, like the people who get picked on and generally are fails at life take to the Internet to fuck with people, as if they don't know what it feels like to get shit on. Just can't let it get to you. How can you? 99% of the time it's a jobless, living at home out of shape loser of a fuck, who takes to mmo forums to talk shit and even though he has nothing else, he still sucks at the actual game the forum is in place for. Probably because they spend too much time taking out their inadequacies on others.

[BigHurb]

Fagatob hahaha

[cries4hardcore]

Ouch you got me. Good for you champ.

[Ahldagor]

Ouch you got me. Good for you champ.

you didn't bring up engagement in the post, but, yes, you are mad and ready for burning.

http://cdnl.complex.com/mp/620/400/90/0/bb/1/ffffff/6de33c861f31cda3f69135232af779ed/images_/assets/CHANNEL_IMAGES/POP_CULTURE/2013/04/the-50-funniest-gifs-of-ron-swanson/rzktf_36_563115.gif

[Archalen]

Thread invaded by machiavellian trolls.

[Juhstin]

Had to repost this here because it made me think of you psychopaths:

Study Done on Internet Troll Personality (http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/climate_desk/2014/02/internet_troll_personality_study_machiavellianism_ narcissism_psychopathy.html)

Here's a gem from the article:

They even constructed their own survey instrument, which they dubbed the Global Assessment of Internet Trolling, or GAIT, containing the following items:

I have sent people to shock websites for the lulz.

I like to troll people in forums or the comments section of websites.

I enjoy griefing other players in multiplayer games.

The more beautiful and pure a thing is, the more satisfying it is to corrupt

Yes, some people actually say they agree with such statements. And again, doing so was correlated with sadism in its various forms, with psychopathy, and with Machiavellianism.

I dunno- I like to troll a little on the internet but I think I'm a decent person IRL. I thought most people liked to troll, but maybe that's just the mind of a sadist.

I troll irl too, prolly why I'm alone and living in the sewers.

[Azure]

we need a troll personality archetype quiz

[BigHurb]

i have a dry red spot on my penis

[BigHurb]

nm thats just the tip need to moisturize brb