Study suggests Internet Trolls may not be very nice or particularly mentally healthy

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"A new study from the University of Manitoba has shockingly claimed to have found that the Internet trolls we all know or love so well may not be very nice -- or particularly mentally healthy -- individuals in real life. The study tried to explore whether or not Internet trolls fell into the so called Dark Tetrad: Machiavellianism (willingness to manipulate and deceive others), narcissism (egotism and self-obsession), psychopathy (the lack of remorse and empathy), and sadism (pleasure in the suffering of others). The study (mostly survey, really) claims to have found:"

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Cats-4_Owners-2 said:
"...and WHO might that be trip-trapping over my bridge!?":mad: said the Troll.
:eek:"Ba-a-a-a-a...!! It is 'I' the littlest Billy Goat Gruff, but I warn you,
you'd best watch out for my :rolleyes:Big Brother Goats whom are all watching out for me at malwaretips.com!:p
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what exactly is an internet troll?..is that the ppl who place rootkits, viruses, malware or attach one's accounts so they basically can see/stalk all you do?...{{ i have accounts that are attached by someone, with three different names, that only show's me a part of the name & then *** things...now i don't even go to those accounts, and i had them for years..is that what a troll is/does? }}...
 
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eowyn said:
what exactly is an internet troll?..is that the ppl who place rootkits, viruses, malware or attach one's accounts so they basically can see/stalk all you do?...
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not exactly, "trolls" are people that keep flaming a particular thread after every other members show them with proves that they were wrong; when they get no more points to oppose they start insulting you or saying things like:

"ummmm...i have 10 years of experience in that field , i am older than you, so i know better than you , idiot newcomer" :D

btw, if a troll appears here you will see my most famous gif very well know here on MT ^^
 
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Umbra Polaris said:
not exactly, "trolls" are people that keep flaming a particular thread after every other members show them with proves that they were wrong; when they get no more points to oppose they start insulting you or saying things like:

"ummmm...i have 10 years of experience in that field , i am older than you, so i know better than you , idiot newcomer" :D

btw, if a troll appears here you will see my most famous gif very well know here on MT ^^
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ohh..kk..ty...learning & so i ask questions that may seem 'duh' to others...:oops:.. {{ i do feel silly asking, but if i don't ask, i won't learn, right? }}
 
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Umbra Polaris said:
not exactly, "trolls" are people that keep flaming a particular thread after every other members show them with proves that they were wrong; when they get no more points to oppose they start insulting you or saying things like:

"ummmm...i have 10 years of experience in that field , i am older than you, so i know better than you , idiot newcomer" :D

btw, if a troll appears here you will see my most famous gif very well know here on MT ^^
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You think you know everything about trolls, no you don't 'cause I know. I'm much much older than you, may be 100 years and you think you know everything, idiot old commer. This site is nothing, I can create a site thats 100 times better than this site and has 1000s of more members. :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

Just trolling :p
 
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eowyn said:
what exactly is an internet troll?..is that the ppl who place rootkits, viruses, malware or attach one's accounts so they basically can see/stalk all you do?...{{ i have accounts that are attached by someone, with three different names, that only show's me a part of the name & then *** things...now i don't even go to those accounts, and i had them for years..is that what a troll is/does? }}...
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Here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(Internet)
 
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Umbra Polaris said:
not exactly, "trolls" are people that keep flaming a particular thread after every other members show them with proves that they were wrong; when they get no more points to oppose they start insulting you or saying things like:

"ummmm...i have 10 years of experience in that field , i am older than you, so i know better than you , idiot newcomer" :D

btw, if a troll appears here you will see my most famous gif very well know here on MT ^^
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This is what Umbra does to trolls on MT::p
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